Exhibition History

2026

2025

  • Ritual - an International Juried Exhibition of Book Art Presented by 23 Sandy at Baylor University, Waco, TX

  • Book Arts: Beyond Expectations, juried exhibition, The Gallery at Liggett Studio, Tulsa, OK

2024

2023

  • C O N T E N T 2023; Artist Book Exhibit, The Artery Gallery, Davis, CA

  • FREEDOM Project, invitational exhibition, Fundacja Correspondance Des Arts, Łódź, Poland

  • Dreams - Presented by 23 Sandy and the Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

  • Westward Bound, American Academy of Bookbinding, Curated by Alicia Bailey, Telluride, CO

  • Moments of Transformation, The Morgan Conservatory Art of Papermaking 11th Annual Juried Show, Cleveland, OH

  • Shadow and Light, Photography Exhibition, Organized by Beau Beausoleil, Part of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, PA

2022

  • Shapes of Things to Come, Sherry Grover Gallery at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA

  • Changing the Conversation: Artists’ Books, Zines and Broadsides from the Collins Memorial Library Collection, Tacoma, WA

  • The Book as Art v10: Transformation, DeKalb Library, Decatur, GA

  • Pulp, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA

  • Flourish, Curated by Alicia Bailey, Crested Butte Center for the Arts Kinder Padon Gallery, CO

  • [ ih-maj-in ], University of Arizona Poetry Center, PaperWorks, Tucson Arizona

  • Wild/LIFE: the Guild of Book Workers Triennial Exhibition, Six Exhibition Venues, through 2022

2021

  • Movable Medley, Abecedarian Artist Books at the Art Students League, Denver, CO

  • Redux, Puget Sound Book Artists, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

  • Unseen, 23 Sandy, form + concept gallery, Santa Fe, NM

  • The Book as Art v9.0: Muse, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA

  • Every Day and Special Days, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Sherry Grover Gallery

  • Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library

  • Wild/LIFE: the Guild of Book Workers Triennial Exhibition, Six Exhibition Venues, 2021-2022

  • The Morgan Conservatory Annual Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio

  • CONTENT, Juried Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, California **Playful Content Award**

  • Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment, Juried Exhibition, San Francisco Center for the Book, California

  • Shadow and Light, Photography Exhibition, Curated by Beau Beausoleil, Part of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, University of Santa Barbara Library, California

2020

  • Between the Fold, Gallery One, Ellensburg, Washington **Best Traditional Book Award**

  • Rising Together | an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience, College Book Arts Association, University of Puget Sound

  • The Book as Art: The Page and Beyond, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico

  • HeArt of the Book, Artworks, Loveland, Colorado

2019

  • The Book as Art: The Page & Beyond, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

  • Rising Together | an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience, College Book Arts Association, University of Iowa and Center for Book Arts in New York

  • Shadow and Light, a photography project honoring assassinated Iraqi academics. An Al-Mutanbbi Street Starts Here project curated by Beau Beausoleil.

  • The Artful Book, Long Beach Museum of Art, Guild of Bookworkers, California Chapter, Long Beach, CA

  • The Book as Art v7.0: Wonders, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA

  • An Abecedarian of Artist’s Books, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA

  • The Art of the Fold, Abecedarian Gallery at Denver Public LIbrary, Denver, CO

  • Reflections on Accomplishments, Puget Sound Book Artists Members Exhibition, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA  **People’s Choice Award for Technical Skills and Structure**

2018

  • Click! Photography Festival Photobook Exhibition, Horse and Buggy Press, Durham, NC, **Purchase Prize Award from UNC Sloan Library**

  • Rising Together | an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience, College Book Arts Association, University of Utah

  • Women’s Work, Samek Museum at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA

  • Unrestricted: An Exploration of Artist Books, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA

2017

  • Focus on the Book Arts, Faculty and staff exhibition, Forest Grove, OR

  • Reader’s Art: Control/Alt/Shift, Curated by Susan Hensel and Jeff Rathermel, Cowles Literary Commons, Minnesota Center for Book Art, Minneapolis

  • Northwest Musings, Puget Sound Book Artists, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

  • Relics & Ruins, 3rd Biennial International Artist Books Exhibition, A6 Gallery, Bend, OR

  • In Remembrance: People, Times, & Places, Curated by Lucy Childs, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA

2016

  • In, On, Of Paper, Paper Circle Center for Paper and Book Arts, Columbus, OH

  • Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, NY

  • Just One Look, invitational exhibition in conjunction with the Women’s Classical Caucus Conference, curated by Lauren Dudley and Sandra Kroupa, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Spring

  • Paper Chase, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR

  • Puget Sound Book Artists Members Exhibition, Tacoma, WA

  • Bridging the Water: Puget Sound Book Artists on display at the Bower Ashton Library. Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

2015

  • Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge, Invitational Book Art Exhibition, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, Washington

  • About Books, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima County Community College, Tucson, Arizona

  • College Book Arts Association 2015 Members Exhibition, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

  • Artists Books from the Baylor Book Arts Collection, Crouch Fine Arts Library, Baylor University, Waco, TX

2014

  • Stories That Women Tell, Pacific University Cawein Gallery, Forest Grove, OR

  • Design Book Art 2, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library

  • RiTUAL, 110 CHURCH Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

  • College Book Arts Association Members’ Exhibition, Present(ation) Public(ation) Install(ation), J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  • Puget Sound Book Artists Members Exhibition, Tacoma, WA **Collins Library Award**

2013

  • Under the Wings of Artemis: Scholars, Artists and the Places Between, University of Washington Special Collections Library. Curated by Lauren Dudley, Seattle, WA

  • An Inventory of al-Mutanabbi Street, The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK (Project travels through 2016)

  • Photo Book Works, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

  • The Art of the Book, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

2012

  • DIY: Photographers & Books, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

  • Puget Sound Book Artists Members Exhibition, Tacoma, WA

  • Interplay: Photographers Focus on the Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR

  • College Book Arts Association Members Exhibition, San Francisco Public Library

2011

  • The Un[framed] Photograph, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

  • Urban/Urbane, Readers Art 11, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • Puget Sound Book Artists Members Exhibition, Tacoma, WA

  • Design Book Art, Environmental Design Library, University of California, Berkeley

2010

  • Book Arts Invitational, Bright Hill Literary Arts Center, Treadwell, NY

  • Photo Book Works, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

  • The Book as Art: Hand2Hand, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009

  • Beyond Words, The Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ

  • Turning the Page, VisArts/Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

2008

  • Off the Page, The Greenhouse at Guernsey, Channel Island, England

  • Tango, Onda Gallery, Portland, Oregon

  • Keep Portland Weird, Juried Exhibition. Portland City Hall

  • Peripheral Vision, Inner Light Photographic Society, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland

  • Photography in Book Arts and the Book in Photography. New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

  • Photoworks, Solo Show, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

2007

  • Urban Decay, Solo Show, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan

  • The Book Ever After, College of the Mainland Fine Art Gallery, Texas

  • The Art of the Book, Bainbridge Arts Center, Seattle

  • Road Trip, Minneapolis Center for Book Arts

2006

  • Mutilated/Cultivated Environments, The Center for Book Arts, New York

2005

  • Book + Art = ?, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado

  • Miniature Book Society, Miniature Book Exhibition, New Orleans

  • Photographic Artist Books, Art Books Press, Seattle, Washington

  • The Intensive Spirit, Steamboat Springs Art Council, Colorado

  • Reader’s Art 5, Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis

2004

  • Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference, Silver Spring, Maryland

  • Art Books Press, Annual Juried Artist Book Show, Seattle

  • Guild of Bookworkers NWxSW Exhibit, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and Emory University, Atlanta

  • BookFest, New York City

  • The Second Annual Book Arts Lounge, Curator & Exhibitor, Denver

  • The Veil: What Remains Hidden, Women’s Caucus for Art, Colorado State University Curfman Gallery

2003

  • Creativity Unbound: Artists’ Books from the Special Collections Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Book Forms: Form in Reform, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

  • National Book and Language Juried Show, CORE New Art Space, Denver

  • Miniature Book Society, Miniature Book Exhibition, Toronto

  • Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter, Stone Eye, Traveling Exhibit

  • Round Up 2003, Guild of Bookworkers Rocky Mountain Chapter Show

  • Miniature Book Society, Miniature Book Exhibition, Toronto

2002

  • Craft USA 2002, National Juried Exhibition, New Canaan, CT

  • Seconda Mostra Internazionale di Legatura d’Arte in Italia. Art Bookbinding Exhibition in Macerata, Italy. Set book exhibition of Il Canticle Delle Creature.

  • Spark Gallery, The Painted Book, Curator, Denver

  • Bright Hill Press National Book Arts Exhibition, Treadwell, NY

  • University of Indianapolis, Art of the Book, National Juried Exhibition

  • Oregon Book Arts Guild Biennial Juried Book Show, Portland

2001

  • Nine Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Denver, Colorado

  • Women’s Caucus for Art, Group Show, Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado

  • Book Buffs, Artist’s Books Exhibition, Denver, Colorado

Publications

  • The Art of Papercraft by Helen Hiebert, Storey Publishing, 2022

  • 1000 Artist Books, Quarry Books, 2012

  • 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, 2008

  • Portrait of a Dying Community, The Oregonian Newspaper, February 2007

  • Southeast Examiner, Portland Open Studios Review, October 2005

  • The Crafts Report, Article, Marketing 101 for Book Artists, September 2005.

  • Bellingham Weekly, Women in the Arts, March 2004

  • Crafts Report, Insight Section, February 2003

  • Dog Eared Magazine, Issue Six 2002, Miniature Books

Affiliations

  • PaperWorks, The Sonoran Collective for Book & Paper Artists, Member

  • College Book Art Association

  • Guild of Bookworkers

  • Portland Art Dealers Association, Past Vice President

  • Photolucida, Portland, Oregon, Past Board Member

  • Art Source Portland, Co-Publisher, Board Member

  • Colorado Chapter Women’s Caucus for Art, Past President

Education & Professional

  • B.B.A., Northwood University, Midland, Michigan

  • 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Founder, Owner/Director, 2007-2020

Teaching and Lectures

  • Panelist, Artists’ Books as Agents of Social Change, Race & Pedagogy National Conference, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 2014

  • Keynote Lecture, Marketing 101 for Book Artists, Focus on the Book Arts, Forest Grove, OR, 2011

  • Photographic Artist Books, Puget Sound Book Artists, Tacoma, WA, 2010

  • Photographic Artist Books Workshop and Lecture, San Francisco Center for the Book, 2006

  • Digital Artist Books Workshop, Guild of Bookworkers NW Chapter, 2006

  • Photographic Artist Books Lecture, Pacific Northwest Center for Photography, 2006

  • Marketing 101 for Book Artists Lecture, British Columbia Book Arts Guild, 2005

  • Photographic Artist Books Workshop, Art Books Press, Seattle, Washington, 2005

  • Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2005

  • Colorado Wall Dogs Lecture, Society for Commercial Archeology Annual Conference, Seattle, 2004

  • Visiting Artist Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2002