Exhibition History
2026
Nominated as one of four Book Artists in Arizona for Women to Watch 2027: A Book Arts Revolution, by the Arizona Committee of NMWA, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (Still, pinch me…)
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
The Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library
Perception, members exhibition curated by Jo Anderson. PaperWorks: the Sonoran Collective of Paper & Book Artists. Pima College Visual Arts Gallery, through September 6, 2024. Tucson, AZ
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

