Helen Hiebert
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX |
| Massachussetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA | |
| 2011 | University of Illinois, Springfield, IL |
| 2010 | 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR |
| ‘about space’, installation & performance, Portland, OR | |
| The Portland Building, Portland, OR | |
| 2009 | Pacific University Library, Forest Grove, OR |
| Ten Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania | |
| Ogle, Portland, OR | |
| 2008 | Reed College, Portland, OR |
| One of One Gallery, Bellingham, WA | |
| 2007 | The Portland Art Center, Portland, OR |
| 2006 | Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2013 | Raw Potential, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO |
| Washi & Other Ephemera, Durango, CO | |
| 2012 | Fiber Arts Now, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR |
| The Art of Handmade Paper, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA | |
| The Letter, The Word & The Book, New Mexico, History Museum, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Revealed Terrain, Landscape in Contemporary Artists’ Books, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN | |
| 2011 | Paper, Print, Type, Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju, South Korea |
| The Art of the Book, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA | |
| Papier Faszination, year-long traveling exhibition in Germany | |
| Process and Product: A National Paper and Book Arts Invitational Show, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2010 | Oregon College of Art & Craft Senior Residency Exhibition, Portland, OR |
| 10×10, Portland Open Studios Anniversary Show, Portland, OR | |
| 2009 | Paper Global, Deggendorf, Germany |
| Shu Mok Ji, Seoul, Korea | |
| For the Love of Food, Cedarcrest College, Allentown, PA | |
| Oregon College of Art & Craft Fibers Show, PSU Littman Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| OCAC @ PCA, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR | |
| 2008 | Wasser I Zeichen, Bremen, Germany |
| Six Points, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN | |
| The Embedded Image, St. Louis Craft Alliance | |
| 2007 | Construct/Re-construct, The Cathedral Building, Portland, OR |
| Look Inside, Window Installation at Guardino Gallery, Porltand, OR | |
| Craft Bienniale, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR | |
| Road Trip, Minneapolis Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Do North, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR | |
| 2006 | Hot Air Balloons of Paper, installation & performance, College Park Aviation Museum, MD |
| Friends of Dard Hunter Juried Exhibition, Chillicothe, OH | |
| Paper: Edge Color, Light, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR | |
| Korean Paper Invitational, Korea (2006) | |
| Text Ball, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR | |
| 2005–1996 | NxNW: 6x6x6, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR (2005)
Captured Light, Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery, OR (2004) SF International Gift Fair Exhibitor (2003/2004) Turning The Page: Contemporary Artists’ Books, Delta Axis, Memphis, TN (2001) Book/Art/Book, Artist Bookworks, Houston, TX (1998) |
AWARDS
Colorado Creative Industries JumpStart Grant (2013)
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artistic Focus Project Grant in Visual Arts (2012)
Celebration Foundation Grant (2011)
Oregon Arts Commission Career Development Grant (2010)
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Senior Residency (2010)
Portland Building Installation Space Award (2010)
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artistic Focus Project Grant in Visual Arts (2010)
Oregon Arts Commission Career Development Grant (2009)
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artistic Focus Project Grant in Multidisciplinary Arts (2008)
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Professional Development Grant (2005)
Penland School of Crafts, Studio Assistant Scholarship (1996)
Ehret Appleton Memorial Award from the Overseas Development Network (1992)
Phi Beta Kappa (member since 1987)
German American Friendship Club scholarship for Junior Year abroad program (1986/87)
PRESS
Christine Vitron. Nurturing Strands, Crochet Magazine, Winter 2010
Robert Gregory, Papermaking Artist Helen Hiebert wins Arts Commission Grant, The Oregonian, October 14, 2010
D.K. Row. Upcoming: Closing festivities for Helen Hiebert’s ‘Mother Tree’, The Oregonian, July 21, 2010
D.K. Row. Give Yourself an Artful Break Tonight, The Oregonian, March 5, 2009
D.K. Row. On View: Helen Hiebert, Diane Jacobs …, The Oregonian, August 21, 2008
D.K. Row. Helen Hiebert & others at Portland Art Center, The Oregonian, November 12, 2007
Laura Thomas, Light and Paper Make Luminous Art, San Fransisco Chronicle, October 22, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCIES
University of Missouri (2013)
Santa Fe Book Arts Guild (2013)
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts (2012)
Austin Peay State University (2012)
Massachussetts College of Liberal Arts (2012)
University of Springfield, IL (2011)
Adjunct Faculty, Oregon College of Art & Craft, papermaking instructor (2005 – 2012)
Pacific University, Adjunct Professor in Papermaking, Forest Grove, OR (Fall 2009, Spring 2003)
Paperworks, Tuscon, AZ (2009)
Visiting Artist, Reed College, Portland, OR (2008)
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME (September 2007)
Papierwespe, Vienna, Austria (July 2007)
Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Penland, NC (2011, 2009, 2006)
Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee, TN (Summer 2005)
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 20th Anniversary workshop (Summer 2005)
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY (August 2004)
Paper & Book Intensive (2004, 2000, 1997)
Portland State University, Haystack Program, Cannon Beach, OR (July 2000)
SW School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX (October 1998)
Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY (1993 – 1998)
Dieu Donné’: Responsive Hands, papermaking for NYC school children (1992-1998)
PAPERMAKING EXPERIENCE & AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, International Association of Hand Papermakers & Paper Artists (2007-present)
Board member, Hand Papermaking, national papermaking journal, (2004 – 2009)
Columnist, Hand Papermaking Magazine (2005 – present)
Board member, Friends of Dard Hunter, national association of hand papermakers (1997 – 2000)
Consultant for the SUBIR project in Ecuador, an economic development project (April 1997)
Program Director at Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC (1992 – 1997)
AUTHOR OF BOOKS
Playing with Paper, to be published by Rockport Publishing in 2013
Paper Illuminated, published by Storey Communications in 2001
The Papermaker’s Companion, published by Storey Communications in 2000
Papermaking with Plants, published by Storey Communications in 1998
FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS
Handmade Paper in Motion, published by Hand Papermaking Magazine, 2010
Paper in Three Dimensions, by Diane Maurer, Watson Guptill, 2006
Paper: An Inspirational Portfolio, by Gabrielle Faulkner, The Ivy Press, 1999
Paper Art: The Art of Sculpting with Paper, by Michael G. LaFosse, Quarry Books, 1998
Paper Lamps featured in The Oregonian, Oregon Home, San Francisco Chronicle, Interior Design, House & Garden, Architectural Record, & Country Living magazines (1999-2004)
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
That’s Clever, Fall 2006
The Insider’s Garden, Fall 2003
Our Place, Winter 2002
Handmade by Design, August 1997
Sesame Street, January 1997
COMMISSIONS
Penthouse of the John Ross Building, South Waterfront Development, Portland, OR, 2011
Mirabella Portland, Portland, OR, 2010
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, 2008
Amoros Apartment Building Lobby, Tribeca, NYC, 1998
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Chapman University, Orange, CA
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, FL
Mills College, Oakland, CA
Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
Ringling College of Art & Design, FL
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
UCLA Young Research Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Arts Library, Artist Book Collection, Los Angeles, CA
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
University of Iowa, Main Library, Special Collections, Iowa City, IA
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
University of Puget Sound, WA
University of Washington, WA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Yale University, New Haven, CT
EDUCATION
BA in Fine Arts from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1987
Junior year abroad at the art school of the Universität Mainz, Germany (1985 – 1986)