Additional Information
Education
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Arts, Oakville, Ontario. 1987-1989, Deploma in Fashion Design and Technique
Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas. Fall 2020, 2021, 2024.
Creator and Curator
I Choose, Therefore I Am Project
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Visions, Glassell School of Art, Kinder Morgan Building, Houston, Texas.
2024 61st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana.
2023 VAA 39 juried member exhibition, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2023 The I Choose, Therefore I Am Project, Silver Street Studios #116, Houston, Texas.
2023 VAA 39th, juried by Heidi Vaughan, Sabine Street Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2022 CraftForms 2022, The Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2022 Art in Embassies, American Embassy Algiers, (ongoing), Algiers, Algeria.
2022 VAA 38th Juried open exhibition, curated by Alison DeLima Greene, Curator of the Museum of Arts, Houston, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2022 VAA Juried Member Show, curated by Lester Marks, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2022 Hooked by Design, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts.
2021 Home/Work, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.
2021 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
2021 VAA 37th juried online exhibition, juror Harry Cooper, Ph.D., Senior National Gallery of Art Curator.
2020 Archive, Surface Design Association online exhibition curated by Shannon Molter.
2020 Castaways, The Robert Bateman Foundation Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
2016 Showcase, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2015 Fantastic Fibers 2015, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
2015 Lasting Effects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2014 Hooked Art 2014, The Gallery, University of Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 Prairie Excellence, Art Gallery of Regina, Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery, Alberta, Sam Walter Museum, The Pas, Manitoba, Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, University of Winnipeg Gallery.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 No Time for Sorry, November, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2023 Studio Exhibition, Silver Street Studios #116, Houston, Texas.
2022 Studio Exhibition, The Silos #306, ", Texas
2017 Transformations – Hooked Sculpture, Leighton Art Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2016 Transformations – Hooked Sculpture, Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2013 - 2014 Beyond Traditions, St Albert Art Gallery, St Albert, Alberta, Canada.
2013 Beyond Traditions, Leighton Art Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2011 Off the Floor, Alberta Craft Council Discovery Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2011 No Floors Required, Fibreworks Gallery, Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada.
2010 Hooked on Rugs, Multicultural Centre Museum, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.
Collections
The City of Houston Airport Art Collection
Royal Alberta Museum
Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Provincial Art Collection
YWCA Calgary
Private collections in Canada and the United States.
Grants and Awards
2023 Best of Show, VAA 39th, juried by Matt Reeves, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
2022 Honorable mention, “CraftForms 2022” - The Wayne Art Center.
2022 Honorable mention, VAA juried Member Show 2022, curated by Lester Marks
2021 Best of Show, The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Calgary, Alberta.
2014 Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts, Canada Council for the Arts.
2014 Nominated for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards for emerging artists.
2012 Surface Design Association Personal Development Grant
2012 Alberta Creative Development Initiative Grant to Individuals from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Bibliography
- LeBlanc Rachelle. “Finding Home: A Rug HookeHooker'sney”, Lulu Press, 2020
- Haugen Barbara. “Rugged Individualist” Rachelle LeBlanc revitalizes an old technique,” American CRAFT COUNCIL online story, 2017, August 22 Minneapolis, MN 55413
- LeBlanc Rachelle. “On View: WANDERLUST," Fiber Arts Now Magazine, North Hollywood, CA. Fall 2014 issue.
- Littenberg, Anne-Marie. "With fierce independence, anything is possible" Rug Hooking Magazine, published by Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania. Fall issue 2014. Page 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
- Stein, Lynne. Rag Rug Creations, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London. The UK. May 2014 ISBN-13:9781408157565
- LeBlanc, Rachelle. "Finishing makes the rug: The Gallery Finis," Rug Hooking Magazine, published by Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania. January/February 2013. Page 40, 41
- Littenberg, Anne-Marie. Hooked Rug Portraits, published by Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania. 2011. Pages 6, 7, 12, 25, 45, 46, 47, 63, 72, 73, 79, 132, 133 ISBN: 978-1-881982-73-9
Saskatchewan Craft Council, Alberta Craft Council, Manitoba Craft Council, Prairie Excellence, exhibition catalogue, Saskatchewan Craft Council, 2010-2011, page 37.
- Longchamps, Denis and Burton, J.Penney. Tapis Crochetés / Hooked Rugs, Exhibition catalog published by Craft Journal, Montreal, Quebec. 2008. Pages 43, 44, 60, 61, 62. ISBN: 978-2-9809569-6-6
