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rachelle LeBlanc

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HAND HOOKED SURFACE TEXTILE ART AND SCULPTURE

HAND HOOKED SURFACE TEXTILE ART AND SCULPTURE HAND HOOKED SURFACE TEXTILE ART AND SCULPTURE

Additional Information

Education 

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Arts, Oakville, Ontario. 1987-1989 Degree in Fashion Design and Technique

Glassell School of Art, Houston Texas. Fall 2020, 2021, 2022 

 

Creator and Curator 

I Choose, Therefore I Am Project  


Selected Group Exhibitions 

2023, "I Chose, Therefore I Am", Silver Street Studios #116, Houston, Texas

2022, “CraftForms 2022”, The Wayne Art Center. 

 December 3, 2022 – January 29, 2023. Wayne, PA

2022, “Art in Embassies”, American Embassy Algiers, Ongoing 

2022 - (until end of current ambassadors’ term), Algeria.

2022, VAA 38th Juried open exhibition curated by Alison DeLima Greene, Curator of the Museum  f Arts, Houston, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas

2022, “Hooked by Design”, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

2021, “The Big Show”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas                                                          

2021, VAA 37th juried online exhibition, juror Harry Cooper, Ph.D., Senior Curator of the National Gallery of Art. 

2020, “Archive”, Surface Design Association online exhibition curated by Shannon Molter.

2020, “Castaways”, The Robert Bateman Foundation Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

2019, “YW HUB Art Exhibition”, The Collector’s Gallery of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2016, “Showcase”, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2015, “Here and There”, Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2015, “Fantastic Fibers 2015”, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky USA. 

2015, “Language of Craft”, Alberta Craft Council Feature Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 2015, “Lasting Effects”, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2015, “Our Prairie in Fiber”, Saskatchewan Craft Council Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

2014, “Hooked Art 2014”, The Gallery, University of Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut, USA 

2014, “Furnish”, Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2013, 2012, 2011, 2010  "Prairie Excellence", Art Gallery of Regina, Saskatchewan, Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, 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, Manitoba, Anity Gallery, Saskatoon, Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, 

2010, "For the Love of Craft", Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

2023, "Studio Exhibition," Silver Street Studios #116, Houston, Texas.

2022, "Studio Exhibition," The Silos #306, Houstn, Texas 

2017, Transformations – Hooked Sculpture, Leighton Art Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2016, Transformations – Hooked Sculpture, Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton,  Alberta, Canada.

2014, “Hooked in the Mountains XV11”, Champlain Valley Expo Center, Essex Junction, Vermont

2013 - 2014, "Beyond Traditions" Contemporary Fiber Hooking, St Albert Art Gallery, St Albert,  Alberta, Canada.

2013, "Beyond Traditions" Contemporary Fiber Hooking, Leighton Art Center, Calgary, Alberta,  Canada.

2012, "Finding Home" - contemporary Fiber Hooking, Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery",  Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.

2011, "Off the Floor" Contemporary Hooked Rugs, Alberta Craft Council Discovery Gallery,  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2011, "No Floors Required"- Contemporary Hooked Rug Exhibition, Fibreworks Gallery, Madeira  Park, British Columbia, Canada. 

2010, "Hooked on Rugs Exhibition" Multicultural Centre Museum, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.


Collections

Royal Alberta Museum 

Canadian Art Bank (Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Provincial Art Collection)  

YWCA Calgary

Private collections in Canada and the United States.


  

Grants and Awards

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, Houston, Texas    

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 Hooker’s Journey”, Lulu press, 2020

- Haugen Barbara. “Rugged Individualist” Rachelle LeBlanc’s obsession 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. UK.  May 2014 ISBN-13:9781408157565                                                                                           

- LeBlanc, Rachelle.  “Finishing makes the rug: The Gallery Finish”, 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 catalogue published by Craft Journal, Montreal, Quebec. 2008. Pages 43, 44, 60, 61, 62. ISBN: 978-2-9809569-6-6  



Textile artist and curator Rachelle LeBlanc's hand-hooked surface works blur the line between traditional craft and contemporary art  




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