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EDUCATION:
M. F. A. in Inter media and Video Art, University of Iowa,
1996
Textile Certification, Saeterglantan Hemsloejdens Gard,
Handarbetets Vaenner Skola, Sweden, 1996-1997
B. A., Art, North Park University, Magna Cum Laude, Art,
1991
CONTACT INFO
frigardk@mcpherson.edu
or 620-241-0731, ext. 1138
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor of Art, McPherson College , McPherson,
Kansas, 1997-present
Teach the following courses: Intermedia (Video Art, Photoshop,
Installation, Environmental Art), Intermedia II (Digital
Video Art)
Drawing II, Metalsmithing and Casting, Fiber Art, Elementary
Design, Art History I , Art History II , Women Artists,
Native American Artists, Textiles
Instructor, Jurva College of Arts and
Crafts, Jurva, Finland, 1997
Taught the following subjects: Photoshop, Spinning wool
and flax,
Experimental surface design techniques, Contemporary perspectives
in American Fiber art, Quilt making
Instructor, Tariasuk Video Center,
Canadian Arctic, Igloolik, NWT Canada, summer 1996
Taught Spinning , Felting, Quilting and Embroidery in Inuit
women artists' organization
Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa
Art Department, 1995-96
Taught Intermedia Art (Environmental Installation, Assemblage,
Collage, Performance Art, and Video Art)
Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa
College of Education, 1993-1996
Taught Audio and Video Production with Digital Editing
EXHIBITIONS:
2002 Solo exhibitions:
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, "Metal,
Stone, Bed, Heart, Felt"
Deines Cultural Center, Russell, Kansas,
"Metal, Stone, Bed, Heart, Felt,"
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa, "The
Land, the Path, the Stitches Back"
Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, Kansas,
"Metal, Stone, Bed, Heart, Felt"
McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas,
"Metal, Stone, Bed, Heart, Felt"
2002 Juried or Invitational Group shows:
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas, "Rare Visions"
Newman University, Wichita, Kansas, "Art
for Gifts"
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky,
"Fantastic Fibers"
2001 Solo exhibitions:
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, "And She Clothed
Every One of Them, " and "Paper Angels"
Birger Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg, KS,
"The Land, the Path, the Stitches Back"
2001 Juried Group shows:
Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, "Sleight of
Hand "
Project, Wichita, KS, "Tiny Works"
2000 Solo exhibitions:
Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, IA, "And She Clothed Every
One of Them"
Swedish-American Museum, Philadelphia,
PA, "The Land, the Path, the Stitches Back"
1999 Solo exhibitions:
Friendship Gallery, McPherson College, McPherson, KS, "Paper
Angels"
1999 Juried group shows:
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, "Fiber Focus 99"
The Associated Colleges of Central Kansas,
Faculty traveling Exhibition, McPherson, Sterling, and Kansas
Wesleyan Colleges, KS
Elizabethtown Metro Mall, Elizabethtown,
NJ, "Spirit Dresses"
Lindsborg Arts Council, Smoky Valley Artists
Show, Lindsborg, KS
1998 Solo exhibitions:
Handarbetets Vaenner Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, "The
Land, the Path, the Stitches Back"
North Park College Art Gallery, Chicago,
IL, "The Land, the Path, the
Stitches Back"
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Spirit
Dresses"
1998 Juried group shows:
Suupohjan Osuuspankki, Jurva, Finland, "Night"
Jurva College of Arts and Crafts, Jurva,
Finland, "Night"
1997 Solo exhibition:
Slaektforskarnas Hus, Leksand, Sweden, "Dress for Mother"
1996 Juried group shows:
Saeterglantan Hemsloejdens gard, Insjoen, Sweden, "Jul
Utstaellning"
Chautauqua Crafts Alliance, Fredonia,
NY, "Fiber 96 International"
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, "Fiber
Art International"
Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge,
MA, "Images of Women in Craft"
Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, "Paper/Fiber
International 1996"
Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, "Multiple
Talents"
1995 Solo exhibitions:
Diverse Visions project, Iowa City, IA, "House/Home"
The University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa
City, IA, "Embroidered Stories"
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA, "Twist on
Tradition"
1995 Juried group show:
Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY, "Threads"
1994 Solo Exhibition:
Johnson County Art Center, Iowa City, IA, "Girl Clothing"
1994 Juried group shows:
The Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL, "Notions"
Margaret Hartwell Museum, Poplar Bluff
Missouri, "Miniatures"
Spiral Arts, New York, NY, "No More
Nice Girls"
GRANTS:
Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities
to Vesterheim museum for Kelly Frigard's lecture on Traditional
Swedish Women's Art Forms and exhibition "The Land,
the Path, the Stitches Back", 2002
Kansas Arts Commission, mini-grant
for "And She Clothed Every One of Them, 2002
American Scandinavian Foundation,
for study of contemporary Swedish artists and textile techniques,
summer 2000
Penland Teacher's Scholarship,
for study of Metalsmithing and Casting, Penland School of
Arts and Crafts, summer, 1999
Fulbright Fellowship, for study
of Swedish art, academic year 1996-97
Mary B. Bishop/Francis S. Merrit Scholarship,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, summer 1996
Intermedia Arts Minnesota, Diverse
Visions grant for "House / Home," 1995
Iowa Arts Council Grant, 1995
University of Iowa Fine Arts Council
Grant, 1995
Iowa Arts Council Grant, 1994
University of Iowa Fine Arts Council
Grant, 1994
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES:
2002
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa, "The Land, the Path,
the Stitches Back"
2001
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, "And She Clothed
Every One of Them"
Lester Raymer Society, Lindsborg, KS,
Artist in Residence
1999
Jurva College of Arts and Crafts, Jurva, Finland, week long
workshop, "Experimental Fiber Art"
1997
Fulbright Commission, Stockholm, Sweden, "Traditional
Swedish Women's Art Forms"
Swedish American Museum, Chicago, IL,
"Traditional Swedish Women's Art Forms"
1996
Augustana College, Moline, IL, "Finding A Voice in
Fiber Art"
Iowa City Retirement Center, Iowa City,
IA, "Contemporary Art Quilts"
Brandel Care Center, Northbrook, IL, "Contemporary
Art Quilts"
1995
The University of Iowa Women's Studies Department, Iowa
City, IA, "Finding A Voice in Fiber Art"
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, "Dream
Girl" video presentation
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jake Rexus, "Exhibition Records Family History in Fiber,
Piecework
Magazine, March-April 2002
Chris Shull, "Butterfly Dresses,"
The Wichita Eagle, December 2, 2001
Gary DeMuth, "Lindsborg Artist Finds
Inspiration in the Fabric of Her
Family's History," The Salina Journal, November 11,
2001
Donna Swenson, "A Stitch in Time,"
Wichita Times, December 2000, The McPherson Sentinel, October
2001, Lindsborg News Record, October 2001
Clara Belden Kilbourn, "Stitches
in Time," The Hutchinson News, December 4, 2000
Margaretha Talerman, "The Land, the
Path, the Stitches Back," American Swedish Historical
Museum online's Temporary Exhibit, Sept-January 2000-2001
Ulla Fichtelius, "Landet, Vaegen,
Stygnen Bakat," Vaev Magasinet, (Swedish Fiber Art
Magazine) February 1999
Margaret Hawkins, "Artist Traps Viewers
in Wondrous Maze," The Chicago Sun Times, April 1998
Margit Wevang, "The Art of Kelly
Murray," The Sun/Scandinavian USA, June-July, 1998
Bill Radl, "Exploring Dark Spaces
of House / Home," Icon, July 20 1995, 6.
Laurie Miles, "Resdiscovering Art
That Comes From the Heart...For the Home," The Press
Citizen, July 20 1995, 6-7.
PUBLICATIONS:
Kelly Murray Frigard, "House / Home," Iowa Woman,
Winter 1996, 24-27.
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