SELECTED AWARDS

2007: Merit Award, Artspace New Works, Raleigh, NC

2004: Purchase Award, State of the Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2004: Best Needlework of Show, National Capitol Orchid Societys annual orchid /art show, National Arboretum, Washington, DC
2004: Award of Distinction, Triangles Best Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
2004: Award of Merit, Artspace New Works Show, Raleigh, NC

2003: NICHE Award , Philadelphia, PA
2003: Gold Award, Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan
2003, 2002: Best Art of Show, National Capitol Orchid Societys Annual Orchid /Art Show at the National Arboretum, Washington, DC

2002: Award of Merit, Functional Fine Arts & Crafts, Raleigh, NC
2002: 2nd Place, Professional Fine Art, NC State Fair
2002: Best of Show, Quilts, NC State Fair
2003, 2002,2001,1994,1993,1992: Blue Ribbons, Quilts, NC State Fair
2002: Honorable Mention, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2001,2000,1999: Honorable Mention, Fine Arts Div., NC State Fair
2001: 3rd Prize, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC

2000: North Carolina Visual Artist Fellowship
2003,2000,1999: Award of Excellence, Quilts, NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC
2000: Blue Ribbon & Best of Show, Capital Area Quilters, Raleigh, NC
1999: Blue Ribbon, Pennsylvania National Quilt VI, Ft. Washington, PA
1999: 2nd Prize, Wall Quilts, Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, MI
1999: Museum of American Quilters Society, Shannon-Ross Scholarship

1998: Blue Ribbon & Judges Choice, NC Quilt Symposium, Raleigh, NC
1998: Blue Ribbon, Asheville Quilt Show, Asheville, NC
1998: United Arts Council Regional Artist Grant
1998: Honorable Mention, International Quilt Assoc., Houston, TX

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008: Tear in the Fabric, Conceptually Driven Quilt, CalPoly, SanLuisObispo, CA

2007, 2004: Blue Ridge Parkway Exhibit Blue Spiral 1 Gallery Asheville, NC

2006: Back to the Garden Exhibit Blue Spiral 1 Gallery Asheville, NC                                       
2005 - 2007: Art in the Embassies, Indonesia                                                                                
2006: "Uncommon Threads" Exhibit at Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
2004: Piedmont Craftsmen Power of Excellence at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
2004, 2002: Green Hill Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2004: Solo Exhibition, Raleigh Womens Club, Raleigh, NC

2003: Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC
2003, 2002, 2000: Solo Exhibitions, Municipal Building, Raleigh, NC
2003, 2002: Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2002: Greenville Fine Arts Ball, Greenville, NC
2002-2005: Art in the Embassies, Guatemala
2003, 2002: National Orchid Society Art Show, Washington, DC
2002: Gallery 323, Madison, WI
2002, 2001: Piedmont Crafts Fair, Winston-Salem, NC
2002: Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
2002: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
2002: EUROGA 2002, Monchengladbach, Germany

2001: Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2001: International Quilt Assoc., Narrative Quilts, Houston, TX
2001: NC Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
2001: Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC
2001: Appalachian Cultural Arts Museum, Boone, NC
2001: Solo Exhibition, Wilson Arts Center, Wilson, NC
2001: Vermont Quilt Festival, Northfield, VT
2001: New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA

2000: Page-Walker Museum, Cary, NC
2000,1998: NC Botanical Gardens, Chapel Hill, NC
2000, 1999, 1997,1996: Solo Exhibitions NC Crafts Gallery, Carrboro, NC
2000,1999: Annual Textile Art Exhibit, Bradiggin's, Hillsborough, NC

1999: Art Center, Carrboro, NC
1999: Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
1999: Museum of American Quilters Society,  Kaleidoscope Touring Exhibit, Dunedin FL., Carthage MO,  Ames IA, Scottsdale PA, Rochester MN, Nashville TN, Flint MI, USA
1999: Quilt National Touring Exhibit, USA

1997: NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC
1997: Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh, NC

1996: Wendell Library, Wendell, NC
1996: Davidson College, Davidson, NC

SELECTED JURIED SHOWS

2008: Craft USA 08, New Canaan, CT

2008, 2004 Craftforms, Wayne, PA                                                                                     

2008,2007, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1999: Artspace, New Works, Raleigh, NC                                  

2008: Tear in the Fabric, Conceptually Driven Quilt, CalPoly, SanLuisObispo, CA
2006: "Trading Spaces" Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2006: "Quilts=Art=Quilts"at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

2005: AQS Exposition Nashville, Tennesee
2005: Artists Magazine 22nd Annual Art Contest finalist Experimental category
2005: ACC Spotlight, Hendersonville, NC

2004: State of the Art; Winston Salem, NC
2004: Competition for NC Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, NC
2004: Triangles Best Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
2005,2004, 2002, 2000, 1998: American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY
2004, 2003, 2002, 2000: Annual Womens Center Art Show, Chapel Hill, NC
2005,2003,2001,1999, 1998: International Quilt Assoc., Houston, TX

2003: Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan
2003: Handcrafted, Rocky Mount, NC
2002: Artspace, Functional Fine Art & Craft, Raleigh, NC
2002: Hoffman Challenge, USA Tour
2002, 2001: Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2002, 2001, 2000: Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA
2001: Artspace Three Person Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
2001: North Carolina Art Quilts, Greensboro, NC

2000, 1998, 1997: Pacific International Quilt, Santa Clara, CA
2000: SAQA/PAM, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005,2000: World Quilt & Textile, Winston-Salem, NC & Lansing, MI
2000: Marvels Show, Artspace, Raleigh, NC

2006,1999, 1997: Pennsylvania National Quilt , Fort Washington, PA
1999: Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, MI
1999: Quilt National, Athens OH
1999: Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY

1998: Border Biennial, York, SC
1998: International Quilt Week Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan

1997: Spotlight, Hickory, NC
1997: Fiber Arts, Dalton, GA
1997: Inside Out, Fayetteville, NC

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

TELEVISION SPOTS
NBC local news/ First Friday at Artspace, Raleigh, NC Feb. 2006
HGTV / "Simply Quilts" segment April 23, 2004
PBS/1997 NC State Fair--interview and showing of Hurricane Fran quilt
ABC local news/Don Ross Journal, March 1999

WORLD WIDE WEB
Quilt Artist: Ann Harwell
Hubble Art
Fibert Artists