RESUME

  

Marion Coleman

18985 Sandy Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546, 510-582-1464
Website:  www.marioncoleman.com Email: marionquilts2000@yahoo.com

 

Education

 
B.A., University of California, Riverside, CA

M.S., California State University, Hayward, CA 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, CA -- 2010

Castro Valley Performing Arts Center, Castro Valley, CA -- 2008

Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA -- 2007 
ProArts Gallery & Latham Square Associates, Oakland, CA -- 2006

 

Commissions and Public Collections


Finalist, Bayview Hunters Pint Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA 2009

Semi Finalist, Bayview Library, San Francisc, CA 2009

Richmond Civic Center Quilt Series, Richmond, CA 2009

Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, CA, Small Works – 2009

Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI – 2008

Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA -- 2008
Parchester Village Community Center Public Art Project, Richmond, CA – 2008 Richmond Civic Center Pavement Design Finalist (not implemented), Richmond, CA 2007

Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center – 2006

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

McMinn County Heritage Museum, Athens, TN -- 2010

First Encounter of IberoAmerican Textile Network, San Jose & Limon, Costa Rica – 2010

www.infinityartgallery.com -- 2010

Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA -- 2010

Vita Center, Ventura, CA – 2010

Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA – 2010

Highlands Museum & Discovery Center, Ashland, KY – 2010

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH -- 2010


Quilt Week Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan -- 2009

WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL -- 2009

Oakland Community College Women’s Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI -- 2009

40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, CA -- 2009

Eastville Community Historical Society, Sag Harbor, NY -- 2009

Pi Gallery, co-curator, Kansas City, MO -- 2009

American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY -- 2009

African American Health Summit, Oakland, CA -- 2009

Historical Society of Washington DC, Washington, DC – 2009


Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY -- 2008 

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO – 2008

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery at the California State Building, Oakland, CA – 2008

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH -- 2008

Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI – 2008

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD – 2008

 

 Publications & Other Media


Journey of Hope, Quilts Inspired by President Obama by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi – March 2010

500 Art Quilts, Lark Publications— February 2010

Art Quilting Studio, Winter 2010

Patchwork Tsushin, Japan --  April 2009

Amazing Wonders, Sacramento, CA - 2009

“From Slavery to the White House”, Channel 7, ABC News, San Francisco by Carolyn Tyler, April 2009

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters by Patricia A. Turner (2009)

 

Awards

 

“Hold My Hand & Make My Bed”, Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI--2009

Arts Leadership Award, Alameda County Board of Supervisors -- 2009

Nominee, 2008 Arts Leadership Award, Alameda County Board of Supervisors

Creative Work Fund Grant, San Francisco, CA – 2007

 

Artist in Residence and Community Outreach

 


Minerva Project, Museum of California, Sacramento, CA 2009-2010

Minerva Project, Alameda County Youth Art Project for California Women’s Conference –2010, 2009, 2008

Guest Artist, Quilt Week --Yokohama, Japan 2009

Alice (Arts & Literacy in Children’s Education), Artist in Residence, Manzanita Elementary School -- 2009

Community Works/California Arts Council Artist in Residence, Edna Brewer Middle School -- 2009

Community Works Artist in Residence, Juvenile Justice Center, San Leandro, CA—2007-2009

 

 

Professional Associations

 

African American Quilt Guild, Oakland, CA, President 2006-2007

Textile Arts Council, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, Board Member 2007-2008

Women of Color Quilters Network