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Deidre Scherer: Biography
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| Deidre Scherer studied painting at the
Rhode Island School of Design. She developed her distinct, narrative approach to fiber while
raising her family, and has worked with fabric and thread as her primary medium since the late
1970's. Deidre has addressed the issues of aging and mortality by building a series of images
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Since the late-80's, Deidre has presented her work at American
Craft Council Fairs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft
Shows, and at the Smithsonian Craft Shows. Her work has
been represented in over 100 shows nationally, including
solo exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield,
MA; the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY; the Brattleboro
Museum and Art Center in Brattleboro, Vt; and the Baltimore
Museum of Art in Baltimore, MD.
Internationally her work has traveled to exhibitions in
Canada, England, and Japan. In 1996, Deidre gave the keynote
lecture at the National Festival of the Embroiderer's Guild
in Durham, England. Her work is found in private collections
worldwide and in public collections including The Baltimore
Museum of Art, the Museum of Science in Boston, MA, and
St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, NY.
Many people have been introduced to Deidre's images through
renowned book covers such as When I Am An Old Woman
I Shall Wear Purple (Papier-Mache Press). In 1998,
C & T Publishing released her book Deidre Scherer:
Work in Fabric & Thread.
In 1994, Deidre received a Fellowship from the Vermont
Arts Council. From 2000 through 2001, having received a
Fellowship from The Open Society Institute's Project on
Death in America, she focused on her new series, Surrounded
by Family and Friends. Between May and July of 2001,
the inaugural exhibition was on display at the Brattleboro
Museum & Art Center. It will be traveling to locations
throughout the states including Montreal in October of 2002.
Deidre and her husband live in Vermont where she works
full time as a studio artist.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2001 |
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center,
Surrounded by Family and Friends,
Brattleboro, VT |
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| 1999 |
Museum of the American Quilter's Society,
retrospective,
Paducah, KY |
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| 1998 |
Baltimore
Museum of Art, Deidre Scherer: The Threaded Image,
Baltimore, MD |
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Dennos Museum,
Traverse City, MI |
| 1997 |
Everson Museum of Art,
Syracuse, NY |
| 1996 |
Museum
of Fine Arts, Deidre Scherer, Threads of Experience,
Springfield, MA |
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| 1995 |
Redding Museum of Art,
Redding, CA |
| 1994 |
Dennis Woodman Gallery,
Kew, Surrey, England 1992 |
| 1992 |
Williams College Museum
of Art, Williamstown, MA |
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The Ghia Gallery,
San Francisco, CA |
| 1990 |
Social Movement Gallery,
Nashville, TN |
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Brattleboro Museum
and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2000 |
Museum of Science,
The Secrets of Aging, Boston, MA |
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Museum
of Art and Design, Miniatures 2000, Helsinki, Finland,
catalogue |
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| 1999 |
The Memorial
Union Art Gallery, University of California, Viewpoints,
Davis, CA |
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| 1996 |
Canal Gallery,
A Show of Hands, Holyoke, MA |
| 1995 |
Philadelphia
Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA; also 1993 |
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Renwick
Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Nat'l Museum of American Art,
Full Deck, Washington, DC |
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Center of Contemporary
Arts, Intimate Threads, St. Louis, MO |
| 1994 |
Museum of Fine Arts,
Artists Eye the Elderly, Springfield, MA |
| 1993 |
Robert Hull Fleming
Museum, Intersections, Burlington, VT |
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Alexandra
Palace, Celebrating the Stitch, London, UK; also
traveling to Vancouver, |
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BC; and Tokyo,
Japan |
| 1991 |
Schlesinger
Library, Radcliffe College, Mixed Media Expressions,
Cambridge, MA |
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Northwest Craft Center,
Image and Power, Seattle, WA |
| 1989 |
Cyrus M. Running Gallery,
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
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Erector
Square Gallery, Woman in Her Place, New Haven,
CT, Honorable Mention |
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| 1988 |
Brockton Art Museum,
Bits and Pieces, Brockton, MA |
| 1987 |
Boston University
Art Gallery, Illusion in Art, Boston, MA, catalogue
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Textile Arts Centre,
Figurative Fiber, Chicago, IL |
| 1985 |
United
Nations Conference on Women, An American Album,
Nairobi, Kenya |
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Wheeler Gallery,
Art for Africa: The Famine Relief, Providence, RI |
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
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| The Baltimore Museum of
Art, Baltimore, MD |
| St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester,
NY |
| Dartmouth College, Tuck
School, Hanover, NH |
| Cahoon Museum, Cotuit,
MA |
| Museum of Science, Boston,
MA |
| Crowell Collection, Newfane,
VT |
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