Candace Edgerley: Artist
CANDACE S. EDGERLEY
Alexandria, VA
Instagram: candaceedgerley
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Candace Edgerley, The Stimson Center, Washington, DC.
Candace Edgerley: Pleat and Re-pleat, Fiberworks Studio, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
1997 Works by Candace Edgerley, Eigenart Gallery, Neusass-Steppach, Germany.
SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023 Long View, New Image Artists, The Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE.
2021 Rock, Paper, Scissors, New Image Artists, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA.
Evolving: New Image Artists, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.
2019 Small Works, Artists and Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD.
Shibori Mini, Kongobuji Temple, Mount Koya, Japan.
Somewhere Else, New Image Artists, The Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE.
Footnotes, New Image Artists, Artists & Makers, Bethesda, MD.
New Image Artists, Capital One Bank Headquarters, McLean, VA.
Pairs: Work by New Image Artists, Emporium Center, Main Gallery, Germantown, MD.
2018 Shibori Mini, Arimatsu Dashi Kaikan Museum, Arimatsu, Japan.
Thirteen Perspectives, New Image Artists, Wayne Theater, Waynesboro, VA.
2017 Pairs, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
13 Perspectives, The Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA.
Land, Sea, and Air, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
2016 Shibori, Ikat, and Sustainability: Land, Culture, and People, Centro De Las Artes San Augustin, Oaxaca,
2015 Handmade: Explorations in Fiber Art, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
2014 Coast to Coast, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA.
Flight Patterns, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, T-North Concourse, Atlanta, GA.
Contemporary Art of Shibori and Ikat, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China.
Art Al Vent X, Gata de Gorgos, Spain.
Continuing Conversations, Barton Art Galleries, Wilson, NC. Traveling to Blount-Bridgers House, Hobson Pittman Gallery,
Tarboro, NC.
Fiber: Exploring Today and Remembering Yesterday, Verizon Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA.
2013 In.ter.face: Connections, Surface Design Association, SaySi Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
Yard Art, Lord Fairfax Community College, Fairfax, VA.
Somewhere Else, Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA.
2012 Connectivity: Threads of Community, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
Wildlife, Muse Gallery, Longmont, CO.
Bountiful, Surface Design Association, Jarrett Thor Fine Arts Gallery, Colonial Beach, VA.
2011 Merge and Flow, Surface Design Association, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2010 Shibori, Slow Fiber Studio, Atsumari Gallery, Arimatsu, Japan.
Hardware, La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, WA.
Yard Art at the Yard, Lorton Workhouse Art Museum, Lorton, VA.
In the Genes? Fiberworks Studio, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
Conversations: an Exhibition of the Southeast Fiber Educators’ Association, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN.
2009 Surface Matters, Surface Design Association, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO.
Tribute to Fiber Art, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
Conversations: an Exhibition of the Southeast Fiber Educators’ Association, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC.
Fiber As We Know It, Gallery 222, Leesburg, VA.
Mirror Image, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA.
New Visions, Suffolk Museum, VA.
2008 New Images in Fiber, Barry Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington, VA.
NO LIMITS: Shibori in Fashion, Artefact Gallery, Lyon, France.
Together and Apart: Art Quilts, New Image, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE.
12th Biennial Ikebana Show, The Art League and Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Alexandria, VA.
2007 Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association, Kansas City, MO, selected to travel.
5th Cheongju International Craft Exhibition, Cheongju City, Korea. Honorable Mention.
Trace Elements, Fiberworks Studio, Alexandria, VA. Featured artist.
Quilter’s Heritage Celebration Fashion Show, Lancaster, PA.
2006 Corcoran College of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC.
Mud, Sand & Straw, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC.
Fiber’ Finest—A Juried Exhibition, C. William Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD.
Newly Juried Artists Exhibition, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association, Alexandria, VA.
2005 Twenty Years of the Corcoran Print Portfolio, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC.
Art by the Yard, Springwater Fiber Workshop and Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Arlington, VA, Award.
Taking Flight, Surface Design Association Fashion Show, Kansas City, MO, Award.
Uncovering the Surface, Surface Design Association, Kansas City, MO.
Crossing Boundaries/Maintaining Traditions, Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC.
2004 Corcoran College of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC.
A Tribute to Fiber Art, APEX Gallery, Washington, DC.
Conceal/Reveal, Del Ray Artisans Gallery and Springwater Fiber Workshop, Arlington, VA, Award.
Material World--Contemporary Fiber, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
Blues, Corcoran College of Art + Design Print Portfolio, District Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, DC.
Places Reversed, Reversing Vandalism Exhibit, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.
2003 Up Close & Far Away, Surface Design Association, Kansas City, MO, Award.
Circle of Life, Creative Crafts Council, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD.
2000 Potomac Craftsmen Gallery Exhibition, Ronald Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC.
1999 Off the Wall and on my Back, Invitational Wearable Art, Embassy of Ecuador, Washington, DC.
1998 Creative Crafts Council 22nd Biennial Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD.
1997 Invitational Crafts Show, Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC.
1996 Southwest Craft Center Fiesta Arts Show, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX, Award.
COLLECTIONS
Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC.
Kaiser Permanente, Fairfax, VA.
David Copperfield, Las Vegas, NV.
Virginia McGehee Friend, Waterford, VA.
Nancy Shriber, Fairfax, VA.
Janet Yance, Charlottesville, VA.
Additional private collections
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2019 The Art League, Alexandria, VA. Instructor.
2006-2020 Fiberworks Studio, Juried Artist, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.
2002-2014 Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, Adjunct Faculty.
1998 Fairfax County Institute for the Arts, Teacher, high school summer arts program, Fairfax, VA.
OTHER RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2013 Create at the Corcoran: Shibori Workshop, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC.
Make Your Own Shibori Workshop, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Contemporary Shibori Techniques, Lecture, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
2012 Shibori Today, Lecture, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Fairfax High School, Fairfax, VA.
2008 Celebration of Textiles Day, Shibori Family Activity, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
2007 Fabric Block Printing Workshop, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
2006 Celebration of Textiles Day, Shibori Demonstration, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Contracted to work with Japanese Fashion Design Group during Festival.
Celebration of Textiles Day, Shibori Family Activity, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Hangzhou 2013 Triennial of Fiber Art, Academic Committee Member, Hangzhou, China.
Surface Design Association, President (2009–2012) Vice President (2007-2009) Director of Membership (2004-2007)
Fiber Art Study Group, Membership Chairperson (1996-Present)
Creative Craft Council 2011 Biennial Exhibition, Juror, Rockville, MD.
The Art of Fiber, (2011) Juror, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA.
PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGS
2017 Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Pairs, exhibition catalog, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2016 Shibori, Ikat, and Sustainability: Land, Culture, and People, exhibition catalog, Centro De Las Artes San Augustin, Mexico.
2015 Fabric Printing at Home, by Julie Booth.
2014 Contemporary Art of Shibori and Ikat, exhibition catalog, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China.
Flight Patterns, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, exhibition catalog and video, Atlanta, GA.
Continuing Conversations, exhibition catalog, Barton Art Galleries, Wilson, NC, p 2.
2013 Somewhere Else, exhibition catalog, Trudi Van Dyke, curator, Waddell Art Gallery, Sterling, VA, pp. 22-23.
2010 Yard Art, exhibition catalog, Trudi Van Dyke, curator. Virginia Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, p. 21.
2007 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, exhibition catalog, Cheongju City, Korea, Honorable Mention, p. 71.
2006 Fall, Surface Design Journal, article, “The Inkjet Printer as a Versatile Tool,” pp. 28-33.
2006 Fall, Surface Design Newsletter, featured work.
2005 Crossing Boundaries/Maintaining Traditions: Teaching Artists of the Southeast, exhibition catalog, Catharine Ellis, curator.
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC, pp. 14-15.
ARTICLES (Written for Surface Design Association Blog)
2015 DC's Textile Museum Finds New Home at GWU
2013 Your Art “Here”
2012 ABCs of an ACC Show: 4 SDA Exhibitors Give Insider Tips
2010 First Encounter in Costa Rica: Red Textil Iberoamericana
2010 Board Talk: SDA Gets Strategic
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Craft Council Fiber Arts Study Group New Image Group
Potomac Fiber Arts Surface Design Association The Art League
The Textile Museum The Torpedo Factory Artist's Association World Shibori Network
GRANTS
2005, 2007, 2010 Faculty Development Grant, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC.
CONFERENCES / STUDY TOURS
2016 International Shibori Symposium, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2015 India Shibori Fiber Study Tour, Ahmedabad, Pollachi, Munnar, Cochin, Madurai, New Delhi, Jaipur and Agra with
Slow Fiber Tours, Yoshioko Wada.
2014 International Shibori Symposium, Hangzhou, China.
China Fiber Study Tour, Hangzhou, Western China, Xian with Slow Fiber Studios, Yoshiko Wada.
2013 Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, Academic Committee Member, Hangzhou, China.
2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1997 Surface Design Association Biennial Conferences & Workshops,
Kansas City, MO, Minneapolis, MN, and San Antonio, TX.
2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 Southeast Fiber Educators’ Association, Penland and Raleigh, NC.
2012 Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, Washington, DC.
Surface Design Association/Studio Art Quilt Associates Conference, West Conchocken, PA.
2011 Kaunas Fiber Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania.
European Textile Network Conference, Speaker, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2010 Iberoamerican Textile Network Conference, Speaker, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Surface Design Association/Studio Art Quilt Associates Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Japan Shibori Fiber Study Tour, Arimatsu, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan with Slow Fiber Studios, Yoshiko Wada.
2009 From Kimono to Couture, The Textile Museum Symposium, Washington, DC.
2008 Inspired Design – Creative Entrepreneurial Textiles, Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC.
International Shibori Symposium and Workshop, Paris and Lyon, France.
2007 Surface Design Association/Studio Art Quilt Associates Conference, Wayne, PA.
2002 Silk Painters International Conference Workshop, College Park, MD.
Surface Design Now! The Textile Museum Symposium, Washington, DC.
1999 International Shibori Symposium and Workshop, Santiago, Chili.
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Lived in Germany from 1985-1991. Countries visited: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chili, China, Costa Rica, the former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
EDUCATION
2002-2013 Continuing Studies, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC.
1963-196 BS Business Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
1987-1989 Volkshochschule (German Courses) Augsburg, Germany.
Studied with Shibori artists Yoshiko Wada, Joan Morris, Patricia Black and Ana Lisa Hedstrom.