Barbara Danzi
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Improvisational Abstractions solo exhibit at Road to California, Ontario, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2025
QuiltCon, Countercurrent, Entanglement, Embers, The Modern Quilt Guild, Phoenix, AZ, Jurors not published
Road to California, Left Turn #2, Pathway, Ontario, CA, Jurors not published
New Pieces, Branches, Syncopated Blues, Road to California, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Southern California/Nevada exhibit at Road to California, Ontario, CA, Juror Betty Busby
2024
Houston International Quilt Festival, Forest Walk, Detour, Benched, Houston Convention Center, Houston, TX, Jurors not published
Quilts Unlimited, Left Turn #2, View Center for Arts, Old Forge NY, Jurors Mary Walter, Pat Harrison
World Quilt Festival, Left Turn, Yokohama, Japan, Selections from Quiltcon 2024
West Coast Textile Arts, Democracy Prevailed on the Courthouse Steps, Escondido Arts Partnership, Escondido, CA, Juror Kate Stern
bG Gallery Spectrum Exhibit, Forest Walk, bg Gallery. Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, Juror Om Bleicher
MORE! Embracing Excess, Left Turn #2, Fern Forest, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Smithsonian Museum Affiliate, Juror Anne C. Evenhaugen
Mixed Media 2024, Branches, Orange Crush, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Jurors Patrick Geske, Katie Hector, and Paul Loya
Fiber Options 2024, Pathway, Hudson Heartbeat, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, Juror Sandra Sider
Houston International Quilt Festival, 50 Years of Red White and Blue Quilts Exhibit, Democracy Prevailed on the Courthouse Steps, Houston Convention Center, Houston, TX, Jurors not published
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Power Struggle, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, Juror Valerie Maser-Flanagan, Vicki Carlson, Lea McComas
ByContrast, Rift, Bethany Art Community, Ossining, NY, SAQA Studio Art Quilt Association, New York/New Jersey Chapter, Juror Merill Comeau
European Patchwork, Left Turn, Val d’Argent, Alsace, France, Selections from Quiltcon 2024
Airing of the Quilts on the Bridges of Madison County, Left Turn, Winterset, Iowa, Selections from Quiltcon 2024
Syzygy, Syncopated Blues, Echo Park Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror Nefertara
Pattern and Design, Birds of a Feather, Sedimentary, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA Juror Kristine Shomaker
Australian Quilt Convention, Left Turn, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia, Selections from Quiltcon 2024
ByContrast, Rift, Broome County Arts Council, Binghamton, NY, SAQA Studio Art Quilt Association, New York/New Jersey Chapter, Juror Merill Comeau
Selections of QuiltCon, Left Turn, The Modern Quilt Guild, Australia, France, and other sites, Jurors not published
QuiltCon, Detour, Left Turn, The Modern Quilt Guild, Raleigh, NC, Jurors not published
Road to California, Power Struggle, Fern Forest, Ontario, CA, Jurors not published
2023
Quilts = Art = Quilts, Detour, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Quilts Unlimited, Power Struggle, Get in Line, Hudson Heartbeat, View Center for Arts, Old Forge NY, Jurors Mary Walter, Pat Harrison
ByContrast, Rift, View Center for Arts, Old Forge NY, SAQA Studio Art Quilt Association, New York/New Jersey Chapter, Juror Merill Comeau
Quilts: Tela, If Piet Were Woke, Ombrometer, Elmont Library, Elmont, NY, Juror William Daniels
Houston International Quilt Festival, Benched, Houston Convention Center, Houston, TX
A Twist on Tradition, Houston International Quilt Festival, Left Turn, Houston Convention Center, Houston, TX
Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, Tornado Warning, Shadowy Figures, Kirkland, WA
International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, Fern Forest, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Detour, Benched, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, Jurors Vicki Carlson, Phil D. Jones, and Niraja Lorenz
Roots, Opening, El Barrio Artspace, New York, Textile Study Group of New York, Jurors not published
Design In Flux, Rift, Governors Island NY, West Harlem Art Fund, Jurors William Daniels, Savona Bailey-McClain
Logs on a Roll, Democracy Prevailed on the Courthouse Steps, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, Jurors Irene Berry and Jan Mark
Connections, Hudson Heartbeat, Ceres Gallery, New York, Textile Study Group of New York, Juror Mary Birmingham
QuiltCon, Power Struggle, Orange Crush, Hudson Heartbeat, The Modern Quilt Guild annual juried exhibition, Atlanta, GA, Jurors not published
2022
International Quilt Market and Festival, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms, Fern Forest, Landscape Quilts Special Exhibit, Houston, TX Jurors not published
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Left Turn, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, Jurors Sheila Frampton Cooper, Jacquie Gering, Lisa Hedstrom
Evolutions 2022, Shadowy Figures, Scalability #7, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, Jurors not published
Art on Site, Rift, Kente Royal Gallery, New York, Juror William Daniels
The Art of the Reveal, Hudson Heartbeat, Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, Juror William Daniels
Quilts Unlimited, Shadowy Figures, Orange Crush, Scalability #7, View Center for Arts, Old Forge NY, Jurors Mary Walter, Pat Harrison
QuiltCon, Scalability #7, Tornado Warning, Return to Office, Shadowy Figures, The Modern Quilt Guild annual juried exhibition, Phoenix, AZ, Jurors not published
Sacred Threads, Return to Office, Virginia, Jurors not published
Threads That Bind, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Juror Stacy Hollander
QuiltFest New England, Orange Crush, Ombrometer, Springfield, MA, Jurors not published
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Get In Line, If Piet Were Woke, Oaks, PA ,Jurors not published
Pacific International Quilt Festival, More Rainbow Less Cloud, Rift, Santa Clara, CA, Jurors not published
Studio Art Quilt Associates Connecticut Local Color: A Connecticut Welcome High Tide, Windham Textile & Art History Museum, Milford Art Center, Greenwich Art Society, Guilford Art Center, Juror Anna Patalano
Road to California, Shadowy Figures, Scalability #7, Rift, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms, Ontario, CA, Jurors not published
2021
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Orange Crush, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, Jurors Jane Dunnewold and Karen Schulz
QuiltCon Together, Diversity, The Modern Quilt Guild annual juried exhibition, Jurors not published
Inches of Stitches, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms, More Rainbow Less Cloud, Gallery 53, Meridien, CT, Jurors not published
Awards
2024 Power Struggle, Grand Prize, New Legacies Contemporary Quilts
2024 Power Struggle, 1st Place Large Quilts, Road to California
2023 Power Struggle, Best of Show, Quilts Unlimited
2023 Get In Line, First Place, Quilts Unlimited
2023 Power Struggle, Judge’s Award, QuiltCon
2023 Tornado Warning, 2nd Place, Abstract Art Quilts, Northern Star Quilters Guild
2023 Get In Line, 3rd Place, Modern Quilts, Northern Star Quilters Guild
2022 Orange Crush, NACQJ Award of Merit, Quilts Unlimited
2022 Shadowy Figures, Art Quilt 2nd Place, Quilts Unlimited
2022 Orange Crush, Mid-Century Mod 2nd Place, Quiltfest New England
2021 More Rainbow Less Cloud, Gallery 53, 3rd Place
2021 Diversity, 2nd Place, Vermont Quilt Festival
2021 Selfie, 3rd Place, Vermont Quilt Festival
Juror / Curator / Quilt Judge
Quilts on the Wall - Juror, November 2024
International Quilt and Fiber Festival 2024 - quilt judge, Museum of Quilt and Fiber Arts, La Conner, WA, July 2024
Speaking Engagements
Abstract Quilt Design, Quilts on the Wall, July 2024
Quilt Inspiration, Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild, 2024
Quilt Trunk Show, Brooklyn Quilters Guild, 2022
Publications
Simply Moderne Magazine, June 2023, Power Struggle
UPPERCASE Magazine, Issue 51, 2021, I See Hope in the Cherry Blossoms
Simply Moderne Magazine, June 2021, Diversity
Curated Quilts, Q1 2020, Selfie
MEDIA
Quilter on Fire podcast interview, Episode 109, Mary 2023
Quilts=Art=Quilts Artist’s Talk, Schweinfurth Art Center, October 2022, Youtube
The Art of the Reveal Artist Talks, Hudson Guild Gallery, August 2022, Youtube
EDUCATION
Nancy Crow Art Quilt Workshops, Crow Timberframe Barn, Baltimore, OH, 2018-2024
Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education, Graphic Design Certificate in progress, 16 courses completed
University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Executive Master of Business Administration
Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Los Angeles Art Association, Juried Artist
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Juried Artist Member
Textile Arts Los Angeles
Textile Study Group of New York
National Association of Certified Quilt Judges, Candidate
The Modern Quilt Guild
Brooklyn Quilters