Artist statement

I tried several media as an artist, but I found that I express myself best through fabric.

I am inspired by African and Haitian influences, including the color and vibrancy from my childhood home, Haiti. I love the Caribbean flora and bright skies. Thus, my pieces contain much color and symbolism related to my upbringing.

As a physician, I find that making quilts connects the many facets of my life as a scientist and artist. Long considered women’s work, there is a feminine aesthetic to textile art. For me, my art balances the demands of medicine. I don’t do a lot of precise quilting because I do that in my work life; when I do my creative work, I try not to replicate my scientific tasks. I often adopt a stream-of-consciousness approach, letting the fabric “speak” to me. When I quilt, I am able to leave the world of science in order to discover new worlds of color and texture.
http://www.exhalelifestyle.com/2010-2-2/AHealingArt.html

 Awards
Has won many local, regional and national awards since 2003

Biography

Solo Show

2012 Goddard House, Boston, MA

2011 Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters, Waltham, MA

2008 The Artists Foundation Gallery At the Distillery, Boston, MA

2006 Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR

2005 Museum of the national center of Afro-American artists, Boston, MA

Group show

2013 Andover Newton Theological School, Wilson Chapel, Newton, MA

2011 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA

2011 Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College

2011 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA

2011 Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College

2010 The Ohio Valley Art League, Henderson, KY

2008 Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
2011 Plano African American Museum
2010 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
2010 Ohio Valley Art League, Henderson, KY
2007 Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
2006 Kentucky State U. Center of Excellence for the Study of African Americans Gallery, Frankfort, KY
2006 The Faith Quilts Project's, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2006 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia
2006 International Quilt Association “Journal quilts” exhibit, Houston, TX
2005 Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA
2005 International Quilt Association “I remember Mama” exhibit, Houston, TX
2005 International Quilt Association “Journal quilts” exhibit, Houston, TX
2005 Museum of Afro-American history, Boston, MA
2004 Museum of Biblical Arts, New York, NY
2004 Boston University Gallery for the Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Images 2004, New England Quilt museum, Lowell, MA
2004 Patchwork and Quilt Expo, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 World Quilt & Textile show, Manchester, NH
2004 Quilts for Change, Cincinnati OH
2004 MA Medical Society Annual Art Exhibit, Boston, MA
2004 MA Medical Society Headquarters, Waltham, MA
2004 Quilters connection Annual show, Arlington, MA
2003 NY Quilts, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
2003 International Quilt Market, Houston, TX
2003 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2003 Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, MA
2003 MA Medical Society Annual Art Exhibit, Boston, MA
2002 Boston University Gallery for the Arts, Boston, MA
2002 Vermont Quilt Festival, VT
2001 MA Medical Society Annual Art Exhibit, Boston, MA
2000 MA Medical Society Annual Art Exhibit, Boston, MA

Member, Board of Directors
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, www.ncaaa.org

Juror, Marion Barr Stanfield Art Scholarships

Professional Membership
New England Fiber Artists
New England Quilt Museum
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc

Guild Membership
Quilters’ connection

Publications

UUWorld magazine, 2003, vol. XVII, No 3, p 15
Quilters Newsletter, July/August 2008, p 20


Threads of Faith: Recent Works from the Women of Color Quilters Network, American Bible Society, ISBN 1-585-1677-38, 2004

BU Bridge, Week of 27 February 2004 • Vol. VII, No. 22, http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/2004/02-27/arts.html

University of Chicago magazine, December 2005, Vol. 98, No. 2, http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0512/peer/exhibit.shtml

Our Town Brookline Magazine, October 2005, p 40

Exhale magazine¨http://www.exhalelifestyle.com/2010-2-2/AHealingArt.html

I Remember Mama, a Book of Love About Mothers, Daughters, and Quilts, by Karey Patterson Bresenhan , 2005, ASIN: B000S01K6K

Brookline Magazine, September 2006

Creative Quilting, The Journal Quilt Project by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0976692836

Quilter's Newsletter, Vol. 42, No. 6, 18-21, 2012

TV appearances
HGTV, Simply Quilts, Host Alex Anderson, episode #1011, June 14, 2004, February 24, 2005, November 2, 2005, June, 2010

PBS, Nancy Corner, Sewing with Nancy, Host Nancy Zieman, 2013, produced by Wisconsin Public Television: http://wpt.org/SewingWithNancy/Video/nancys-corner-michele-david-prescription-quilting

Presentations/Lectures

2015 Rising Star Quilters Guild, Lexington, MA, My Journey as an Artist

2013 Quinobequin Quilters Guild, Wellesley, MA, My Journey as an Artist

2011 New England Quilt Museum , Lowell, MA; My Art Quilt Journey
2005 Museum of Fine Arts , Boston, MA ; Quilt demonstrations
2005 Quilters Of Color Network of New York, Inc, Contemporary African-American art quilts
2004 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; Contemporary African-American quilters, a diversity of styles