a b o u t
P R O J E C T S - C U R R E N T
2020 - 2021 Curator: Donna Monroe Retrospective - RioBravoFineArt Gallery - November 2020 - January 2021
2019 The Sierra County Sun - Editor - www.sierracountysun.com
2019 FLAXall things fiber - Truth or Consequences, NM 2019 - www.flaxallthingsfiber.com
2017 The New Mexico Fiber Arts Directory - Founder, Editor, Publisher. www.newmexicofiberartsdirectory.com
1989 Christie Family History. Minnesota Historical Society
P R O F E S S I O N A L (Selected)
Curator: Transforming Space – Transforming Fiber, November 4, 2016 - January 21 2017, Las Cruces Museum of Art, NM www.transformingspacetransformingfiber.com
Curator: Fiberart 2014, September–October 2014, RioBravoFineArt Gallery, Truth or Consequences NM –
36 Fiber Artists, 14 NM Communities, NY, MN, CA
Critical Reflection: The Windows by Harold Joe Waldrum at RioBravoFineArt, Truth or Consequences, NM.
By Susan A Christie, published in THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM. December 2012-January 2013
Curator: Deborah Klezmer, Fictions, Glassworks. November 2011-March 2012, RioBravoFineArt Gallery,
Truth or Consequences, NM
Critical Reflection: Fictions by Susan Christie, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM. February/March 2012
A Biographical Chronology: Harold Joe Waldrum, 1934––2003. Written by Susan A. Christie
Published by RioBravoFineArt Gallery, 2012
Curator: Nuts on Bolts, 15 artist/textile art yardage exhibition, SACK's Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 1983.
Documentation collected by the Minnesota Historical Society
G A L L E R I S T (Selected)
RioBravoFineArt Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM. 2006 – 2015. Consultant: Organizational, Curatorial,
Text, Documentation, Installation, Press, and Web
WildCrane Studio: Co-Founder/Ennis, MT 2001 – 2006
Gallery Founder/Director, Minneapolis, & Wayzata, MN 1982 – 1989 (Gallery Exhibition Files Collected by the Minnesota Historical Society.) The gallery's focus was Fiberart and Various Media.
P R O J E C T S - G E N E R A L (Selected)
Consultant for Entrepreneurs
Founder/Textile Silkscreen Studio
Author/Creative Agency Project/Originated a template and text for a horticultural library series
Director/installation of large scale horticultural environments in public spaces
E D U C A T I O N (Selected)
University of Minnesota, B.A Cultural Anthropology/Art
University of Minnesota, Post-Graduate Horticulture+++
Minnihon, The Japanese Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
Zhejiang Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Independent studies: Reiko Ito Shellum, Wong Wucius, Cheng-Khee Chee, Zhuo He-jun, Gu Wenda, Wang Dong-lIng
Wong Wucius www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0J0epE9CmI
Gu Wenda www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZp9J7QbJI
Wong Dong-ling www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/collections/asian/wang-dongling-ink-art
Etching Press Printmaking: Printmaking Center, College of Santa Fe, NM & Various Facilities.
Independent Studies, Contemporary American Art
T R A V E L – LONG AND SHORT (Selected)
USA 49 States: Long – Minnesota (Minneapolis and vicinity); Montana (Ennis); Seattle & Bainbridge Island, WA; New Mexico (Dixon, Angel Fire, Truth or Consequences); St. John, USVI; PR China.
Short –England, Scotland, Hong Kong, Japan, Martinique, Aruba, St. Thomas, Hawaii, US Northwest Coast,
Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Alert Bay, San Juan Islands, Bahamas.
2020 - 2021 Curator: Donna Monroe Retrospective - RioBravoFineArt Gallery - November 2020 - January 2021
2019 The Sierra County Sun - Editor - www.sierracountysun.com
2019 FLAXall things fiber - Truth or Consequences, NM 2019 - www.flaxallthingsfiber.com
2017 The New Mexico Fiber Arts Directory - Founder, Editor, Publisher. www.newmexicofiberartsdirectory.com
1989 Christie Family History. Minnesota Historical Society
P R O F E S S I O N A L (Selected)
Curator: Transforming Space – Transforming Fiber, November 4, 2016 - January 21 2017, Las Cruces Museum of Art, NM www.transformingspacetransformingfiber.com
Curator: Fiberart 2014, September–October 2014, RioBravoFineArt Gallery, Truth or Consequences NM –
36 Fiber Artists, 14 NM Communities, NY, MN, CA
Critical Reflection: The Windows by Harold Joe Waldrum at RioBravoFineArt, Truth or Consequences, NM.
By Susan A Christie, published in THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM. December 2012-January 2013
Curator: Deborah Klezmer, Fictions, Glassworks. November 2011-March 2012, RioBravoFineArt Gallery,
Truth or Consequences, NM
Critical Reflection: Fictions by Susan Christie, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM. February/March 2012
A Biographical Chronology: Harold Joe Waldrum, 1934––2003. Written by Susan A. Christie
Published by RioBravoFineArt Gallery, 2012
Curator: Nuts on Bolts, 15 artist/textile art yardage exhibition, SACK's Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 1983.
Documentation collected by the Minnesota Historical Society
G A L L E R I S T (Selected)
RioBravoFineArt Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM. 2006 – 2015. Consultant: Organizational, Curatorial,
Text, Documentation, Installation, Press, and Web
WildCrane Studio: Co-Founder/Ennis, MT 2001 – 2006
Gallery Founder/Director, Minneapolis, & Wayzata, MN 1982 – 1989 (Gallery Exhibition Files Collected by the Minnesota Historical Society.) The gallery's focus was Fiberart and Various Media.
P R O J E C T S - G E N E R A L (Selected)
Consultant for Entrepreneurs
Founder/Textile Silkscreen Studio
Author/Creative Agency Project/Originated a template and text for a horticultural library series
Director/installation of large scale horticultural environments in public spaces
E D U C A T I O N (Selected)
University of Minnesota, B.A Cultural Anthropology/Art
University of Minnesota, Post-Graduate Horticulture+++
Minnihon, The Japanese Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
Zhejiang Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Independent studies: Reiko Ito Shellum, Wong Wucius, Cheng-Khee Chee, Zhuo He-jun, Gu Wenda, Wang Dong-lIng
Wong Wucius www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0J0epE9CmI
Gu Wenda www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZp9J7QbJI
Wong Dong-ling www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/collections/asian/wang-dongling-ink-art
Etching Press Printmaking: Printmaking Center, College of Santa Fe, NM & Various Facilities.
Independent Studies, Contemporary American Art
T R A V E L – LONG AND SHORT (Selected)
USA 49 States: Long – Minnesota (Minneapolis and vicinity); Montana (Ennis); Seattle & Bainbridge Island, WA; New Mexico (Dixon, Angel Fire, Truth or Consequences); St. John, USVI; PR China.
Short –England, Scotland, Hong Kong, Japan, Martinique, Aruba, St. Thomas, Hawaii, US Northwest Coast,
Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Alert Bay, San Juan Islands, Bahamas.