About Sue King, Textile Artist
Artist Statement
An avid outdoorist, I developed a deep passion for camping, hiking and canoeing in early childhood. I was four years old when my parents took me to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park, my first encounter with “America’s Best Idea,” and an experience that years later was to influence my career as a textile artist. Having served as Artist in Residence at numerous National Parks and other public lands, including Mesa Verde and Petrified Forest, I practice in both figurative and landscape art.
My textile pieces celebrate our nation’s cultural and natural resources with an emphasis on indigenous people and other historical figures central to the shaping of America, especially the American West. My artwork bears a message of conservation and preservation.
As a clinical social worker, the concept of person in the environment is important to me and a central theme of my textile work, representing historical figures as well as the flora and fauna with which they coexist. Warmed by a campfire, my mother first taught me to embroider in the crisp air of the great outdoors. My current work has come full circle, embellished with slow and contemplative hand stitching, the pieces are the gentle reminder of a mother’s love.
Exhibitions, Press, and Presentations
Juried Exhibitions
2019
Ohio Art League Spring Show, Ghost Tree, The Denison Art Space, Newark, Ohio.
2018
Hypothesis, Yellowstone Blue, The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio.
2016
Telling America’s Stories: 100 Years of The National Park Service, This House of Rain, The Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts
2013
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2013, The Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
Superlatives II, Sixteen Tons and Home by Christmas, The Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio
The View from Here: Quilts from the Ohio River Valley, Sixteen Tons and The View from Here: Lancaster, Ohio,
SAQA Ohio Regional Show, International Quilt Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012
From Hoboes to Homelessness, 1933, SAQA No Place to Call Home, The Loveland Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
Creative Statements; Ohio Art Quilts 2012 Ohio SAQA regional show, Fahrenheit, The Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio
2010
No Place to Call Home, 1933, SAQA, venues across the United States
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Fathom Art Consortium, Lancaster, Ohio
Grandview Public Library, Columbus, Ohio
2021
Field Studies, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
Field Studies, Grandview Heights Public Library, Columbus, Ohio
2020
The Great Outdoors, Dublin Art Center, Dublin, Ohio
Campfire Stories, The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
2019
Sue King Textile Artist: Impressions of Our National Parks and Public Lands, Stifel, Lancaster, Ohio
2018
Campfire Stories, The Grandview Public a library, Columbus, Ohio
People, Places, Things, Lancaster Artwalk, Lancaster, Ohio
2017
A Woman’s Walks: the Textile Art of Sue King, The Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
A Woman’s Walks: The Textile Art of Sue King, The Grandview Public Library, Grandview, Ohio
2016
Find Your Park, America Celebrates 100 Years of The National Park Service, Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
Trailside: Textile Art in Our National and State Parks and Public Lands, The Grandview Public Library, Grandview, Ohio
2015
Human Ecology, Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
The Human Equation, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
2014
Under Western Skies, The Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
The Human Equation: Textile Art by Sue King, The Grandview Heights Public Library, Columbus, Ohio
2013
Threshing Party, Champaign County Library, Urbana, Ohio
Point of View: The Textile Art of Sue King, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
Exploration: A Textile Journey, Works by Sue King, Ohio University Eastern, St. Clairsville, Ohio
2012
Sue King, Textile Artist, The Lancaster Festival Art Walk, Lancaster, Ohio
Geography: Exploring the Physical World and the Human Experience, St. Martin de Porres Center, Columbus, Ohio
Stitch Wizadry, The French Art Colony, Gallipolis, Ohio
The Textile Art of Sue King, The Loft Gallery, The Fairfield County District Library, Lancaster, Ohio
A New Tradition in Color, Ohio University Southern, Ironton, Ohio
2011
Figures, The Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
Quilt = Art, Stuarts Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio
2010
Trunk Show, Ohio University, Chillicothe, Ohio
No Place Like Home, Lancaster, Festival Artwalk, Lancaster, Ohio
2009
Toscana, Lancaster Festival Artwalk, Lancaster, Ohio
2008
People, Places, Things, Lancaster Festival Artwalk, Lancaster, Ohio
Group Exhibitions
2022
Armour, Ohio Women’s Art Collective, Wilkes Gallery, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
Fathom Art Consortium, Wilkes Gallery, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
Ohio Women’s Art Collective, Bowen Hour, Logan, Ohio
Holdfast: Sue King and Elaine O’Neil, The Schoolhouse, Hancock, Maine
2021
Armor, Lancaster Women’s Art Group
2020
Heart and Hand: Print Making Now and Then, Wilkes Gallery, Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
2019
Ohio Women’s Art Collective, Wilkes Gallery, Ohio University Gallery, Lancaster, Ohio
2018
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Exhibition, The Plaza Diane Gallery, Powell, Wyoming
2017
ArtWalk Artists Sampler, The Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, Ohio
Darkness Visible II, The Pennington Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Fine Art Exhibition, Cox Fine Art Center, Columbus, Ohio
Two Quilters and a Weaver, Delaware County Cultural Art Center, Delaware, Ohio
Petrified Forest National Park Artist in Residence Exhibition and Sale, The Boy Who Married the Bear Woman, La Posada Hotel, Winslow, Arizona
2016
Featured Artist, Love Your Arts Open House, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana/Wyoming
Holbrook Depot Art Series, featured Artists Richard Gorman and Sue King, Holbrook, Arizona
Two Voices in the Wilderness, Rick Braveheart, Landscape Photography and Sue King, Textile Artist Celebrate Our National Parks, The Dublin Art Center, Dublin, Ohio
Artists in Residence Group Exhibition, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Harrison, Nebraska
2015
The Call of the Wild: Artists Rick Braveheart and Sue King Celebrate America’s Wild and Public Lands, Grandview Heights Public Library, Grandview, Ohio
Size Matters, Pennington Gallery, Clintonville, Ohio
Divergent Path, Group Exhibition, the Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio
2014
America’s National Parks: Two Visions, Joint Exhibition with Rick Braveheart, Grandview Heights Public Library, Grandview, Ohio
Planned Parenthood Spring Gala, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Kinsey Institute 9th Annual Juried Art Show, The Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, Indiana
2013
The View from Here, International Quilt Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012
Creative Statements: Ohio Art Quilts, The Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio
From Hoboes to Homelessness, The Loveland Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
2011
Figures, The Lancaster Festival Artwalk, Lancaster, Ohio
Small Works, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
No Place to Call Home, Studio Art Quilt Associates, traveling exhibition, various venues across the United States
2010
Hocking College Art Auction, Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio
2007
Women of Influence, The Piano Gallery, Logan, Ohio
2006
Women at Work: Serious Play, An Exhibit of Collaborative Art, The Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Ohio
Press Coverage
2022
Quilting Arts Magazine, featured artist, full color cover. image, Big Blue
Quilting Arts Magazine, author, Artist Residencies: Creative Homes for Curious Artists
Quilting Arts Magazine, author, Artists Residencies: Design Your Own
2020
Sue King: The Great Outdoors, Ohio Magazine, July/August
Appreciating Nature, review with color photos, The Columbus Dispatch
Quilting Arts Television appearance, PBS
2017
Love Your Arts Open House Slated for Saturday in Lovell, color photo Rendezvous Bound, February 9, Powell Tribune, Powell, Wyoming
Arts Open House Coming Saturday to Bighorn Canyon front page color photo Rendezvous Bound, Lovell Chronicle, February 9, Lovell, Wyoming
Love Your Arts, color photo, Rendezvous Bound, The Lovell Chronicle, February 16, Lovell, Wyoming
Delaware Man’s Likeness Displayed in National Park, color photo Sue King and Rendezvous Bound, The Delaware Gazette, June 4, Delaware, Ohio
Unique Castle Show, Modern Take on Quilting, color photo The Holy Road, The Delaware Gazette, July 11, Delaware, Ohio
2016
Voices of Nature: Joint Art Show in Dublin Coincides with National Park Service, color photo, Promise Kept Centennial, the Columbus Dispatch, February 27, Columbus, Ohio
Textile Art Expert at Bighorn Canyon, Powell Tribune, Powell, Wyoming
Artist in Residence King at Bighorn Canyon NRA, photo of artist, Lovell Chronicle, July, 21, Lovell, Wyoming
2015
Artist Sue King, color photo, Coyote Brings the Salmon, supplement to The Leavenworth Echo, Cashmere Valley Record, Lake Chelan Mirror, Quad City Herald, Washington
Review, Diverse works United by Storytelling, Quality, The Columbus Dispatch, July 26, Columbus, Ohio
Artslink Newsletter, cover image, Grapes of Wrath, City of Upper Arlington, Ohio
2014
Urbana Citizen, “Fassig’s Story Paints Tale of Wheat Harvest,” Ben’s Field, Ben’s Threshing, Ben’s Wheat, Urbana, Ohio
Urbana Daily Citizen, “Textile Artist Sue King’s Work on a Display at Mburg Library,” Mechanicsburg, Ohio
The Telegram, “Textile Artist Sue King’s Work on Display at Library,” Mechanicsburg, Ohio
2013
The Towne Crier, “Immersion in Wilderness” inspiring to textile artist, color photos of the artist, Shiwawatiwa
The Barnesville-Enterprise, “Sue King to show artwork at Ohio University Easter Campus Gallery,” color photos of the artist, Trouble in These Fields, Ohio Treasure, Grapes of Wrath, January 23, 2013
Sunday News Register, “Textile Portraits Call Forth the Ghosts: King Exhibit on Display at OUE Gallery,” Wheeling, West Virginia, Trouble in these Fields
Mesa Verde Museum Association Newsletter, color photo, Shiwawatiwa
Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits, color photos, All the Young Dudes, Grapes of Wrath
Artist in Residence Presentation, Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, Mancos, Colorado
2012
The Towne Crier, Lancaster Textile Artist Exhibits at Fairfield County Library, color photo, Sixteen Tons
The Daily Tribune, “Textile Talent,” color photos and story about solo exhibition
Sue King Textile Artist, YouTube video
Loveland Reporter-Herald, “No Place to Call Home Exhibit at Loveland Museum Gallery Provides Insight into Homelessness,” reference to 1933 with artist citation
Catholic Times, “Textile Art Geography: Exploring the Physical World and the Human Experience,” color photo, Toscana, May 20, 2012
2011
Brochure, Lancaster Festival Fair Day, Homeplace II, color cover photo
2010
The Columbus Dispatch, Yule Jewels, color photo, December 12, 2010
Sue King Textile Artist: Art Quilts by Sue King, self-published
Lancaster Festival Program, Toscana IV, color photo
Brochure, Lancaster Festival Fair Day, color cover photo, Homeplace II
2009
Lancaster Festival Program, Toscana, color photo
2007
The Logan Daily News, “Women of Influence: Local Women Exhibit Mixed Media Works,” photo
The Logan Daily News, “Stop Suicide Before It Happens,” story of art quilt created for Hocking County suicide Prevention Coalition by Sue King, color photo
2006
The Logan Daily News, “Late Night Logan,” front page color photo of gallery opening including art quilts by Sue King
The Logan Daily, “Hocking County Children Services Displays Quilts,” front page color photo, quilt commission
1985
Early American Life, “Furnishing a Summer Kitchen,” p. 11-15 and cover
Presentations
2022
Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone Conference, Artist Paint Pots: Collecting and Translating Memories into Art, Bozeman, Montana.
2020
Gallery Talk, Dublin Arts Gallery, Dublin, Ohio
Gallery Talk, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Conversations and Coffee, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Spirituality, Nature, and Art, Ohio State University Interdenominational Student Ministry, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
2018
Artist Residencies in Our National Parks and Public Lands, Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
2015
Under Western Skies, An Artist Residency: Mesa Verde National Park, Clintonville Art Guild, Columbus, Ohio
2014
Under Western Skies, An Artist Residency in Mesa Verde National Park, Art Quilt Alliance, Columbus, Ohio
Under Western Skies, An Artist Residency in Mesa Verde National Park, Quilts and Things Quilt Guild, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia
Stitched in Time, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska
Stitched in Time, Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska
2013
Under Western Skies, An Artist Residency in Mesa Verde National Park. Art Quilt Network, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibitionist! Or How to Show Your Work, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio
Exhibitionist! Or How to Show Your Work, Art Quilt Alliance, Columbus, Ohio
2011
Look Both Ways: An Art Quilter Honors Tradition, Trendy Long Arm Quilters, Columbus, Ohio
Promote Yourself, Miami Valley Art Quilters, Dayton, Ohio
Permanent Public Collections
Circles, Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling, Inc.
Seven Sisters, Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling, Inc.
Brand New Day, Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling, Inc.
Diptych, Hocking Children, Hocking County Children’s Services
Field of Dreams, collaborative work, Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling, Inc.
Connecting for Life, Hocking County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Toscana II: Siena, Church of San Domenico, St. Martin de Porres Center, Columbus, Ohio
Men in Green, We Can Do It, Givhans Ferry State Park, South Carolina
Young Matthew, Poinsett State Park, South Carolina
Coyote Brings the Salmon, Leavenworth Federal Fish Hatchery, Washington State
The Gambling Boy Who Married the Bear Girl, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Rendezvous Bound, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Montana/Wyoming.
Along Plum Road, Gentle Dental Care, Lancaster, Ohio
Grants
2020
Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist in Community Professional Development Grant
2019
Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant
Professional Development Grant
2018
Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant
Teaching
2022
Workshop, Creating and Printing Collagraph Plates, Fathom Art Consortium.
