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Reina Mia Brill

SELECTED AWARDS:

• 2007BRIO Award, Bronx Council on the Arts
• 2001Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, Concordia Foundation Fellow.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

• 2007"12th INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY," Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, catalog.
• "FIBERART INTERNATIONAL," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, Traveling exhibition through 2009, catalog.


• 2006"NEEDLE CULTURE: Contemporary Mixed Media Textiles," Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ., catalog.
• "TWIST & SHOUT: THE NEW NEEDLE ARTS," opened at Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL.Traveling exhibition through 2007, catalog.


• 2005"CONTEMPORARY FIBER ART-A SAMPLER," Sisneros Fine Art, Tulsa, OK.
• "THE LAST LAUGH," www.fiberscene.com , online fiber art exhibition.
• "COMMON THREAD," Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY.
• "ARTWEAR: FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, catalog by Thames & Hudson.
• "THINGS YOUR MAMA SAID," Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA.


• 2004“DIGITAL ORIGINS-EMERGING AMERICAN TEXTILE ARTISTS,” Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
• “SOFA CHICAGO,” Snyderman/ Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.


• 2003“SOFA CHICAGO,” Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
• “CHESS,” opened at Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; traveling exhibition through 2005, catalog.
• “big LITTLE: Jewelers & Sculptors Making it in Metal,” Crafts & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
• “COLORFUL MEMORIES: Metalsmithing with Emotion,” The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT.


• 2002“TEXTILE TECHNIQUES IN METAL,” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
• “SOFA NYC,” Snyderman/ Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
• “FANTASTIC FIBERS,” Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.


• 2001“SOFA CHICAGO,” Snyderman/ Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
• “NEW MAKERS/FRESH VISIONS,” Facèré, Seattle, WA.
• “COLOR ON METAL,” OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
• “MILLENNIUM METAL,” Artemis Gallery, Richmond, VA.
• “STRUCTURE, SYMBOL, & SUBSTANCE,” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
• “THE TEAPOT REDEFINED,” Mobilia Gallery, SOFA Chicago.
• “USA CRAFT TODAY,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT.


• 1998“JEWELLERY MEETS NATURE,” International Midora Design Exhibition, Leipzig, Germany; Bern, Switzerland at the “Schweizer Schmuck-und Uhrentagen,” catalog.
• “WEARABLE EXPRESSIONS,” Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, international Juror Award Winner.
• “SURFACE: NEW FORM/ NEW FUNCTION,” Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Juror’s Third Choice Award Winner, catalog.

PUBLICATIONS:

• 20062005 FIBERARTS: Sept/Oct, p.1, 42, 43, "The Art of the Doll."
• SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL: Sept, p.48, "Gallery Issue."
• BEST OF NEW YORK ARTISTS,   Honorable Mention award in Mixed Media.


• 2005500 BRACELETS, edited by Marthe Le Van, Lark Books; NY, NY, p.124.
• SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL: Summer 2005, p.13, “Reina Mia Brill/ Enlivening Wire.”
• Artwear: Fashion and Anti-fashion, Melissa Lenventon, San Francisco, Thames & Hudson, San Francisco, p.83.
• 500 Brooches, edited by Marthe Le Van, Sterling Publishing; NY, NY, p.38, 184.


• 20041000 Rings, edited by Marthe Le Van, Sterling Publishing; NY, NY, p.84.
• Fiberarts Design Book 7, edited by Susan Mowery Kieffer, Asheville, NC, Lark Books, p.49.
• Catskill Mountain Region GUIDE: May 2004, pp.62,63, “Artist Feature Section/ Mixed Crafts.”


• 2003Art Jewelry Today, Dona Z. Meilach, Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, pp.61, 249, 250.
• 2001Textile Techniques in Metal, Arline Fisch, Asheville, NC, Lark Books, p.148.


• 2001TEXTILE TECHNIQUES IN METAL, Arline Fisch, Asheville, NC, Lark Books, p.148.
• COLOR ON METAL, Tim McCreight and Nicole Bsullak, Madison, Guild Publishing, pp.78, 79.


• 1995ORNAMENT: Summer 1995, p.11, “Expanding the Boundaries.”

COMMISSIONS:

• “Veterans’ Memorial Monument,” Veterans’ Association, Constitution Park, Fort Lee, NJ, 1989.

EDUCATION:

• 1997 MFA, San Diego State University, CA.
• 1996 International Exchange, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland.
• 1994 BA, San Diego State University, CA.
• 1991 AA, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY.

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