artist bio

Dorie Millerson is an artist and educator in Toronto. She holds an MFA in textiles from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and exhibits her artwork in Canada and the United States. She teaches at the Ontario College of Art & Design and the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.

artist short cv

education

2003M.F.A., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD), Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000A.O.C.A.D., Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto, Ontario

solo exhibitions

2005attachments, *new* gallery, Toronto, ON
2003enlace M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

group exhibitions

2007Currents: OCAD Alumni Exhibition, OCAD Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2007Cirrostratus: OCAD MAAD Faculty Exhibition, Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007Function, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2006Brave New World, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, and Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003Grad(e) School Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2002Loose Collective, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2001Mapping/Missing, OCAD Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000OCAD Medal Winners, The Design Exchange, Toronto, ON
2000Graduate Show, OCAD Atrium Space, Toronto, ON
1996The Other Self: Outlet Collective, OCAD Atrium Space, Toronto, ON

juried exhibitions

2008Fibreworks 08: Biennial Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
2007 - 2008Fiberart International 2007, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC, and The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV
2006Hand-Face-Body, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2004 - 2005Fibreworks, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON, and Peterborough Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON
2004Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON

grants and awards

2007Josephine Cohen People's Choice Award, Fiberart International
2007Joanne Purrington Folley Memorial Award for Exceptional Needlework, Fiberart International
2004Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2004Honourable Mention in Fibre, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2003Royal College of Art (London, UK) Exchange Scholarship, NSCAD
2001 - 2003Entrance Scholarship M.F.A. Program, NSCAD
2000Ontario College of Art & Design Medal: Material Art & Design Program, OCAD
2000Nora E. Vaughan Award: Material Art & Design, OCAD

bibliography

Akiko Kotani and Bernard Freydberg, 'Legacy & Lace,' Fiberarts, Vol. 35, no. 2, September/October, 2008 50-53.
Henrietta Curtis, 'Exhibition: Fiberart International 2007,' embroidery, Vol. 59, January/February, 2008, 52-53.
Graham Shearing, 'Review: Fiberart International 2007,' American Craft, Vol. 67, No. 4, August/September, 2007, 66-67.
Judith Penney Burton, 'Going with the Flow: The Lives and Work of Three Contemporary Canadian Fibre Artists,' MA Thesis, Concordia University, 2007.
Mary Thomas, 'Art Review: Some strong expressions weave into Fiberart International,' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 25, 2007.
Mary Thomas, 'Diversity is on the Agenda as Artists from Around the World Convene for 19th Fiberart International,' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 12, 2007.
'attachments II,' (photograph and bio), Fiberart International 2007, Pittsburgh: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, 2007, 54.
Irene Sperber, 'Gallery Beat: LiveIt's Saturday Night: The Design District Comes Alive with Art and Music,' MiamiARTzine.com, September 29, 2006, Issue #23.
Elisa Turner, 'Bass Unfurls a Thoroughly Modern Exhibit of Tapestries,' The Miami Herald, September 24, 2006, 3M.
Elisa Turner, 'Critic's Pick: Brave New World,' The Miami Herald, September 22, 2006, 25G.
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, 'Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.: Diaspora Vibe Takes a Dystopic Look at Post-9/11 America,' Miami New Times, September 7, 2006.
Amanda Burk, 'Dorie Millerson: attachments,' in Lily Yung and Anne Barros, eds., Craft + Idea = new vIews, Toronto: new vIews collective, 2006, 21-24.
'Hand (with buckle),' (photograph and description) in Susan Mowery Kieffer, ed., Fiberart Design Book 7, New York: Lark-Sterling, 2004, 40.

publications

'Review of Neocraft: Modernity and the Crafts,' ed. Sandra Alfoldy, Revue d'art canadienne/Canadian Art Review, in press, September 2008.
'A Flexible Practice: The Work of Kai Chan, Dorothy Caldwell, and Susan Warner Keene,' in Melanie Egan, Alan Elder and Jean Johnson, eds., Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences, Gatineau, QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization in collaboration with Harbourfront Centre, 2008, 87-97.
'What is craft: profession or practice?' MAGazine, Vol. 20, No.1, Winter 2005, 14-15.
'Emerging Unscathed,' Surfacing Journal, Vol.1, 2004, 6-7.

talks and workshops

2008Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences, 2008, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. Paper: 'A Flexible Practice The Work of Kai Chan, Dorothy Caldwell, and Susan Warner Keene.'
2008Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Textiles, Toronto, ON. Artist's Talk.
2006Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL. Artist's Talk.
2006Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON. Workshop: 'Patterns & Compulsions: Needlepoint Lace.'
2003Royal College of Art, London, UK. Artist's Talk.

teaching and work experience

2005 - 2008Sessional Instructor, OCAD, Toronto, ON
2005 - 2008Sessional Instructor, Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON
2004 - 2008Public Programs Coordinator, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON

For more information or a full CV, send e-mail to info@doriemillerson.com.