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Resume/CV

Biography

Vita Plume has exhibited her work in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Poland, Latvia, Australia, and Finland. She holds a Master of Fine Art (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia) and is currently Associate Professor Emerita at the College of Design, North Carolina State University (Raleigh) where she taught from 2001 -2012. Plume was the Head of the Textiles Studio at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (Fredericton) from 1999-2001 and Coordinator and Assistant Professor in the Fibres Program, Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec) from 1995-1998. She is retired now and living in Jemseg, NB.

Education

1993
Master of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1982
Bachelor of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1977
Diploma, Fabrics Major, Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Teaching Experience

July 2012 – present
Associate Professor Emerita, College of Design, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Aug. 2001 – June 2012
Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design, College of Design, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Selected Exhibitions (2005 – present)

2013-2014 – Quiet Stories / Klusi Stasti: Works by Inese Jacobi, Vita Plume & Inese Bristins
Traveling Exhibition:Latgale Museum of Culture & History; Krustpils Museum of Art; Rezeknes Museum of History & Art; Valka Museum of History & Art, Latvia

2013 – Vita Plume: Doris Ulmann’s Appalachian Spirits
Upper & Lower Traylor Galleries, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA

2013 – Fallen Soldiers (Canadian)
Stadacona Military Command Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2013 – Sorrows of War
Rust Hall, Main Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Tennessee, USA

2012 – In Response: Weaving by Ann Roth & Vita Plume
Gregg Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

2012 – Textiles Today, Redefining the Medium
Durango Arts center, Durango, Colorado, USA

2012 –Vita Plume, solo exhibitions
Aizkraukles Art & History Museum & Madonas Art Museum, Latvia

2012 – North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award Exhibition 2012
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina, USA

2011 –Fabrications, solo exhibition
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2010 –Narration: two person exhibition
Galerie Materia, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

2010 –Binary Fiction: Digital Weaving 2010
Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln Nebraska, USA

2009 & 2010 –Lieu de mémoire: Biennale du lin
curator: Denis Longchamps,

2010 –Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2009 –La Chevrotiere Mill
Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec, Canada

2008 –Tattered Cultures: Mended Histories
curator: Mary Babcock, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

2008 –Weaving & Resist
curator: Catharine Ellis, Art Gallery, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida, USA

2008 –Facing South: Portraits by NC Artists
curator: Edie Carpenter, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensborough, North Carolina, USA

2008 –Latvian Roots,
Fiberscene on-line Gallery
curators: Myra Block Kaiser and Susan Avila-Taber

2007 – 2008 –Materialize
curated traveling group exhibition
curator: Beth Biggs, New Brunswick Crafts Council, Canada

2007 – NeoCraft: Diversity: Craft Division Faculty, Staff and Selected Alumni Exhibition
Anna Leowowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2006 –About Jacquard
invitational group exhibition, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal Quebec, Canada

2006 –Jacquard Weaving: Works by American Weavers
group exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan (in conjunction with Convergence Fibers Symposium), USA

2006 –Catharine Ellis & Vita Plume
two person exhibition, Grand Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan (in conjunction with Convergence Fibers Symposium), USA

2006 –Explorations in Fibers
Curated group exhibition,
Curator: Lisa Kriner, Doris Ulman Galleries, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA

2005 –Textile Catalysts: Shibori Shaping the 21st Century
International juried exhibition, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan
& past exhibitions in USA: Raleigh, Asheville, San Diego, New York City, Johnson City, Atlanta, Columbia, Boone; Latvia: Riga , Cesis, Jekabpils, Bauska, Madona; Canada: Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, New Brunswick; Finland: Iisalmi; and Poland: Warsaw

Awards/Grants

2011-2012 – Wake County, United Arts, Regional Artist Program Grant

2010-2011 –North Carolina Arts Fellowship

2006 – 2007 –Canada Council for the Arts – Creations B Grant

2002, 2006 –Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, North Carolina State University

2004 –Dean’s Research Assistant Award

2001 –Creation Grant, New Brunswick Arts Board, Canada

2000 –Travel Grant, New Brunswick Arts Board, Canada

1997 –Canada Council Short Term Grant

1996, 1992, 1990, 1989 –Canada Council – Travel Grants

1993, 1991 –Canada Council – B Grants

1992 -Joseph Beuys Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada

1992, 1990, 1989 -Skills Development Program Award, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture

1991, 1990 –Banff Centre for the Arts Scholarship, Alberta, Canada

1989 –Scholarship from the Artists’ Union of the U.S.S.R. to attend the 3rd International Fibre Symposium, Riga ’89 in Latvia

Collections

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, USA

North Carolina State University, The Gregg Museum, Raleigh, NC, USA

North Carolina State University, College of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC USA

Nova Scotia Art Bank, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Latvian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Museum of Decorative Art, Riga, Latvia

Aizkraukles History & Art Museum, Aizkraukle, Latvia

Jeanne Sauvé, former Governor General of Canada

Latvian Lutheran Peace Church of Ottawa and other private collections

Vita Plume Copyright 2011