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.
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