Curriculum Vitae: David B. Brackett
EDUCATION:
1990
University of Kansas, Master of Fine Arts in Textiles, with Honors
1979-85
University of Michigan, School of Art
Concentration: Weaving & Fabric Design and Art History
1977
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Bachelor of Science; Concentration: Zoology
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
2009-present
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
University of Kansas, School of the Arts, Lawrence, KS
2002-2009
Assistant Professor of Design
University of Kansas, School of Fine Arts, Lawrence, KS
1999-2000
Assistant Professor of Art
Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
1990-1996
Assistant Professor of Art
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1999
Instructor
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
(Key: solo=1 person show, j=juried, i=invitational, t=traveling)
2017
Fold/Unfold (i, catalog)
Lyndon House Arts Center
June 24-August 19, Athens, Georgia
2016-2017
Regents Exhibition (i)
Regents Office Building, Topeka, Kansas
2016
Material Connection: New Work by Members of the MFAEN (i)
(Midwest Fiber Arts Educators Network)
Kent State University Downtown Gallery, Kent, Ohio
New Fibers 2016, (j, catalog)
First Place
University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2016 Vision Makers (j, catalog)
Exceptional Technique Award
108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Michael Nicholson, David Brackett, Meghan Sullivan, July (i)
James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin
KU Visual Art Faculty Exhibition (i)
Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas
48th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood (j)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2015
Pushing the Surface (i)
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, Ohio
National Fiber Directions (j)
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
47th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood (j)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2014
Still Memories (solo)
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder Colorado
Fantastic Fibers (j)
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
46th National Exhibition Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood (j)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2013
National Fiber Directions (j)
The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
6th Annual Exhibition (j)
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, California
Art of the Craft (j)
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Topeka, Kansas
45th National Exhibition Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass Metal, Wood (j)
(Honorable Mention) Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2012
Crafts National (j)
Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas
2011
Surface and Form, 3-person exhibition (i)
Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas
Fibremen, (j)
International fiber art exhibition, Kherson, Ukraine
2010
Unraveling Memories (solo)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
42nd Annual National Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition (j)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2009
Quilt National (j, t) {catalog}
•The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
• The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
• Ohio, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
• Wuilter’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
• The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
41st Annual National Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition (j)
Awarded Winifred B. Brown Best of Show
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2008
40th Annual National Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition (j)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
Branching Systems (i)
Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2007
Fiberarts International (j,t) [catalog}
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV
Discernable Chance (solo)
ToJo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fiber National (j)
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2006
New Work/Nine States (j)
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2005
Bobbin and Weavin’: Contemporary Textiles (i)
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Fiber Focus 2005 (j)
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2000
Uncommon Threads (j)
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1999
Textiles/Techstyles (i, 3 person)
Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, New York
Fiber Celebrated ’99 (j)
The Albuquerque, Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1997
Fantastic Fibers, Tenth Annual National Fibers Exhibit (j)
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
Crafts National 31 (j)
Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1996
Ancient Structures (i)
Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
1996 Fiber Arts Competition and Exhibition (j)
Honorable Mention, Sponsored by BASF Fibers and the Creative Arts Guild
Dalton - Whitfield Commission for the Arts, Dalton, Georgia
1995
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 85th Annual Exhibition (j)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Recipient of the Buncher Family Foundation Award
1994
Some • Ato Ten (Dyeing • Art Exhibition) (i) [catalog]
Kyoto City 12th Centennial Anniversary, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Chautauqua International for Fiber Art (j)
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York
Crafts National 28 (j) [catalog cover}
Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA