bio

Dorie Millerson is a Toronto-based artist. She holds an MFA degree in textiles from NSCAD University and exhibits her artwork in Canada and internationally. In addition to teaching at institutions such as NSCAD University and Sheridan College, she has also worked in event and education coordination for organizations such as the Textile Museum of Canada, Roy Thomson Hall, and Massey Hall. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Material Art & Design program at OCAD University.

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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

2011connections, *new* gallery, Toronto, ON
2010Slow Movement, Queen Specific, Toronto, ON
2005attachments, *new* gallery, Toronto, ON
2003enlace - M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

group exhibitions

2013Doily Free Zone: Raising the Profile of Lace, Pavia, Italy
2013A Very Long Engagement, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2011 - 2012Household Notions, Telephone Booth Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010Labourious, York Quay Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2009Threads That Bind, World of Threads Festival, Sheridan College Gallery, Oakville, ON
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

2013Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2013, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
20128th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2010G20 Summit: Canadian Collection, Craft Component, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
2010 - 2012Fiberart International 2010, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, Rochester, NY, and San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco CA
2010Art of Craft: Exuberant and Refined Craft from Canada and the Republic of Korea, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2009Unity & Diversity, Canadian Pavilion, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea
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

2010Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2010Nominated for 2010 Non-Tenured Faculty Teaching Award, OCAD
2010Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
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

Jane Affleck, 'Physics and Creation at the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s Latest Exhibit,' Dal News, March 1, 2013.
Elissa Barnard, 'Exhibit Offers Six Artists Who Go to Great Lengths,' Chronicle Herald, February 17, 2013.
Lizzy Hill, 'A Very Long Engagement at the Dalhousie Art Gallery,' akimbo, February 5, 2013.
Jon Bruce, 'Exhibition Explores the Art of Time,' The Commoner, January 25, 2013.
Julie Sobowale, 'A Very Long Engagement: The Dal Art Gallery’s New Exhibit has Six Unique Takes on Connection,' The Coast, January 24, 2013.
R.M. Vaughan, 'Can I Give Art for Christmas?' The Globe and Mail, December 16, 2011.
Gil McElroy, 'Dorie Millerson: The Ties that Bind,' Surface Design Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, Spring, 2011, 26-29.
Tali Dudin, Interview, ArtSync TV, Toronto, February 24, 2011.
Savannah Schroll Guz, 'It Takes Two Venues to Tell all the Stories in the Fiberart International,' Pittsburgh City Paper, July 29, 2010.
'Car,' (cover image) in Mary Thomas, 'Global Threads: Fiberart International Weaves an Exhibition of Eclectic Work from 15 Countries,' Weekend Magazine, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 15, 2010, 1, 12-13.
'Car,' (photograph and bio), in Fiberart International 2010: Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, Pittsburgh: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, 2010, 32, 98.
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: Live' It'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

'Name Dropping: Is craft still a relevant term for new makers?' Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2010, 26-29.
'Review of Neocraft: Modernity and the Crafts,' ed. Sandra Alfoldy, Revue d'art canadienne/Canadian Art Review, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1-2, 2008, 149-151.
'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

2013Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS. Panel Discussion: “A Very Long Engagement,” with Jozef Bajus, Doug Guildford, Pat Hickman, Sherri Smith and Martha Stanley, moderated by Frances Dorsey. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdK7GWjCfA
2011CraftTalks Lecture Series, OCAD U, Toronto, ON. Panel Discussion: "Craft - Shifting Directions," with Melanie Egan and Koen Vanderstukken, moderated by Jen Anisef.
2011Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Unionville, ON. Lecture: "Kai Chan in Context."
2010Fiberart Forum: A Dialogue with the Artists, Fiberart International 2010, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2010Innovators + Ideas, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. Lecture: 'Making a Connection with Lace', Master-class: 'Space Craft: Making Three-Dimensional Needle Lace'
2009Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB. Artist's Talk, Workshop: 'Space Craft'
2008Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences, 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.
2007Fiberart Forum: A Dialogue with the Artists, Fiberart International 2007, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
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.

selected teaching and work experience

2010Chair, Material Art & Design, OCAD, Toronto, ON
2009 -Assistant Professor, OCAD, Toronto, ON
2005 - 2009Sessional Instructor, OCAD, Toronto, ON
2005 - 2010Sessional Instructor, Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON
2004 - 2008Public Programs Coordinator, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON

For more information, send e-mail to info@doriemillerson.com.