Solo Exhibitions
Chris Motley: Feelings in Fiber, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA January/February, 2019
Human Dimensions in Fiber, SXU Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 25-September 25, 2012
Juried Exhibitions
2020
Survival Architecture and the Art of Resilience, Curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2020 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg, VA
Spinning Yarns, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Juried Exhibitions
2019
Small Works Exhibition, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Beyond the Surface: SDA International Juried Members Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Twisting Fibers: An Art for All Reasons, Art League Rhode Island, Providence, RI
Fantastic Fibers 2019, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Wide Open 10, Second Prize, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, 2019, Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2019 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH
Content Matters: Summer National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention from Juror Jack Fischer, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2018
Intertwined (fiber from one extreme to the other), Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
Green, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
COLOR, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (Certificate of Recognition)
By Hand, a National Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2018 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Fantastic Fibers 2018, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
The Edge of Excess II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
Thread Count: New Directions in Fiber Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Material Matters: Breaking with Tradition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (Honorable Mention)
Fabrications, by fiber/DIMENSIONS, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2017
Silent Sentinels, Group Exhibition, Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
AbstrAction, National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
International Fiber Arts VIII, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
National Juried Art Exhibition 2017, The Academy Center of the Arts , Lynchburg, VA
Needles and Thread, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Blue, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016
Cosmic Geometry, World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Canada
Embroidered Truths and Woven Tales, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Transgressing Traditions: Contemporary Textiles, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Small Expressions 2016, Handweavers Guild of America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, MN
Threads: a Sampling of Fiber Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD
Fabulous Fibers 2016, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Noticing Nature, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
A Touch of the Blues, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Focus: Fiber 2016, Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art and Kent State, University Museum, OH
2015
Entangled: A Fiber Exhibition, some things looming gallery, Reading, PA
Materialities:ContemporaryTextile Arts, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg,TN
Off the Wall, World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2015 Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Fiber Directions 2015, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Fiber, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA,
2014
Black and Red, World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
CONSTRUCT, Pittsburg Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Material Matters, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Wide Open 5, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Small Expressions 2014, Handweavers Guild of America, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
COLOR, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh Works, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
Fantastic Fibers 2014, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Catalyst, Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
Being Human, St Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
2013
45th Annual Textiles Exhibition, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Small Expressions 2013, Handweavers Guild of America, Fine Line Creative Art Center, St.Charles, IL
Innovations in Contemporary Craft, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
National Fiber Directions 2013, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Fantastic Fibers 2013, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
MAD, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
By Hand: Extraordinary Craft in California, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
New, FLOW Art Space, St. Paul, MN
2012
Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The Art of Fiber, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Reflections in Fiber Art, Dragonfly Gallery, Austin, TX
44th Annual Textiles Exhibition, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Latitude, Handweavers Guild of America, Long Beach, CA
Crafts National 2011, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Black, White, & Red, some things looming gallery, Reading, PA
Masquerade, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
On the Nature of Things, World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2011
43rd Annual Textiles Exhibition, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Fantastic Fibers 2011, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
National Fiber Directions 2011, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
SIZE matters, some things looming gallery, Reading, PA
Small Expressions 2011, Handweavers Guild of America, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Figures and Faces, Pacific Art Guild, Palo Alto, CA
Being Human, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Form & Fiber: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art, Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT
2010
Metaphoric Fibers: Untamed Knitting and Crochet, Joan Mondale Gallery, The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fantastic Fibers 2010, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Wearable Art, Un-Wearable Fashion, VisArts, Rockville, MD
gaps, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA
Faces and Figures, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Solitude, Marin Museum of Contemporary art (Honorable Mention), Novato, CA
2009
Touch, Columbia City Gallery (second prize), Seattle, WA
Innovations in Fiber Head to Toe: From the Funky to the Sublime, St. Lois Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
The Fiber Show, The Spare Room, San Francisco, CA
Press
Textile Arts Council presentation for the De Young Museum: “Chris Motley: Knitting Together a New Passion,” October 19, 2019
Savvy Retiree, “Turn your Artistic Flair into a Side Hustle,” October 2019
Times Standard, “Feelings in Fiber” (Artist has taken knitting to a new level) by Heather Shelton, January 6, 2019
Professional Artist Magazine, featured artist, How Art Careers Happen, by Mary Edwards, Ph.D. July/August Issue 2018
Artistry in Fiber, Volume 2, Sculpture, by Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, 2017
Posit Journal #7, article and Interview by Melissa Stern, September 2015
Textile Plus, featured artist, September 2015
Surface Design Journal, images included, Fall 2013
Worldwide Colors of Felt, featured artist, by Ellen Bakker 2013
Education
Workshops: Kansas City Art Institute, California College of Craft and Design; Arrowmont
School of Arts and Crafts BA, History and Sociology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
JD, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
Affiliations
American Craft Council, Surface Design Association, Fiber Dimensions
Member of Board of Directors, Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco)
Member of Board of Directors, Surface Design Association
Contact
www.chrismotleyart.com
cemotley@icloud.com
(415) 317-3387