Michelle Sirois Silver
TEXTILE ART and THE HAND HOOKED SURFACE
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Regeneratus, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver BC Canada (two person) juried
2014 Recovery Method, FibreWorks Gallery, Madiera Park BC Canada (solo) invitation
2012 Love Decay Repair, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge BC Canada (solo) invitation
2011 SHIFT, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada (solo) juried
2011 No Floors Required, FibreWorks Gallery, Madiera Park, BC Canada (two person) invitation
2006 EarthWater, FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada (solo) juried
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Current Threads, Surface Design Association British Columbia & Yukon Region
Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver & Pat Martin Bates Gallery, Victoria, BC Canada
Recipient: SDA Award for Excellence
Celebrate, Arts & Culture Society, Colwood Arts Centre, Colwood, BC Canada
2023
Weaving Cultural Identities: Celebrating Textiles and Heritage Traditions, National Touring Exhibition, Vancouver Biennale, Canada 2018 – 2023. Invitation|catalogue
2022
Illuminations, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada Invitation. Curator: Angela Clarke
Inspired by Archetypes, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK USA Invitation. Curator: Jane Dunnewold
Group Show, Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, BC Canada. Invitation. Curator: Vanessa Black
Current Threads, Surface Design Association, Cowichan Valley Art Council, Duncan, BC Canada
2021
Revirements, Biennale International du lin de Portneuf, QC Canada invitation
2020
Shifting Landscapes, FibreWorks Gallery, Madeira Park, BC Canada invitation
Personal Materials and Geographies, Craft Council of British Columbia, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada. Juried. Guest Curator: Mary- Beth Laviolette
2019
Malleable, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada. Invitation|catalogue. Curator: Angela Clarke
2018
Women’s Work, Il Museo Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada. Invitation|catalogue. Curator: Angela Clarke
Crafted Interiors, Crafted Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada
Means of Production, CityScape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC Canada juried
2017
Interwoven: Art Meets Nature, Highfield Hall, MA USA. Invitation. Curator: Marcia Young
Textiles of Land and Sea, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada
2016
Mottainai! Waste Not Want Not, Cameron Gallery, Raleigh-Durham, NC USA invitation
mended, Travelling Exhibition, Surface Design Association, BC Canada juried
Recipient: SDA Award for Excellence
2015
FeminArte, Conservatorio di Santa Marta, Montopoli, Italy (Virtual Exhibition) invitation
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY USA juried
2014
ArtProv Gallery, Hand Weavers Guild of America Conference: Convergence, RI USA invitation
Hooked Art 2014,University of Conneticutt Art Gallery, Newtown Hand Hooked Rugs, Conneticutt USA. Juried|catalogue. Curator: Liz Alpert Fay
Love Decay Repair, Cultch Gallery, East Vancouver Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada juried
Jurors Choice, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC Canada juried
2013
Innovations in Fibers VI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA USA, jurors Joan Schulze and Susan Taber Avila
Invested, Pendulum Gallery, CCBC 40th Anniversary Provincial Exhibition, Vancouver, BC Canada. Juried|catalogue
2010
For the Love of Craft, Alberta Craft Council, Calgary, AB, Canada, juried
Sum of the Parts, Traveling Exhibition, Surface Design Association, USA, juried
By Hand, Cultural Olympiad, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC Canada Juried|catalogue
2008
Culture, Consciousness, Nature: A Context for Climate Change, Conference, Simon Fraser University, BC Canada
Excellence within Diversity, Craft Council of BC, Provincial Exhibition, BC Canada, juried
2005
Constants and Variable, Surface Design Association, Kansas, MO USA
FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, BC Canada, juried