PORTFOLIO          CURRENT EVENTS          ARTIST STATEMENT          BIO          CONTACT


Lindsay Ketterer Gates, 2008
 

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."
Elbert Hubbard

*Lindsay is a studio artist working out of Milford (located in northeast PA, along the Delaware River where NY, PA & NJ meet). She was recently awarded a  2005 Individual Creative Artists Fellowship  by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Her work is exhibited and collected internationally. She is represented by the Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and the Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA. Lindsay’s work has been featured on the cover of Metalsmith Magazine and on the pages of American Craft Magazine, FiberArts and Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot Magazine and Surface Design Journal as well as numerous other publications.



 


 


 


 





 


 


     born in 1974

    Education

   
1999-2002               
Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration, Seton Hall University, NJ
                                            *Non Profit Management Scholarship
    1992-1996                BFA, Course of Study: Crafts/Fibers. Kutztown University, PA
                                            *J. A. Pawling Crafts Memorial Award (1997)
                                            *Early Career Excellence Award (2004)
    Fall 1995                 Study Abroad, Buckinghamshire College, England


    Recent Exhibitions


    2004-2007                No Boundaries: Contemporary Basketry
. Exhibits USA in conjunction with SAC, Boston, MA.
                                            (2006) Milton Hershey School Art Museum. Hershey, PA
                                            (2006) Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, TX
                                            (2005
) Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Colorado Springs, CO
                                            (2005) Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Laurel, MI
                                            (2004) J. Wayne Stark University Ctr. Galleries. College Station, TX
                                            (2004) West Bend Art Museum. West Bend, WI
                                            (2004) Union College. Schenectady, NY

                                            (2004) Copia: American Center for Wine, Food & The Arts. Napa, CA
    2006                        SOFA NYC, NY. Jane Sauer -13 Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2006, 2005               SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL. Jane Sauer -13 Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2006                        Woven Together: Voices in Basketry. Yager Art Museum, Oneonta, NY
    2006                        From the Garden. Hibberd McGrath Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
    2006                        The Vessel Redefined. Fuller Art Museum, MA
    2006                        Baskets: Beyond Structure. Jane Sauer – 13 Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2006, 2005, 2004      International Fiber Biennial. Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
    2006                        Bend-Twist-Wrap: Contemporary Work in Wire. Brookfield Craft Center Exhibition Gallery, CT
    2005                       
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection
                                            Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

    2005, 2004               Basketry Invitational. Gallery Materia/Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
    2005                       
In the Narrative: Textiles Object/Word. Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO
    2005                        Fibre: A New World View. National Craft Gallery. Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland
    2005                       
Material Transformations: Lindsay K. Rais. Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2005                        Material Content: Basketry Sculpture in the 21st Century. Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
    2003, 2004               SOFA Chicago. Chicago, IL. R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
    2004                        Constructions & Compositions. Virginia Brier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    2004                        Baskets: Sculptural Constructions. Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2004                        Contemporary Baskets 2004. Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2004                        SOFA NYC, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
    2004                        Penland Gallery. Penland, NC
    2004                        Fiber 2004. Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
    2004                        Contemporary Basketry. The Flynn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
    2004                        Reliquaries & Icons For The 21st Century. Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
    2004                        Digital Origins. The Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
    2004, 2003, 2002      CraftBoston. Boston, MA
*2004 Award For Excellence
    2004                        New Metals Invitational. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
    2003                        Crafts At The Castle. Boston, MA *2003 winner of the “Best New Artist” award
    2003                        Contemporary Basketry. American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
    2003                        The Art of Basketry 2003. Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    2003                        Contemporary Baskets 2003. Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2003                        All That Glitters Isn’t Gold. Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
    2003                        SOFA NYC. NY. Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2003                        Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington, DC  *2003 winner of the “Award of Excellence”
   
2003                        Spirit-Hands-Threads. Indiana University of PA Gallery, Indiana, PA
    2003                        The Art of Containment. Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
    2002                        Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Philadelphia, PA
    2002                        Fiber and Metal Invitational. Fiberscene.com
    2002                        Juried Exhibition in Print.
Metalsmith Magazine: Society of North American Goldsmiths
                                            *cover image: “Stacked Basket
   
2002                        Other Materials/Other Forms: Exploring Contemporary Basketry. Brookfield Craft Center, CT
    2002                        Baskets 2002: New Perspectives on an Ancient Tradition. Guilford Handcraft Center, CT
    2002                        Baskets 2002. The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA 
    2001                        Contemporary Basketry: No Boundaries. Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA


    LECTURES & AWARDS

   
2005                        Lecture: The Soft Side of Sculpture Part I.
Friends of Fiber Art, SOFA Chicago, IL
    2005                        Lecture & Workshop: The Distinguished Artist’s Series: James Renwick Alliance.
                                             Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
    2005                        Pennsylvania Council On the Arts Individual Creative Artist Fellowship.
                                            *administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
    2005                        Guest Lecturer. Textile Study Group of NYC, New York
    2004                        Early Career Excellence Award. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
    2003                        Guest Artist: International Metals Symposium. Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
    2001                        Guest Artist & Lecturer. Marywood University, Scranton, PA
    1999                        Nonprofit Management Scholarship. Seton Hall University. South Orange, NJ
    1998                        J. A. Pawling Crafts Memorial Award. Kutztown University. Kutztown, PA
 

    Recent Press

    500 Baskets: A celebration of the Basketmaker's Art by Lark Books, 2006
    Surface Design Journal
, Summer 2005: “Informed Source”
    Teapots: Makers & Collectors, by Dona Z. Meilach,
Schiffer Publishing, 2005
    The Boston Globe, Wednesday, May 19, 2004: Arts & Leisure Section C9
    The Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, March 26th, 2004: "A look at the very fiber of art", by Edward J. Sozanski,
                                            Inquirer Art Critic (A review of the 2004 Fiber Biennial at the Snyderman-Works Galleries)
    FiberArts Design Book 7
, 2004, Fiberarts International
    Artwork Selected for Cover of Summer Brochure. Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ, 2002, 2004
    Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot Magazine, Fall 2003: “Sculptural Baskets of Lindsay K. Rais” by Kevin Wallace
    American Craft Magazine, August/September 2003: “Portfolio Section”
    FiberArts, September/October 2003
    Ornament Magazine, Autumn 2002
    Metalsmith Magazine, SNAG, *Cover Image: Juried Exhibition in Print 2002
    Boston Globe, August 8, 2001
 

    WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION / TEACHING

    2006                        Workshop Instructor: Haystack Mt. School of Crafts.
Deer Isle, ME 
    2006                        Workshop Instructor: Brookfield Center For Crafts. Brookfield, CT
    2006                        Workshop Instructor: LA Basketry Guild. Los Angeles, CA
    2006                        Workshop Instructor: 92nd Street Y. NYC
    2006, '05, '03, '02      Workshop Instructor: Peters Valley Craft Center. Layton, NJ
    2005                        Workshop Instructor: Wire Basketry. Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
    2004, 2005               Private Instruction: Wire Basketry. YWCA. NYC, NY
    2003, 2004               Arts Coordinator. Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council Gallery, Newton, NJ
    2003                        Workshop Instructor: Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX
    2001-2005                Adjunct Faculty SCCC.  Sussex, NJ
                                            3-D Design, Basic Drawing, Printmaking,  2-D Design, Introduction to Fibers.                  
    2001                        Adjunct Faculty Marywood University. 3-D Design. Scranton, PA
    2001-2003                Workshop Instructor. Monroe County Arts Council. East Stroudsburg, PA
 



PORTFOLIO          CURRENT EVENTS          ARTIST STATEMENT          BIO          CONTACT