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contact name: Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
phone: 651-999-5942
fax: 651-643-2544
email: erica.rasmussen@metrostate.edu

mailing address:
Metropolitan State University
1380 Energy Lane, #205
Saint Paul MN 55108

Related Organizations:
Metropolitan State University
MN Center for Book Arts
Textile Center of MN

University of MN, Minneapolis, MN, M.F.A., 1997. (studio arts: drawing and painting)

University of WI, River Falls, WI, 1992. (coursework in fiber arts)

University of MN, Minneapolis, MN, B.F.A., art history minor, 1986- 1990. (studio arts: drawing and painting)

Thesaloniki, Greece, 1990. (study abroad- sponsored by the University of MN)

Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1989. (study abroad- sponsored by the University of MN)

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, 1985-1986.

Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University, 2005 (presentation to IAPMA, Banff, Canada) 2004 (CAA panel respondent in Seattle), 2002 (fresco research in Italy), 2000 (exhibition in NY, NY) and 1999 (exhibition in Chicago).

Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Assistance Fellowship grant, 1999.

2005
Paper Adornment, international group exhibition, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.

Memory as Metaphor, three person show, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.

2004
Gwanju Art-to-Wear Biennale, international invitational, Naju, Republic of Korea.

Ready to Wear, group exhibition, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.

Local Flavor Fashion Show, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN.

Wish You Were Here III, group exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY.

All the Wiser, Women's Art Institute Faculty Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls., MN.

(Un)wearables, group exhibition, Lafayette College, Williams Center for the Arts,Easton, PA.

Crossing the Line: Wearables to Unwearables, group exhibition, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ.

Generations 04, group exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY.

A Common Thread, Textile Center of Minnesota’s member’s exhibition, Textile Center of MN, Mpls., MN.

2003
Paper Road Siena 2003, international juried exhibition, Museo Santa Maria della Scala, Instituzione del Comune di Siena, Siena, Italy.

Paper Road Geneva 2003, international juried exhibition, Centre d'art en Lile, Geneva, Switzerland.

Second Skins, solo show in association with the 12th International Surface Design Association's Conference, the Cube Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

Paper Landmarks, Friends of Dard Hunter members' show, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN.

Five Minnesota Paper Artists, group exhibition, Augsburg College, Mpls. MN.

MCAD Faculty Show, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls., MN.

Up Close and Far Away, member's competition, Surface Design Association, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.

Museum Bound, group exhibition of artists' books, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of MN, Mpls., MN.

A Common Thread, Textile Center of Minnesota’s member’s exhibition, Textile Center of MN, Mpls., MN.

2002
Second Skins, solo show, Georgia State College and University, Milledgeville, GA.

Material Witness: the Socio-Political in Textile Art, national invitational exhibition, Goldstein Gallery, St. Paul, MN.

Minnesota A to Z, selections from the permanent collection, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

Professing Fibers: Creative Works of Teaching Artists, invitational group exhibition, Textile Center of MN, Mpls., MN.

Generations III, invitational group exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY.

Constructed Surfaces, regional juried exhibition, Textile Center of MN, Mpls., MN.

2001
Residual Matter, two person exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY.

Seamless, solo exhibition, Augsburg College, Mpls. MN.

Figurative Metaphors, four person show, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.

Artwear in Motion, regional juried fashion show, International Market Square, Mpls., MN.

A Common Thread, Textile Center of Minnesota’s member’s exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI.

2000
Second Skins, solo exhibition, Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO.

Hair Stories, group exhibition, Minnesota Artists’ Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

Material Desires, regional quilt and fiber art exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.

Chapter Four: Fifteen Years of Faculty and Friends, group exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Open Book, Minneapolis, MN.

The Big Bang, invitational group exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.

A Common Thread 2000, group exhibition, Textile Center of Minnesota, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN.

1999
Negotiating Traditions: work on/of paper, five person exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Art Jones’ Greatest Hits, invitational group exhibition, Art Jones Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

The Song Inside Her, group exhibition featuring visiting artists to the Women’s Art Institute (summer program), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.

Paper in Particular, national juried exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO.

1998
Paper Bazaar, four person exhibition, Raymond Avenue Gallery, Saint Paul, MN.

Skimming the Surface, solo exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI.

Ties that Bind: a Family Exhibition, four person invitational, LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI.

Women's Art Registry of Minnesota- nineteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Wyman Building, Minneapolis, MN.

A Common Thread, group exhibition: Textile Center of Minnesota, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI.

Passionate Obsessions, regional juried exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI.

Paper on the Edge, regional invitational exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.

Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Wisconsin- River Falls, River Falls, WI.

1997
Paper / Fiber XX, national juried exhibition, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA.

Myth Conceptions, MFA thesis exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.

Modular Body, invitational group exhibition, College of Visual Arts Gallery, Saint Paul, MN.

Women's Art Registry of Minnesota- Eighteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Intermedia Arts Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

1996
Miscellaneous Parts, two person exhibition, Gallery 101, University of WI, River Falls, WI.

Figured In, Figured Out, national juried/invitational exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.

1995
Whose Body is it Anyway?, national juried exhibition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY.

Women's Art Registry of Minnesota- Sixteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, Saint Paul, MN.

Art in Action, traveling juried exhibition, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of MN, St. Paul, and Minneapolis Government Center, Minneapolis, MN.

Miniatures, An Invitational Holiday Exhibit, Art Resources Gallery, Saint Paul and Edina, MN.

1994
National Women's Artist's Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Broadway Art Gallery, Littleton, CO.

Almost Porno, national juried exhibition, Arte Gallery, Denver, CO.

Women's Art Registry of Minnesota- Fifteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.

1993
New Works, two person show, Coffee Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

1992
Fabrications II: One of a Kind Wearables by Nancy MacKenzie and Erica Spitzer, two person, Raymond Avenue Gallery, Saint Paul, MN.

1991
Northern Warehouse Artist's Co-op Group Exhibition, Blair Arcade, St. Paul, MN.

1990
Bodyscapes from Near and Far, BFA thesis exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.

Fabrications: One of a Kind Wearables by Nancy MacKenzie and Erica Spitzer, two person, Raymond Avenue Gallery, Saint Paul, MN.

Minnesota History Center (Minnesota Contemporary Craft Collection)

Liberty Properties (Eden Prairie, MN)

Amity Art Foundation (Woodbridge, CT)

various private collections

Nisha Drinkard, “Crossing the Line: Wearables to Unwearables”, Surface Design, Spring 2005: pp 30-33 and cover

John Lamb, “A Woman’s Memory”, The Forum, January 27, 2005: pp B1 and B3

Erika Navarrete, “Materials That Speak: the Work of Erica Spitzer Rasmussen”, Spin-Off Magazine, Winter 2004; pp34-36

James Auer, “Recycled Pieces: Kohler Arts Center puts Vintage and Artistic Touches on Rubbish”: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 1, 2004: pp E1 and E3

Susan Mowery Kieffer, Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books, 2003: page 85

Mason Riddle, "Erica Spitzer Rasmussen: Second Skins", Fiberarts Magazine, vol. 30, no. 4, 2004, Jan/Feb: pp 48-49

Mary Abbe, "Work by Minnesotans now on display for world to see", Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sept. 14, 2003: page F4

Jacket Pilosic published in Paper Road: La Via della carta, exhibition catalog, Protagon Editori Toscani, Museo Santa Maria della Scala, Instituzione del Comune di Siena, Siena, Italy, Aug. 7, 2003: pp 80-81

Maria Elena Buszek, "Second Skins at The Cube", Review, Kansas City, MO, Sept. 2003: page 71

Theresa Bembnister, "A Good Yuck," the Pitch, Kansas City, MO, June 26 - July 2: page 28

Jessica Hemmings, "Hair and Contemporary Fibre Art," Craft Arts International, issue 57, 2003: pp113-115

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, “Telling Truths: Paper Garment as Metaphor,” Hand Papermaking Magazine, winter 2002, pp 2-5 and backcover

Justin Kasulka, "Sharing an Artistic View," the Union Recorder, Milledgeville, GA, October 10, 2002: page 1

Mary Abbe, "Serious Threads: Nine contemporary textile artists address social ills,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 31, 2002: page E22

Sunita Patterson, “Focus on Process: Five Jackets,” FIBERARTS Magazine, March/April 2002: page 40

Mary Abbe, “Strands: The official opening of the Textile center of Minnesota weaves together various people and groups dedicated to the fiber arts,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 8, 2002: ‘Free Time’ section, page E18

Ann Christensen, “Seamless: An Exhibition of Paper Garments,” New York Arts Magazine. January 2002: page 13

Mason Riddle,” Artwear in Motion benefit: party, clothes,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press. October 20, 2001: Express section, page 2

Mary Abbe, “World Fair,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. August 25, 2000: ‘Free Time’ section, pages 12 and 13

Michael Fallon, “Follicular Follies,” City Pages. July 26, 2000: page 48

Mary Abbe, “Very Hairy,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. July 21, 2000: ‘Free Time’ section, pages 12 and 13

Steven Lang, “The natural look: a hair-raising take on history,” Pulse of the Twin Cities. July 19, 2000: page 12

Rob Silberman, "Hair Stories", exhibition catalog, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 14, 2000

Mason Riddle, “Fresh Hair,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press. July 13, 2000: pages E1-2

Mary Abbe, “8 Days Out,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. Dirty Little Secret published in conjunction with coverage of Hair Stories, July 9, 2000: page F6

Nancy Orban, Fiberarts Design Book 6, Lark Books, 1999: page 160

Mason Riddle, “Body Image, Societal Importance of Hair at Heart of Rasmussen Show,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press. October 31, 1998

Mason Riddle, “More than Textiles: Bold ‘Common Thread’ includes dog hair, lint,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press. September 15, 1998

Elaine Gale, “Paper Trail,” Minneapolis Star Tribune. March 31, 1998: Variety section

Harry Peter’s Crustic Myth, published in ‘Exposure,’ Surface magazine, Fall 1997: page 31
Christina Schmitt, "Body and Soul," Minnesota Daily. July 12, 1996, (A +E) page 7

Diane Hellekson, " 'Sphere' Proves Women's Art Doesn't Have to be Soft," Saint Paul Pioneer Press. August 15, 1995: Express section

Mary Abbe, "WARM's Annual Show Finds Humor Along with Beauty in Women's Art," Minneapolis Star Tribune. August 11, 1995: page 4E

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Iowa City, Iowa

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Saint Paul

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

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