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profile
Born Oakland, California. B.F.A. Mills College 1978. Professional modern dancer 1978–1987. Interpreter American Sign Language 1988–1990. Studio artist since 1990.

publications and broadcasts
Craft and Concept: The Rematerialization of the Art Object, Matthew Kangas, Essays, “Patterning the Past, Rachel Brumer and Isabel Kahn,” pages 351–355, Middlemarch Press, 2006.
Seattle Weekly, page 68, January 28–Feburary 3, 2004.
Quilt National, page 24, Lark Books and The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Cultural Center, 2003.
Surface Design Journal, pages 36–41, Winter, 2003.
Quilt Mania, pages 110–113, St. Etienne de Montlue, France, January 2002.
Houston Chronicle, pages 1D, 3D, Houston, TX, September 27, 2001.
Jewish Herald-Voice, page 18, Houston, TX, September 19, 2001.
PBS, "Weekday," Houston, TX, October 30, 2001.
The News Tribune, "TGIF," cover, pages 3, 6, Tacoma, WA, November 2, 2001.
KHWB, "Outlook Houston," Houston, TX, November 4, 2001.
Seattle Weekly, Seattle, WA, March 29, 2001.
Fiberarts Magazine, "The Creative Process," page 8, Altamount Press, November/December 2000.
Art/Quilt Magazine, #11, pages 35–37, 62, Houston, TX, Spring 2000.
Judaic Artisans Today: Contemporary Judaica in the United States and Those Who Created It, pages 138–139, Flower Valley Press, Gaithersburg, MD, 1999.
American Craft Magazine, "Portfolio," page 57, American Craft Council, December/January 1998.
Fine Art Quilts: Work by Artists of the Contemporary Quilt Association, pages 12–14, Fiber Studio Press, 1997.
The Art Quilt, pages 13, 223, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997.
Quilt National, page 97, Lark Books and The Dairy Barn Southeastern Cultural Arts Center, 1997.
Fiberarts Magazine, "Profile," page 23, Altamount Press, November/December 1996.
Visions: Quilt Art, page 45, C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA, 1996.
Art/Quilt Magazine, #4, page 28, Houston, TX, Fall, 1995.
Fiberarts Design Book Five, page 145, Lark Books, 1995.
Quilt National, page 77, Lark Books and The Dairy Barn Southeastern Cultural Arts Center, 1995.
Quilting International, # 40, page 39, Newton, NJ, March, 1995.
Visions: Quilts, Layers of Excellence, pages 35, 54, C&T Publishing; Lafayette, CA, 1994.

awards
Artist Trust Gap Grant, 2000.
Fiberart International Best of Show, Narrative Category, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.
Galeria Mesa, Body of Work Award, Piecework, 1999.
Artist Trust Gap Grant, 1997.

selected collections
University of Washington, Special Collections, Seattle, WA.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
American Craft Museum, New York, NY.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Seattle Arts Commission, Portable Works, Seattle, WA.
Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program, Olympia, WA: Oakville, Vancouver, Bellingham School Districts.
Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR.
Harborview Hospital, Cultural Heritage Award, Seattle, WA.
Children's Receiving Center, Portland, OR.
The Brakensiek Collection of Contemporary Quilts, Los Angeles, CA.
The John M. Walsh III Collection, Martinsville, NJ.

selected exhibitions
Drawing in the New Year: Work About Memory and Ancestory, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2006
Sustaining Change on the American Farm: An Artist-Farmer Exchange, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA, 2006
Textile Works, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2005
Inaugural Art Exhibition, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA, 2005
Building Tradition: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2004
Northwest Biennial: Building Wise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2004
Quire: Book of Findings, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO, 2003
Book Forms, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA, 2002.
Crafts National, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 2002, 1996.
Sewn: Documents Northwest, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2001.
Pattern By Definition, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX, 2001.
Contemporary Art Quilts, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY, 2001.
Cover Them: A Quilt Installation (solo exhibition,) Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX, 2001; Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, 1998; King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1997.
Hanging by a Thread, Northern Arizona University Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ, 2001.
Phresh, Pacific Northwest Arts Council, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, 2000.
Artist as Quiltmaker, FAVA, Oberlin, OH, 2000, 1998, 1994.
Voices of the Diaspora, Ryland-Bowe Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1999.
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999, 1995.
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, 1999, 1995.
The Inquisitive Object, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR, 1999.
The View From Here: 100 Artists Mark the Centennial of Mt Rainier National Park (traveling exhibition,) Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1998.
Recent Work, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 1998.
Nontraditional Quilts (solo exhibition,) Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR, 1997.
Quilt National (traveling exhibition,) The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, 1997, 1995, 2003.
Quilts in Reformation, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1997.
On the Edge: NW Quilt Art, University of British Columbia Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 1998; Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah, KY, 1997.
Quilt Expo VI, Innsbruck, Austria, 1997.
Recent Work (solo exhibition,) Cunningham Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996.
Textile as Narrative/Ritual, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1996.
Improvisations '96, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH, 1996.
Biannual Northwest Contemporary Quilt Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006.
The Painted Table (solo exhibition,) The Alexis Art Space, Seattle, WA, 1996.
Visions 1996: Quilt Art, Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CA, 1996.
Nonstop NW, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, 1996.
Fiber Artists in Washington D.C., Offices of Senator Patty Murray, Washington D.C., 1996.
Drinking From The Well: Jewish Artists, Washington Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA, 1996.
Domestic Bliss, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, 1995.
The Art Quilt: Celebrating Women's Visions and Energies, R.I.T., Rochester, NY, 1995.
Art Quilts (solo exhibition,) Seattle University, Seattle, WA, 1995.
Diversity! Studio Art Quilts Associates, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 1995.
Contemporary Northwest Art Quilts, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, 1995; Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 1995.
Art Quilts (solo exhibition,) Mercer Hood Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1995.
Piecing It All Together, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, 1994.
New Work: Methods, Makers, Meanings, Washington Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA, 1994.

For information: please contact Rachel Brumer Rachel@RachelBrumer.com