Barbara Nell Morejon - 210 Sloan Ave. Ashland, OH 44805 / 419.559.9048

Fiber Artist with over 30 years of experience as a Master Felter

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AWARDS & SHOWS

  

  2022 August, Ohio State Fair, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH

  2022 June-July, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, OH

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  2021 July-Sept, *Accepted the Butler Institute of American Arts 

  2021 June-July, *Carrington Arts Gallery, Sandusky, OH

  2021 June-July, *Coburn Gallery, Ashland University - 2nd Place

  2021 May, Mansfield Arts Center, Mansfield, OH - Award of Excellence

  

  2020 June, Carrington Art Gallery, Sandusky, OH 

  2020 August, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH - Susan B Smith Fiber Award

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  2019 June, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University - Honorable Mention

  2019 June, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

  2019 April, MADE IN ASHLAND's "JAZZ" - Commissioned to create two jazz costumes for the male            lead and female lead dancers, displayed art at Archer Auditorium for the show and discussions with        art students, Ashland, OH

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  2018 Wearable Art, Mandurah, Australia's premiere wearable art event. First selected artist from the

  USA to be accepted in their show. Entitled CAPTIVATED, it was put on display at their Welcome Center.

  After the show, it was then moved to be put on display in the U.S. Consulate in Perth, Australia.

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  2017 Ohio State Fair, A FIBER PERSPECTIVE, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH

  2017, Mansfield Arts Center, Susan B Smith Fiber Award, Mansfield, OH

  2017 The Textile Art Alliance (TAA) Runway Show, Cleveland, OH

  2017 Coburn Gallery Honorable Mention, Ashland University, Ashland, OH

  2017 Sally Otto Art Gallery Juried Art Competition for Theater opening, Romeo & Juliet, Mount

  Union University

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  2016 Oct, The Textile Art Alliance (TAA) Runway Show, Cleveland, OH

  2016 May, Mansfield Art Center, Susan B Smith Fiber Award, Mansfield, OH

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  2015 Oct, The Textile Art Alliance (TAA) Runway Show, Cleveland, OH

  2015 Sept-Oct, Solo show "Finding Expression in Tangled Fibers", Mansfield Art Center Mansfield, OH

  2015 April, Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2015

  2015 May, Mansfield Art Center, Susan B Smith Fiber Award, Mansfield, OH

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  2014 Dec, Solo show "Gone Wild", Gallery in the Vault, Wooster, OH

  2014 Aug, Two-artist show "Avant-Garde Felt Wearables" French Art Colony, Gallipolis, OH

  2014 June, Twelve Artists of the Ashland Art League "Countryside", Ashland County Historical  

  Society, Ashland, OH

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Archived Events

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  2013, Two-artist show "Silkworms and Sheep", Gallery in the Vault, Wooster, OH

  2013, Professional Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio State Fail, Columbus, OH

  

  2012, Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH

  2012, Ohio Arts Council Award, Professional Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH

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  2011, Best in Show award, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

  2011, Meyers Mansion "Four Seasons", Ashland, OH

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  2010, International Hat Show, Newberg, Germany

  2010, Jury Award, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

  2010, Two-artist show, Gallery 101, Ashland, OH

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Magazine Projects & Call for Entry

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  2014 December Australian FELT magazine, Australia international project, how-to article, Mama              Penguin and baby  

  2014 June Australian FELT magazine, Australia international project, how-to article, Mama Penguin &      Egg

  2014, "FIBER ARTS NOW" magazine, won a Call for Entry for Giraffe Hat

  2012, HEART OF OHIO magazine, won a Call for Entry, article & photo of "DAD" sculpture (1st felting        artist of needle felt a scaled bust)

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Art Television

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  2014, Mary Moore "Artists at Work" series, Cable 9, Community TV, Cleveland, OH

  2012, Gallery in the Vault featured my art on the show, Fox TV station, Cleveland, OH

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Education

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  Purdue University

  Ashland University

  Georgia Perimeter College

  Ashland High School

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Gallery Representation

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  Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

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  *Indicates Award Presented

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