SOLO, TWO PERSON AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS
2024
Beyond the Surface: Printed Textiles in Contemporary Art, August 31-October 20, 2024, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, curated by Caroline Kipp, catalog will be available.
A Closer Look: Gerri Spilka Quilt Art, Frieda, Philadelphia, PA
Todd Merrill Studio, New York City
2023
Todd Merrill Studio, Southampton, NY, and New York City, Intersect Aspen
2022
Todd Merrill Studio, Southampton, NY, and New York City, DESIGN Miami
2021
Interactions: Early and Recent, FRG Objects and Design, Hudson, NY
2020
Reopening Celebration, Center City Banners, Center City District of Philadelphia, PA
Threads of Light, with Lorne Covington Noirflux Arts, and Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Color Improvisations 2, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, OH, curated by Nancy Crow
Cloth Constructions, International Quilt Museum and Study Center, Lincoln, NE, curated by David Hornung
Une Exposition d'Arts Obsessionels de la Fibre, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019
No Holding Back, Gallery 543, URBN, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Interactions: Solo Show, Globe Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA
Girl on Fire: Solo Show, Goggleworks Art Center, Reading, PA
In With My Posse, Elixr Philadelphia, PA,
Painted Textiles: Solo Show, KEXP Seattle, with Elixr, Seattle, WA
2018
PIECES: Spilka and Poacelli, Arts and Crafts Holdings, Philadelphia, PA.
Color Improvisations 2, Canadian Textile Museum, Toronto, CA, and Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2016
MASTERY: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, curated by Nancy Crow
Color Improvisations 2, Tuch+Technik Textile Museum, Neumünster, Germany, curated by Nancy Crow
Interactions, World of Threads, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024
Being Human, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2022
Artist as Quiltmaker XIX, Oberlin, OH
2021
The Shape in All Its Forms, SITE: Brooklyn NY, online exhibition
Quilt National XXI, Athens OH
2020
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
FIBER 2020, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2019
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, curated by Jane Milosch, Smithsonian Renwick Museum
Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, curated by Mia Bloom, Director Penland School of Crafts
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
The Edge Effect, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, curated by Akili Tommasini, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
De-line-ation, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Bruce Hoffman
Fantastic Fibers, The Yeiser Center, Paducah, KY
2018
Craft Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, curated by Paul Sacaridiz, Director of Haystack Mountain School
Artist as Quiltmaker XVIII, Oberlin, OH
Quilt National 2017, Athens, OH, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
New Now, InLiquid Gallery, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, curated by Nora Atkinson, Renwick Gallery for American Crafts
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2017
Quilt=Art=Quilts 2017, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Viewpoints 2017: Studio Montclair, aljira-a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Pattern Recognition, Woskob Family Gallery, College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State University, State College, PA
2016
Craft Forms Show, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Quilt=Art=Quilts 2016, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Transgressing Traditions, Surface Design Association and Schweinfurth Art Center, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Talia Weinberg
2015
Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Quilts=Art=Quilts 2015, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Velocity of Textiles, Chattahoochee Weavers Guild, Ernest G Welch School of Art and Design, GA State University, Atlanta, GA
2014
SPUN: Innovations in Fiber Art, Etui Fiber Arts, Larchmont, NY
New Sight 2014, THREE NINETEEN, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Sarah McEneaney and Zoe Strauss
Art Quilt Elements 2014, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
AWARDS
2019
Honorable Mention, Biannual Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Second Prize, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Third Prize, The Edge Effect, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2018
Grand Prize, Goggleworks 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Reading, PA
Juror’s Award, Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2017
Second Prize, Biannual Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Honorable Mention, Craft Forms 2017, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Shirley Hastedt Award for Excellence, Quilt=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Arts Center
Jurors’ Award, Quilt National, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH
Professional Development Award, Surface Design Association
2016
Award of Merit, Craft Forms 2016, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Third Prize, Transgressing Traditions, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
2015
Award for Design Excellence, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center
Award of Merit, Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2013
Award for Design Excellence, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
David Hornung, Cloth Constructions, Catalog, 2020
David Hornung, Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers , Third Edition, 2020, McGraw-Hill, NY
Interactions: No Holding Back, essay by Janet Koplos, solo exhibition brochure, 2019
Design as a Catalyst for Learning, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000, Outstanding Academic Book Award in 2000 from the Association of College and Research Libraries
Understanding the Contribution of the Arts to Excellent Education, The National Endowment for the Arts, 1991
COLLECTIONS
International Quilt Museum and Study Center, Lincoln, NE; The Honickman Center, Jefferson University and Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; the Fox Business School, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Park Towne Place Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA; and numerous other private collections
EDUCATION and RESIDENCIES
MASS MOCA Residency, Spring 2023
Haystack School 2018
M Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship
MA Psychology, Temple University
BA Psychology and Education, Carnegie Mellon University
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
62 Group of Textile Artists, Artsy, Surface Design Association, InLiquid Art and Design