SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Full Bloom, The Satellite Gallery, Lyndonville, VT
2018
Being Home, Kendal Gallery, Hanover, NH
Drawing Threads: Conversations Between Line & Stitch, Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT
2015
COLOR|stories, The White Meetinghouse, Waterbury, VT
Listening to the Moon, East Gallery Hartness Library, Randolph, VT
2013
Reading Between the Lines, Seminary Art Center Gallery, Waterbury Center, VT
2010
Translations, Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
2004
Work in Transition, Pennswood Village Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
2000
Through the Eye of the Needle, Pennswood Village Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
SELECTED GROUP and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Silver Lining, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Where’s My Hat?, (Invitational) Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
2024
Visions of Totality, (Invitational) Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, VT
Up & Down, In & Out: Embroidery and its Kin, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Trichromancy, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2023
Who Are We? Pieces of the Identity Puzzle, The Satellite Gallery, Lyndonville, VT
Beacon of Light, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
SHE, Art Fluent Online Art Galley
Transformation: Material, Environment, Us, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2022
Celebrate!, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Tucked In: Resilience in Small Moments, Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT
Transitions, Axel’s Gallery, Waterbury, VT
Winter Magic, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Online exhibit
Face It, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2021
From Confrontation to Catharsis, SDA International Exhibition in Print, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2021
Hidden Messages: Old and New, Chandler Gallery, Rochester, VT
The Bones of Building, Surface Design Association, Online exhibit
Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2020
Wild Things, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Online exhibit
DWELL, Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, VT
2020 South End Art Hop Juried Show, South End Arts + Business Association, Online exhibit
the Sheltering in Place project, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, VT
Threads of Truth, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Botanical Blitz, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Threaded: Contemporary Fiber in New England, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2019
Body Beautiful, Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, VT
Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, The Netherlands
The Dialects of Line, Color, and Texture, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State, US Embassy Riga, Latvia
2018
Reverence to the Thread, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State, US Embassy Riga, Latvia
2017
Fabric of Our Lives, Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, VT
Selvedge, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Wild Fibers, Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State, US Embassy Riga, Latvia
Fiber Expressions, University of Vermont Living/Learning Center Gallery, Burlington, VT
2016
Surface Expressions, Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT
Visionary Conspiracy, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Material Matters, Frog Hollow VT State Craft Center, Burlington, VT
Art in Embassies Program, US Department of State, US Embassy Riga, Latvia
Intimacy + Materiality, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Salvage, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, VT
On the Surface, Bridges Resort Gallery, Warren VT
2015
Interpreting the Surface, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
National Fiber Directions, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2014
The Founder’s Collection, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, VT
Finding a Common Thread, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, VT
FABRI-cations: Fabric & Fiber, Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon, VT
Tangents: Fiber Diversified, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
In Our Element: Expressions of Color and Texture, Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, VT
2013
The Art of the Quilt, Mellwood Art Center, Louisville, KY
Small Expressions, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Saint Charles, IL
Form, Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN
Intertwined, Festival of the Arts Gallery, Waitsfield, VT
2012
The Uncommon Thread, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chester, VT
Here Comes the Sun, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, VT
Cut and Paste, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Refuse / re-seen, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA
2011
Women’s Work: The Visual Art of Vermont’s Women, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Flights of Fiber Fancy, Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, VT
No Boundaries in Fiber, Rae Harrell Gallery, Hinesburg, VT
2010
Good Fibrations, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2009
30th Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
On the Fringe of Fiber, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Second Skin: Fabric to Fashion, Textiles to Tattoos, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Seeing is Believing, Bucks County Community College ArtMobile, Bucks County, PA
2008
ThreadlLines 2008, Missouri State University Art + Design Gallery, Springfield, MO
Seeing is Believing, Bucks County Community College ArtMobile, Bucks County, PA
2007
Art Quilts Lowell 2007, The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2006
European Edition – Changing the World, Val D’Argent, Sainte Marie aux Mines, Alsace, France
Exposed! Contemporary Art Quilts at Noho, Noho Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Fine Art Quilts 2005, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
A Tribute to Fiber Art, APEX Gallery, Washington DC
2004
New Artists New Works, West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park, Stowe, VT
2003
Fine Craft Show, Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA
Wish You Were Here – The Postcard Show, Mixed Media Gallery, Doylestown, PA
2002
Elizabeth W. Fram / Jill Biros, Cultural Arts in Progress! Gallery, Yardley, PA
2000
Frida Kahlo Juried Theme Exhibit, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
COMMISSIONS
2022 Kiersten Dieterle, Denton, TX
2014 Katy Goldschmidt, Hanover, NH
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
High Meadows Fund, Burlington VT
Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
Mary Gow, “Barre’s ‘Silver Lining’: SPA celebrates 25 years”, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, March 22, 2025
Alice Dodge, “Studio Place Arts in Barre Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary”, Seven Days, Vol.30 No.25, Mar 19-26
2024
Pamela Polston, “Darned Tough”, Seven Days, Vol.29 No. 27, April 10-17
2022
Pamela Polston, “Heady Stuff“, Seven Days, Vol. 27 No.20
2021
Keidra Daniels Navaroli, “From Confrontation to Catharsis”, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2021
Kevin O’Connor, “Vermont’s art world finds ally in US ambassador to Cambodia”, VT Digger, April 12, 2021,
B. Amore, “Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic” Art New England, March/April 2021
2020
Mary Gow, ” ‘Sheltering in Place’: Vermont Artists Respond Personally”, The Times Argus, July 18, 2020
New Directions, edited by Martha Sielman, Schiffer Publishing, ©2020
2019
Dorothé Swinkels, “Blikvangers (Eyecatchers)” Textiel Plus, May 23, 2019
Mary Gow, “The Dialects of Line, Color, and Texture”, The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, Apr 20, 2019
2017
“Quiet Moment”, Art Quilting Studio, Stampington & Company, Winter 2018, Vol.10, Issue 1
2016
Victoria Crain, “ ‘Surface Expressions’ Explorations in Fiber Art’ ”, The Rutland Herald, Nov 17, 2016
Material Matters, Frog Hollow Craft Association, Inc, ©2016
Mary Gow, “A Cut Above: The Diverse Arts of Fabric,” The Times Argus, Mar 24, 2016
2014
TextileArt around the world, by Ellen Bakker, Textile-link ©2014
2013
Quilt Essential, by Erin Burke Harris, Stash Books, ©2013
“HGA’s Small Expressions 2013”, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Fall 2013, Issue 176
Form, Not Function – Quilt Art at the Carnegie 2004-2013, Carnegie Center for Art & History ©2013
2010
Victoria Donohoe, “Rich Texture in Textiles,”The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 2010
2008
Threadlines 2008, CD-ROM
2006
Lois Martin, “In Review: Exposed! Contemporary Art Quilts,” Surface Design Journal, Fall 2006
Ed McCormack, “Exposing the Significance of Contemporary Art Quilts in Noho Gallery Exhibition,” Gallery & Studio, Feb/Mar 2006.
2005
Fine Art Quilts 2005, Delta Fiberart Studio, LLC, ©2005
Exposed! Contemporary Art Quilts, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. ©2005
Fabric Art Gallery, by Nancy Javier, Leisure Arts Publications, ©2005
Gwen Shrift, “Layers of Meaning,” Bucks County Courier Times, Jan 15, 2005
2004
Valerie Reed, “Expressing Life’s Textures,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 24, 2004
2003
Amy Brummer, “The Gift of Art,” TIMEOFF Bucks County, Dec 12, 2003
“Of Note: The Passion for Exquisite Fine Crafts Sparkles in Show,” Prime Time, Dec 2003
2002
Jodi Thompson, “Finding Balance,” TIMEOFF Bucks County, Feb 22, 2002
2000
Lori Cole, “Love’s Labors Found,” TIMEOFF Bucks County, Dec 29, 2000
Theodora Paul, “Contemporary Art Quilts at Pennswood Art Gallery,” The ADVANCE, Dec 7, 2000
WEB PUBLICATIONS
2022
Elizabeth Fram, “Tucked-In: Resilience in Small Moments,” Surface Design Association Blog, August 26, 2022
2021
Elizabeth Fram, “In The Studio,” Surface Design Association Blog, March 17, 2021
2019
Beatrijs Sterk, “2019 Rijswijk Textile Biennial,” Textile Forum Blog, May 4, 2019
2018
Elizabeth Fram, “Paying Attention,” HAND/EYE Magazine, Dec 5, 2018
2017
Banner illustration, Surface Design Association website, Past Conferences page
“Fiber Friday Roundup: Nature, Wonder, Growth,” Surface Design Association (blog) Aug 25, 2017.
2014 – Present
Elizabeth Fram, weekly blog: Eye of the Needle,
2014
Elizabeth Fram, “Enrich Your Studio Practice,” Fiber Art Now(blog) Aug 14, 2014
Elizabeth Fram, “SOFA Chicago 2014,” Surface Design Association Vermont (blog) Nov 16, 2014
2013
Elizabeth Fram, “Making Art out of Trash,” Earth Day Carol(blog) Apr 19, 2013
HONORS
2023 Honorable Mention Award, 6th Portrait Art Competition, Teravarna Art Gallery
2020-2023 Art in Embassies Program, Ambassadorial Residence, US Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016-2019 Art in Embassies Program, US Embassy, Riga, Latvia
CURATORIAL
2014 The ART of ARToberFest, The White Meetinghouse, Waterbury, VT
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2013 – Present
Surface Design Association
2022 – 2023 New England Regional Newsletter Committee
Vermont Chapter
2021 – 2022 Newsletter Editor
2015 – 2021 Blog Administrator
2013 – 2015 Exhibition Committee
2012 – 2018
Across Roads Center for the Arts, Waterbury, VT
2016 – 2018 Advisory Board
2012 – 2016 Board of Directors, Secretary
2014 – 2016 Newsletter Editor
2012
SAQA Juried Artist Review Committee
EDUCATION
1980 B.A. with Honors, Studio Art, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
1981 Graphic Design, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
2012 North Country Studio Workshops, Drawing, Gerald Auten
2011 Shibori Dyeing Techniques, Glennis Dolce
AFFILIATIONS
Surface Design Association
Vermont Arts Council