Paper Project
Resume:
Dorothy Field
Victoria BC
Born: New York City; emigrated to Canada 1971
Education:
****,**** *** ******* ******, Banff Centre for Fine Arts
Travels in Asia (Nepal, India, Thailand, Burma, China, Korea, Japan, and
Bangladesh researching handmade paper and textiles
1971 MA in Design, University of California at Berkeley, specialization in textiles
1966 BA in History, University of Rochester with honors
Teaching: Art and Writing Workshops
2005-present Workshops on making and treating handmade paper at the Vancouver
Island School of Art, Victoria ; University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama; Southwest College of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio Texas; Santa Fe
Book Artists Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1974-2004: workshops on paper and related arts at Columbia College Chicago Center for
Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL; Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa;
Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC; Women s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY;
Paper & Book Intensive; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; Kakali
Handmade Paper, Vancouver; Metchosin International Summer School of the
Arts; and my Cobble Hill studio since 1974. Guest lecturer at universities, paper
facilities, fiber conferences and special interest societies in Canada, the US and
Costa Rica
Paper, Print, and Book Exhibitions:
2008 What the Body Grows, Martin Batchelor Studio, Victoria, solo show
Book Variations, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, juried exhibition
2007 Remnants of Times I Never Knew, Drypoint prints, Jewish Community Centre
of Greater Vancouver, solo show
Muskwa-Kechika Show, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, group show of work
inspired by participation in the Artist s Camp, August 2006 in the Muskwa-
Kechika, largest pristine area in the Rocky Mountain chain, featuring my prints
and chapbook of poetry
2006 Beyond Words: Artists Books, The University of the South, Sewanee,
Tennessee, juried exhibition
2005 Crossing the Red Sea, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria, solo show
2003 Art of the Book 03, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Toronto
Washi in American Artists Books, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2002 Friends of Dard Hunter Paper Art Exhibit, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Offerings for the Lord of Tatters, Nanaimo Art Gallery, solo show
2001 Out of the Moving Waves: Eastern Papermaking Tradition and Transition,
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Book: An Evolution of Meaning, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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Paper Stories, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2000 Paper in the Millennium, American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta
To Remain at a Distance, Open Space, Victoria
Flat and in the Round, Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
1999 Magic Paper/Magic Book Show, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL1998
Marlene Davis & Dorothy Field, Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, BC
2 person show
A Voice To Be Heard, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Paper Fest, Manitou Springs, CO
1997 The National Paper Exhibition, Prairie Art Gallery, Grand Prairie, AB
Women of the Book: Jewish Artist, Jewish Themes, Finegood Art Gallery,
West Hills, CA
Turning the Page, Honolulu Printmaking Workshop
1996 Genesis III, Jewish Artists of BC, Victoria, BC
1995 Miniature Book Exhibition, Papertrail, Ottawa
1994 Paper Speak, Contemporary Handmade Paper by Artists of the Commonwealth,
Edmonton, AB and Victoria, BC
Out of Bounds, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1993 Grown Women Die of It, installation at Artropolis 93, Vancouver, BC
Genesis 93, Recent Works of BC Jewish Artists, Victoria BC
BookWorks, Uncommon Objects Gallery, Toronto, ON
Made By Hand: The Pleasures of Making, Canadian Crafts Museum
1992 Paper, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Tim Ely & Dorothy Field, Galleria Tinka, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2-person
1991 Six Women in Paper, Clark University, Worcestor, MA
Exhibition Genesis, Jewish Community Center, Victoria, BC
Paper & Print, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Crossing the Pass, PaperYa, Vancouver, BC, solo
1990 Made by Hand: Paper and Felt, Cartwright Street Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Passage of the Minotaur, North Park Gallery, Victoria, BC, 2-person show
1989 Shifu, Ibaraki 89, Japan
1988 Metamorphosis, Gertrude and Sidney Zack Gallery, Vancouver BC
1987 Paper Resurfaced: 8 Approaches to the Medium of Paper, North Park Gallery,
Victoria, BC
Photographic Exhibitions:
1992 Jewish Heritage in the Eye of the Camera, 1992, Beth Hatefutsoth Museum of the
Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel
1991 The Jews of India, Jewish Community Center, Vancouver, BC - solo show
Work Featured:
2009 Poisson, Ren e, Time, Resilience and Letting Go, video
2008 500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, work included
2007 Sh ma, December issue 38/646, art centerfold
2004 Risseeuw, John, Dorothy Field, et.al., Political Paper, Hand Papermaking
magazine, Summer 2004
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2002 Letter Arts Review 2002, Nine Word Book, All and Is pages
2001 Farmer, Jane, The Road Well-Traveled, Hand Papermaking, Vol. 16 No.1,
2000 Platz, Melanie, Paper, Boulevard Magazine, November, Victoria, BC
1997 Brenner, Hedwig, JUDISCHE FRAUEN IN DER BILDENDEN KUNST,
Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz, Germany
1993 Morin, Theresa, The Paper Show, Hand Papermaking, Vol. 8 No.1
1990 Newsletter of the Print and Drawing Council of Canada, March/April 19901990
Healing Wounds: Passage of the Minotaur, Gallerie Magazine
Poetry and Other Books:
Forthcoming
The Blackbird Must Be, Sono Nis Press, Winlaw, BC
2008 Wearing My People Like a Shawl, poetry, Sono Nis Press, Winlaw, BC
2004 Leaving the Narrow Place, Oolichan Books, Lantzville, BC
1999 Between Gardens, with co-author Carol Graham Chudley, Polestar Book
Publishers, Victoria, BC
1996 In the Street of the Temple Cloth Printers, Pacific Educational Press,
Vancouver, BC
Non-Fiction Books/Articles/Book Reviews
2007 Entering Nepal, CBBAG Journal 2007, Toronto, ON
Paper and Threshold: The Paradox of Spiritual Connection in Asian
Cultures, text and photographs, The Legacy Press, Ann Arbor
2004 Political Paper (one of five featured statements), Hand Papermaking, Summer
Volunteering with a Tibetan Papermaking Project in India, Bull & Branch,
Volume 23, Number 1
2002 The Alchemy of Drypoint, Hand Papermaking, Winter 2002
1999 Review: Gift of Conquerors: Hand Papermaking in India, Hand Papermaking,
Winter 1999
1997 Review: Off the Deckle Edge, Hand Papermaking, Winter 1997
1996 Going Out from Mitzrayim, Violence Against Women, March 1996
1994 Review: A Paper Journey, Hand Papermaking, Summer 1994
1995 Traditional Values in Indian Handmade Paper, Hand Papermaking, Winter 1995
1992 Papermaking in India, Bangladesh, and the Himalayas and Nepalese Paper
Sample, Hand Papermaking, Winter 1992
Burmese Bamboo Paper: A Transformative Process and Changpangji: Korean
Oiled Floor Paper, Asao Shimura, ed., Kami 89, Philippines
1990 Notes on Spirit Money from Thailand, Hand Papermaking, summer 1990
Healing Wounds: Passage of the Minotaur, Gallerie: Women Artists, number 8
1988 Shan Papermaking in Thailand, A Gathering of Papermakers, Carriage House,
Boston
A Gift, Words on Paper, Hobart, Tasmania
1987 Kim Yeong Yon: A Korean Papermaker, Hand Papermaking, summer 1997
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Limited Editions
2009 Muskwa-Kechika Dayenu, suite of poems by Dorothy Field, designed by
Dorothy Field and Frances Hunter, JackPine Press, Saskatoon, limited edition
chapbook
2005 Let us Praise the Garry Oak, letterpress limited edition in collaboration with Joan
Byers and Ginny Porter, part of A Book Arts Mosaic, a project of CBBAG
2004 Then From All the Stones, OEOCO Press, Ragland, Alabama, hand bound,
limited edition book of poetry
1998 Handmade Paper in Nepal: Tradition and Change, essay and sample portfolio,
Hand Papermaking, Washington, DC
1996 Meditations at the Edge: Paper and Spirit, essay and illustrations,
Peter and Donna Thomas, Santa Cruz, CA
Book Design:
2004 Five Ways to Lose Your Way, Jack Pine Press, Saskatoon, limited edition
chapbook
Special Projects:
2000 Millennium in a Box, portfolio sponsored by Canadian Bookbinders and Book
Artists Guild
1994-96
Paper Road/Tibet, team member researching traditional Tibetan handmade paper
and teaching students at handicraft school
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