KIM EICHLER-MESSMER [b. 1979]
EDUCATION
2007 MFA, Textiles, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2002 BFA, Studio Arts, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2002 Certificate, Printmaking, Scuola Internationale della Grafica, Venice, Italy
1999 Certificate, Spanish, Universitas Castellae, Valladolid, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer, Gallery M, Eureka, KS
2013 Sense of Place, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012 Color Quilts, Lone Leaf Gallery, Washington, NC
2011 Landscape Quilts, Campanella Gallery at Park University, Parkville, MO
2010 Quilts from the Architecture Series, Stairway Gallery at HNTB, Kansas City, MO
2009 Borne With Us, Society for Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Schema, The Late Show Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009 Kim Eichler-Messmer: New Textile Work, Lone Leaf Gallery, Washington, NC
2009 Cold Comfort, Montgomery Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, Lone Star College, Conroe, TX
SELECTED TWO-PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 To Dye For, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2015 Landscapes, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2014 Echoes of Earth and Sky: Kim Eichler-Messmer and Kristin Goering, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2014 Quilts: Pushing the Seams, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA
2010 Quilting: Then and Now, Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities, Kansas City, KS
2009 Craft-ed, Group Invitational Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
2008 Columbus Biennial, Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, GA
SELECTED PROJECTS AND HONORS
2015 Faculty Development Grant, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2014 West Elm Local Grant Finalist
2012 Design Collaboration with Pottery Barn Teen
2010 Artist Innovation Grant, Kansas Arts Commission, Topeka, KS
2010 Artist INC Fellow, Kansas City, MO
2008 Artist in Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2016 Janine Vangool, The Uppercase Compendium of Craft and Creativity, Uppercase Publishing Inc.
2015 Quilt National 2015: The Best in Contemporary Quilts exhibition catalogue, The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
2014 Rachel May, Quilting with a Modern Slant, Storey Publishing
2014 Essential Guide to Modern Quilt Making, Lucky Spool Media
2014 Alice Thorson, Kim Eichler-Messmer’s Kansas City Textile Studio offers new skills, camaraderie and fun, The Kansas City Star, Star Magazine
2013 Author, Modern Color: An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts, published by Stash Books, C&T Publishing