SOLO, 2- & 3-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Paper Trails, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2015
Vibrations, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York,
NY
(3-person)
Emblematic/Made in WNC, Center for Craft, Asheville,
NC (solo project/catalog)
2012
SelvEDGE, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Marked Up, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2011
Roomful, LMAKprojects, New York, NY
We're Not Here to Waste Time!, Luis de Jesus, Los
Angeles, CA (3-person)
Dis/order, Artspace, Raleigh, NC (2-person)
2010
Warm for Winter, Cold for Fall, p|m Gallery, Toronto,
Canada
2009
Recombination, LMAKprojects, New York, NY
Reverse Engineering, Mazmanian Art Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA |
2007
Imperfectionism, LMAKprojects Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, NY
Spilled Milk, OH&T Gallery, Boston, MA
Happy Accident, Flood Fine Art Center, Asheville, NC
(3-person)
Artist-in-Residence, CUE Art Foundation, New York,
NY
2005
Mixed Messes, OH&T Gallery, Boston, MA | | SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2023
Too Much
is Just Right, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2022
The
Conceptual Stitch, Concord Art Museum,
Concord, MA
2021
Confluentia,
Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery,
Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2020
By A Thread, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC
In Place of Pleasing, Revolve, Asheville, NC
Women's Work: Redress, Sheep/Not Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019
Who’s Afraid of Red?, Asheville Arts Council Gallery,
Asheville, NC
Sheep, Sheep/Not Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018
Cloth and Canvas, Wedge at Foundation, Asheville, NC
Opening Eyes, Satellite Gallery, Asheville, NC
Lace, Not Lace, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2017
Inaugural Installation, Schiff-Bresler Family Fibe Arts Gallery, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Women's Work: Revised, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
2016
Contemporary Southern Textiles, Blue Spiral 1,
Asheville, NC
2015
Needle's Eye, The National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, Norway
Women and Abstraction, The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL (catalog)
Millhands / Hand Made, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC
2014
Needle's Eye, KODE - The Art Museum of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (catalog)
Table, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Pulp Culture – Paper is the Medium, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2013
Women, War and Industry, San Diego Museum of Art,
San Diego, CA
A Girl and a Gun, Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery, Asheville, NC
Threads, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY (catalog)
Seeing is Believing, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2012
Paperless, SECCA: Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (catalog)
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
NC Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award Exhibition,
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Waking Up With Van Gogh, Hickory Museum of Art,
Hickory, NC
2011
Paperwork in 3D, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Love Lace, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Summer Show, Part 1., p|m Gallery, Toronto, CA
Color Study, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Simmons Collects: Celebrating Women Artists, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
The Chalk Line, Walker Arts Center, The Asheville School, Asheville, NC
2010
Wrap Your Head Around This, Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA
Eat Drink Art Design, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Group Show, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2009
SLASH: Paper Under The Knife, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY (catalog)
Strich & Faden - Heimat, Volkskunst und Travestie - Part II, Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, Germany
Motion Blur - American Craft, Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden (catalog)
Global Fabrics, Common Threads, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
Narrative Thread, Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
2008
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
MEND: Love, Life & Loss, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
Overload, ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
a matter of LIFE OR DEATH, Spring Design and Art, Brooklyn, NY
Metropolitan Home's Showtime House (DEXTER Dining Room), New York, NY |
2007
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY (catalog)
Making the Most of It, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (catalog) |
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
The Story Goes, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
On Ice, Williams Center Art Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (catalog) |
2006
Saltonstall: The First 10 Years, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (catalog) |
2005
The Gift: Building a Collection for the Queens Museum, Queens Museum of Art, Queens,NY
Queens Museum of Art Benefit, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (catalog) |
2004
Queens International 2004, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (catalog)
Twisted: Another Look at Everyday Life, OH&T Gallery, Boston, MA |
2003
Better Homes and Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
Uncommon Threads, Delaware Arts Center Loft Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY
Threadbare: Subversive Aesthetics, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Emerging Curators' Showcase, Viewing Room, New York, NY |
2002
Artists to Artists, Ace Gallery, New York, NY (catalog) |
| Small Works, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY | | GRANTS / AWARDS |
2010
North Carolina Arts Council, Artist Fellowship Award
2008
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Individual Artist Fellowship |
2007
McColl Center for Visual Arts, Artist-in-Residence
CUE Art Foundation, Artist-in-Residence |
2006
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship |
2005
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist's Fellowship Grant |
2004
Ithaca Fine Chocolates, Art Bars Artist |
2002
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Summer Residency |
2001
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Space Program | SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Carolyn Kemmett, “The ‘Imperfectionist’ Pivots: Textile artist turned collagist upends expectations”, Bold Life, May/June 2023
Carolyn Kemmett, “Confident
Commotion”, Carolina Home and Garden, Spring 2023
Charlotte Vannier, De Fil en Aiguille, (Paris: Pyramyd Editions, 2018)
Diana C. Stoll, "How did Asheville make the list of 40 most vibrant art communities in America?" Burnaway, Aug 29, 2018
Julia Skelly, "Radical Decadence", (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017)
Joyce Lovelace, "Ruin and Redemption", American Craft, June/July, 2016
Paul M. Howey, "Cover Artist Nava Lubelski", The Laurel of Asheville, April, 2016
Kimberly Irwin, Surface Design for Fabric, (New York: Fairchild Books, 2015)
Anna Cipollone, "A Stitch in Time: Mistake and Mending In Nava Lubelski's Fiber Art," Lone Wolf Magazine, Fall/Winter 2013
Steven Matijcio (Ed.), paperless (Winston-Salem: SECCA, 2012)
Barbara Schreiber, "Can you repeat that? Inspired replication fills galleries this month," Charlotte Observer, Nov. 23, 2012
David M. Lubin, "paperless," ArtForum, October, 2012
Tom Patterson, "Outstanding exhibitions in local galleries hard to find," Winston-Salem Journal, Dec. 30, 2012
Patricia Malarcher, "Textility", Surface Design Journal, Fall 2012
Ken Keuffel, "Going 'paperless'," Winston-Salem Journal, May 13, 2012
Melissa Stern, "In Stitches: Lubelski Weaves and Shocks," City Arts, Nov. 8, 2011
AIA Staff, "The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won't Want to Miss," Art in America, Nov. 3, 2011
Kris Scheifele, "Nava Lubelski: Roomful at LMAKprojects," On-Verge, Nov. 2, 2011
Ursula Gullow, "Color Study: Art Museum's Exhibit Mixes it Up," Mountain Xpress, Aug. 3, 2011
Sissel Gunnerød, "Flekken: Problem Eller Poetisk Potensial?," Personae, #1/2, 2011
Tong Chin Thing, "Taxed and Rejected: Nava Lubelski is plotting against her old tax returns and rejection letters," Home Concepts -Malaysia Edition, Jul/Aug, 2011
Robert Klanten & Birga Meyer (Eds.), Papercraft 2 (Berlin: Gestalten, 2011)
Peter Frank, "Haiku Reviews: Peter Frank and George Heymont On Theatre And Painting," The Huffington Post, Apr. 8, 2011
Annie Buckley, "Critics' Picks: Los Angeles: 'We're Not Here to Waste Time!'," Artforum.com, Mar. 31, 2011
Sharon Mizota, "Art Review: 'We're Not Here to Waste Time' at Luis De Jesus," Los Angeles Times, Mar. 25, 2011
Terence Dick, "Nava Lubelski at P|M Gallery", Akimblog, Jan. 18, 2011
R.M. Vaughan, "Nava Lubelski at P|M Gallery", The Globe and Mail, Jan. 15, 2011
"On Air: News & Openings," ArtSync TV, Dec. 3, 2010
Ursula Gullow, "Picture Imperfect," Verve Magazine, Oct. 1, 2010
Olga Zapisek, "Paper: Not Just Writing Material," Chic Today, Oct. 26, 2009
David Revere McFadden, Slash: Paper under the Knife (5 Continents Editions, 2009)
Amy Shaw, "Nava Lubelski at LMAKprojects", Greenjeans Blog, Jan. 26, 2009
Karen Rosenberg, "Art in Review: Nava Lubelski", The New York Times, Jan. 23, 2009
Iván López Munuera, "¿Es Posible Un Picasso de Los Tapetes de Crochet?", Pasajes Diseño, Dec., 2008
Frédérique Joseph-Lowery, "Embroidery Goes Contemporary", Art Press, Dec. 2008
The Buhl Collection, 2009 Calendar, Dec., 2008
Nick Smith, "Embroidered Truth: Mend is a modern use of old-fashioned threads", Charleston City Paper, Nov. 12, 2008
L'Etoile Magazine Staff, Friday Art Pick: Nava Lubelski, Twin Cities Daily Planet, July 3, 2008
Nadine Monem (Ed.), Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2008)
Stacy Perman, "Business Advice for Artists from Artists", BusinessWeek.com, April 11, 2008
Ursula Gullow, "Art Seen Asheville - Nava Lubelski", URTV, April, 2008
Jill Ingram, "Guideposts: Artist Profile, Nava Lubelski", WNC Magazine, March/April, 2008
"News: Extreme Embroidery", Embroidery Magazine (U.K.), March/April, 2008
New American Paintings, #74 Northeast, February/March, 2008
Barbara A. MacAdam, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery", ARTnews, February, 2008
Andrea DiNoto, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery", American Craft, Jan. 24, 2008
"Goings on About Town: Art", The New Yorker, Dec. 3, 2007
"Home & Garden Calendar: Stitchery", The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2007
Leslie Camhi, "Let's Get Stitched: A radical take on an old art, 'Pricked' needles the traditional craft of embroidery", The Village Voice, Nov. 20, 2007
Hillary Rhodes, "Photo Package: Embroidery Gets 'Extreme'", Associated Press, Nov. 15, 2007
Joel Withrow, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery", Flavorpill, Nov. 8, 2007
David Revere McFadden, Pricked: Extreme Embroidery (New York: the Museum of Arts & Design, 2007)
Ariella Budick, "Objects Round the House Now Objets d'Art at Islip", Newsday, Oct. 19, 2007
Arthur Whitman, "Artists I Like: Nava Lubelski", Art & Perception, Jun. 26, 2007
Bara Sapir, "Portfolio: Nava Lubelski," Zeek, August, 2006
Cate McQuaid, "Paintings Make the Domestic Daring," The Boston Globe, Mar. 18, 2005
Jonathan Fardy, "Invention and Tradition in Six Shows," ARTSmedia, Mar/Apr, 2005
James Reed, “They Just Want to Have Fun,” The Boston Globe, Mar. 5, 2005
Christopher Howard, "Queens International 2004," The Brooklyn Rail, Feb, 2005
Mindy Bond & Raphie Frank, "Nava Lubelski, Artist and Author," gothamist.com, Jan. 5, 2005
Cate McQuaid, "Exhibits Provide New Viewpoints on the 50s," The Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 2004
Carly Carioli, "Editor's Picks," The Boston Phoenix, Feb. 8, 2004
Marianne Rohrich, "Walls With Personality," The New York Times, Oct. 10, 1996 | PUBLISHED WRITING
Nava Lubelski, The Starving Artist's Way, (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004) |
EDUCATION
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, BA, Russian Language, Literature and History
Certificate in Russian Language, Moscow Institute of Steel & Alloys, Moscow, Russia |
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