Pat Owoc

Pat Owoc explores memory, both real and invented, and land, both real and imagined, as she creates fiber work based on family history and the natural world. Her work allows her to revisit, reinterpret, and reinvent the memory of growing up under an endless prairie sky.

Even though she left the prairie as a young girl to attend college and has lived and worked in a large metropolitan area for all her adult life, memory of the land remains and is a foundation for much of her work.

Her work has been selected for inclusion in numerous juried and invitational shows including Quilt National and Sightlines (Studio Art Quilt Associates). Locations outside the United States include France, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Republic of Congo. Art work is included in the collections of private individuals, museums, and the United States Department of State’s Arts in Embassies program.

Professional Affiliations

ArtFiber Saint Louis, Art Quilt Network, Art St. Louis, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Surface Design Association

Recent Publications

• Art Quilts of the Midwest, by Linzee McCray, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA, 2015
• Pairings: A Year-Long Fiber Art Collaboration, Missouri Fiber Artists, 2015
• The Studio Quilt, no. 6: STATE OF THE ART (2011), by Sandra Sider, 2011
• Sightlines, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., Storrs, CT, 2010
• 500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, 2010
• Quilt National 2007: The Best in Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books, 2007
• Portfolio 13 through Portfolio 23, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., Storrs, CT
• Quilt National 1999: The Best in Contemporary Quilts, Random House, 1999

Recent Exhibitions: 2016

• Art Quilts of the Midwest, exhibitions based on the book — NE, KY, IO, and TX
• Here and There, Missouri Fiber Artists, Columbia, MO and O’Fallon, MO
• Works from the Studios: 7th Biennial Juried Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
• Inside/Outside, Manchester Arts, Manchester, MO
• Fiber Arts Invitational, Manchester Arts, Manchester, MO
• Maturity and its Muse, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
• Focus: Fiber, Textile Arts Alliance, Cleveland Museum of Art, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Recent Exhibitions: 2015

• ARTQUILTSreminisce, PAQA South, Cary, North Carolina
• Gray Matters: ArtFiber Saint Louis, Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO
• Pairings, Missouri Fiber Artists; St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO; Mildred M, Cox Gallery,
  Fulton, MO; and Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO
• Speaking of Fibers, Missouri Fiber Artists, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
• Midwest Metaphors, Studio Art Quilt Associates (KS, MO, OK Regional), Kansas City, MO

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