Stephanie Metz Resume
Education
B.F.A. Sculpture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Public Collections
2017 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2014 National Centre for Craft & Design, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Stephanie Metz: In the Glow, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2024 Stephanie Metz:InTouch, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Mesa, AZ
2020 Stephanie Metz: InTouch, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2019 Figurative Fiber, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CA
2013 Stephanie Metz: Shaping the Biological World, Kuhn Gallery, OH
2012 Aviculae, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2010 Amorphozoa, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group and Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Startup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Holdables, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
Fabulous Fiber, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA. Curated by Kate Stern
2024 Plush, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA
Please Touch the Art, The Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Woodstock, GA
Fully Tactile Art, Jettison Creative, San Francisco, CA
2023 Ripple Effect, Salem Art Association, OR
Material Reasoning: Materials-Based Research Grant Exhibition, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
2022 Forming Fiber, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS. Curated by Betsy Roe
Many Threads/One Cloth, Pajaro Valley Arts, CA
Felt Experience, Brattleboro Museum VT. Curated by Katherine Gass & Sarah Freedman
Fabulous Fiber, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Kate Stern
2021 Fiber Arts X, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
Spell of the Senses, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2020 Fallout, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University (Online due to Covid)
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2018 Arrowmont Figurative Association Symposium Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
Birds and Bees, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, IN
2017 New Threads: Unraveling Traditions in Fiber, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
The Ray Ashley Collection: 35 Years of South Bay Art, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Renegade Fiber, Marin MOCA, CA
Against the Grain, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Preternatural, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Kevin B. Chen
All That Remains, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
A Bird in the Hand, Palo Alto Art Center, CA
Methods of Collection, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Beauty + The Beasts, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, FL
FiberSHED, Marin Community Foundation, CA. Curated by Patricia Watts.
50 and Looking Forward, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2015, Museum Rijswijk, the Netherlands
2014 REclaim/REpurpose, 80/81 Ebrington, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Sculptural Felt International, Museum Nagele, The Netherlands
Black Sheep, National Centre for Craft & Design, UK. Curated by Laura Mabbutt.
Soft Muscle, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2013 Fiberart International, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
Milestones: Textiles of Transition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA
2012 Axis Gallery 7th National Juried Exhibition, Sacramento, CA. Juried by Apsara DiQuinzio.
Beyond Function: Fiber, Fabric and Finery, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Earth.Science.Art, R.Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Femme Fatale, Works/San Jose, CA
2011 Transforming Touch, River House Arts, Perrysburg, OH
Mercurial Objects, Schick Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Fiberart International, Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, NY
Creatures: From Bigfoot to the Yeti Crab, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, ID
2010 Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. Juried by Betti-Sue Hertz.
Transmission:Experience, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore Gallery, Singapore
All This Happened, More or Less, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, NC
Ordinary Miracles, Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg, CA
Artificial Selection, 516Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Fiberart International 2010, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
2009 Bay Area Currents, ProArts at Oakland Art Gallery, CA. Juried by Kevin Chen.
Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, SF, CA
Natural Blunders, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA. Curated by Karen Kienzle.
2008 A Matter of Life and Death, Spring, Brooklyn, NY
Formex Stockholm 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
Biological Imperative, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Selected Bibliography
2020 “Santa Clara University Art Show is a Hands-On Experience,” Sal Pizarro, San Jose Mercury News, January 16, 2020
“Art Reimagined,” Gary Singh, Metro, Vol. 35, No. 46, January 15 - 21, 2020, p 10
”San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Offers Free Admission, Draws Record Crowds with 3 New Exhibitions, Chris Nguyen, ABC 7 News, March 19, 2019
2017 Rooney, E. Ashley & Lee, Anne, Exploring Fiber Art: In Three Dimensions, E. Ashley Rooney and Anne Lee, Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 2017
2015 “The Wild and Wooly Felt Sculptures of Stephanie Metz,” Charles Purdy, Adobe Inspire Magazine, February 12, 2015
“Darlene Carman Presents: Stephanie Metz,” Darlene Carman interview and demonstration, Midpeninsula Community Media Center, 2015
2014 Textile Art Around the World. Ellen Bakker, published by Textile-Link Books, Fall 2014
“Exploring the Possibilities of Felt: Review of ‘Black Sheep’ at the National Centre for Craft & Design.” Katy Dunn, Crafts Magazine. May-June 2014
2013 “Feels Like Art: Stephanie Metz.” Gillian Claus, Content Magazine. Issue 5.2, Summer 2013.
“Beyond Function: Fiber, Fabric, and Finery: de Saisset museum, Santa Clara University.” Barbara Shapiro, Surface Design Magazine, Spring 2013.
Selected Awards & Grants
2024 Center for Cultural Innovation Creative Capacity Grant
2023 Center for Cultural Innovation Creative Capacity Grant
2021 Honorable Mention, International Sculpture Center’s Innovator Award
2019 Center for Craft Materials-Based Research Grant, with Virginia Tech
2018 X Factor Award Finalist, Silicon Valley Creates, San Jose, CA
Audience Engagement Project Grant, Silicon Valley Creates, San Jose, CA
2015 Artist Laureate Award, Silicon Valley Creates, San Jose, CA
2009 Center for Cultural Innovation Encouragement Grant
2005 Individual Grant, Belle Foundation for Cultural Development