ARTIST STATEMENT

The content of my work derives from concepts and constructs from my past: childhood experiences, formal education, and an innate fascination with math and science. With techniques such as hand stitching, embroidery, knitting, rotary knitting machine, arm knitting, crochet, wet felting, cast and burnt sugar, as well as technological tools like the scanning electron microscope and computerized Jacquard loom, I express these ideas visually. My materials are as varied as thread, yarn, wool, sugar, tea bags, metallized Tyvek, silk, beeswax, plastic waste, and vintage linens.

My largest body of work is based on microscopy and magnification. Years spent looking through a microscope for my education and early career have inspired me to create the microscopic world into a tangible, non-magnified one. Embroidered bacteria, the use of the scanning electron microscope on commercial fabrics for Jacquard weaving and photographic images, and felted bacteria and blood cells are the most recent subjects of my work.

A second body of work refers to geometric forms, both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. I recall as a child being captivated by the pattern of hexagon tiles on my grandmother's bathroom floor. With seemingly limitless variations in color and arrangement, I create floor-level installations made of cast sugar hexagons and suspended pieces of stitched hexagons made of silk coated with beeswax. Non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometric forms are represented with crochet to form hyperbolic planes and pseudospheres.

Since 2020, my work has focused more on environmental issues and ecological systems. Micro-organisms digesting plastic, bleaching of the coral reefs, mycorrhizal networks in forest underground, and natural pests of bees have been themes in my newer work.

BIOGRAPHY

Ruth Tabancay began her adult professional life as a hospital laboratory technologist, then as a physician in private practice, and finally as an exhibiting artist. An innate love of science led her to major in Bacteriology in college which would form the basis of her early artwork. Then, her concepts centered around microscopy and scale using the textile techniques–crochet and knitting–that she taught herself as a child as well as the scanning electron microscope, computerized Jacquard loom, and textile techniques such as felting, embroidery, and material-based art. More recently her work concerns environmental issues such as bleaching of the coral reefs, organisms’ ability to digest plastic, sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, and ecological systems such as mycorrhizal networks and bee colonies.

She is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; and California College of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and regionally including The Textile Museum, Washington, D. C.; World Financial Center, New York City; Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. She lives In Berkeley, California.

EDUCATION
2010-2011 University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Certificate in Fiber Arts
1992-2000 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. BFA in Textiles, with High Distinction
1975-79 University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. MD
1973-74 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Medical Technologist License
1969-73 University of California, Berkeley, CA. BA in Bacteriology


SOLO AND 2 OR 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 (un)Natural Order 2.0, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA
2024 Human Nature: Biomorphic Musings, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA (3-person with Annette Goodfriend and Esther Traugot)
2023 (un)Natural Order, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA
2023 Stitching Science, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
2019 Geometricity 3.0, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA
2019 Parts Unseen, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Member Spotlight Award (3-person)
2018 Stitch, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 The Structure of Cloth 1.1, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 The Structure of Cloth, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA. Lia Cook
Jacquard Residency Exhibition
2016 Igneous Systems, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Geometricity 2.0, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Geometricity, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Microcosmos, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Lobby Exhibition, 555 12th Street, Oakland, CA. Curated by BayVan (2-person)
2011 Twice the Size of Texas + Recent Work, Kala Project Space, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 Parallel Investigations, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curated by Christian Frock
(3-person)
2001 Digital Visions, Osceola Gallery, Emeryville, CA (2-person)
2000 Microcosmos, BFA Solo Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Threads of Change, LH Horton, Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California. Curated by Ruth Santee and Ta Vee Lee
Voices of Freedom, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA. Presented by Inner Eye Arts, Curator Pallavi Sharma
Sowing Seeds: Filipino-American Stories from the Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA. Curator Christina Ayson Plank, in cooridination with Watsonville is in the Heart and The Tobera Project
You Made That with Plastic? Turning Trash in Treasures. Guala Art Center,
Guala, California. Curators Mirka Knaster and Paula Haymond
Bioneers Conference, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Crip’d Ecologies, Root Division, San Francisco. Curators moira williams and Jeremiah Barber
Needlework in Everyday Life, Woodlawn Pop-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA
Mine the Gap, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA
A Line, a Link, a Web: Selections Spring 2024, Surface Design Association, on-line exhibition, Juror Hanna Washburn

2023
Things on Things on Things: Variations of Still Life, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco. Curator, Kija Lucas
International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
Jurors Judith Content and Ann Johnston
Afterlives, Surface Design Association On-line Member Exhibition
The Natural Other, Curated by Artist(Ruth Tabancay), Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2022
Art for the Winter Soltice, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Back Room, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Bionneer’s Conference, PalaceArt of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
A World Free of Plastic of Plastic Imagined, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco, CA           
Traditions Evolve, Surface Design Association, Northern California, On-line Exhibition. Juror, Kira Dominguez Hultgren. Second Place Award
Power On, Annual Art Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2021
Earth Matters, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN. Juror Nnenna Okore.
Surface Design Association Award of Excellence
Art on the Edge: From Extraction to Regeneration and Restoration 2, Peninsula Museum
of Art, San Bruno, CA. Women Eco Artists Dialog

2020
Materials Hard + Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX. Juror Beth McLaughlin

2019
Beyond the Surface, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO. Jurors Jo Stealey and Jim Arendt
Beyond the Warp and Weft: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus, Ruth's Table,
San Francisco, CA. Curator, Hanna Regev
Self Portraits in the Age of Selfies, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
International TECHstyle Biennial IV, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Jurors: Clay Bavor, Janet Echleman, Natalie Miebach
Feast Your Eyes, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. Curator, Carolyn Tillie
Matter of Form, SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Juror, Christine Koppes

2018
Materials Hard & Soft, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX. Juror: Perry A. Price
What Knot? Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Juror Camille Ann Brewer
Ingenuity, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA. Juror, Ariel Zaccheo
Room for Thought, Space 151, San Francisco, CA. Juror, Jack Fischer
Member Show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. Selected by Richmond Art Center
Staff for Member Spotlight
Melting Point, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA. Curators: Nick Dong, Johanna Poethig
Message in a Bottle, Surfrider Foundation, Palace of Fine arts, San Francisco, CA
Forms & Sequences, Siskiyou Art Musuem, Dunsmuir, CA. Juror Phil Linhares
Sculpture Now: Works by Pacific Rim Sculptors, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA.
Juror: Brigitte Micmacker
20/20 Vision, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017
Vision + Light: Converging Senses, Li Ka Shing Center, University of California, Berkeley.
Curator, Katie Bertsche
Thread Heads, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. Jurors, Marion Coleman,
Karen Hampton, Tali Weinberg
50|50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. Juror, Jack Fischer
Small Expressions, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX.
Juror, Mary Ruth Smith
Fiber Art VIII International Biennial, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
Jurors, Eszter Bornemisza, Wendy Lugg, Jason Pollen
Renegade Fiber, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Juror: Richard Elliott.
Producer's Award
Crop Up, 3rd Street Village Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curators: Danielle Satinover and
Deborah Stein

2016
Not Your Run of the Mill, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA. Curator,
Donna Napper
Lines That Tie: Carole Beadle and Lia Cook, Museum of Craft and Design,
San Fransicso, CA. Guest Curator, Deborah Valoma
Transgressing Tradition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.
Jurors: Karen Hampton, Donna Lamb, Dorie Millerson
Beyond the Surface, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA.
Juror: Deborah Corsini
Holiday Bizarre, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
M20@10, Mercury 20 Anniversary Show. Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015
Materialities, Contemporary Textile Arts, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts,
Gatlinburg,TN. Juror: Namita Gupta Wiggers
Materials Hard & Soft. Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX.
Juror: Ana M. Lopez
A Common Thread OAKLAND. Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curators: Fernando Reyes,
Ruth Tabancay

2014
In 3-D. Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA. Juror: Donna Napper
Sculpture! with Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Juror: John Toki
More Than One Way, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA. Juror, Aandrea Stang
Berkeley Civic Center, Berkeley, CA. Jurors Archana Horsting and Aimee Le Duc

2013
Milestones: Textiles of Tradition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.
Curator: Deborah Corsini
CreativitTea, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Lisah Horner

2012
After the Fall, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Dichotomy of Art, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curator: Eric Murphy
small stories, Urban Alchemist Design Collective, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Joetta Maue
Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
Juror: J. Susan Isaacs
Latitude, Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America, Long Beach Convention Center,
Long Beach, CA. Juror: Aaron Kramer. First Place Award
Refuse/re-seen, Something's Looming, Reading, PA. Juror: Warren Seelig.
Honorable Mention
Home Is Where the Needle Marks, Pop Tart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Juror: Ellen Schinderman
New Fibers 2012, Fiber Arts Network, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
Juror: Susie Brandt
Connexions: California~Corsica, Casa Agostino Giafferri, Poggio-di-Venaco, Corsica,
France. Curator: Lisah Horner
Creativiti, KPFA Craft Fair, San Franciso, CA, and ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Connexions, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Lisah Horner
Fiber Art Crossroads, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror, Jean Caccicedo
Quilt Fest, LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum, LaConner, WA. Jurors, Lloyd Herman and
Kathie Kerler
AB25 Collective Memories, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA. Curator, Erika Von Zoog


2011
Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber, World Financial Center, New York City, NY.
Juror: Rebecca Stevens
Proof, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Denise Markonish
Green: A Color and a Cause, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Juror: Rebecca Stevens
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts, Council, Denton, TX. Juror: Tom Lauerman.
Juror's Award
Scrap Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.
Curator: Deborah Corsini
Civic Art Exhibition, City Hall, Berkeley, CA
Fiberart International 2010, Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Jurors: Vibeke Riisberg, Mary Ruth Smith, Rebecca Stevens
Fiber 2011, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Fiber Optics, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Fiber Enriched, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Text and Textures, Gallery @48 Natoma, Folsom, CA
Surfaces, Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville, CA
Creativiti, KPFA Craft Fair, San Francisco, CA


2010
Fiberart International 2010, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.
Jurors: Vibeke Riisberg, Mary Ruth Smith, Rebecca Stevens
Innovations in Contemporary Craft, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Jurors: Gary Knox Bennett, Nancy Selvin
Fantastic Fibers 2010, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Fiber 2010, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Innovations in Fiberarts V, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
California Fiber Artists, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA


2009
SmartArt Trash into Treasure, Lincart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Science and Art Appreciation Night, Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA
Layer upon Layer, California Fiber Artists at Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
Fine Art/Fine Craft, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA. Second Place in Class
5th Annual Fiber Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Focus on Fiber II, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
Textiles 2009, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

2008
Innovations in Fiberart IV, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA. . Merit Award
4th Annual Fiber Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror: Lisah Horner.
Juror’s Award
EDGE Group Show, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2007
National Craft Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkley,CA. Juror: Carole Beadle. Juror’s Award

2006
By the Hand, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. Juror: Suzanne Baizerman
Coming into Focus, CCAC Alumni, San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Objects of Engagement, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA
recycle show, Nido Gallery, Moss Landing, CA
Artfully Reclaimed, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA
Remake/Remodel:Rebound, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2005
Napa Valley Mustard Festival Visual Art Competition, St. Supéry Winery, St. Helena, CA.
Third Place, Sculpture
37th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA.
Cornucopia, EDGE Group Show at Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Fine Art/Fine Craft, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
ProArts Open Studios, Berkeley, CA

2004
(closer in), The Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
fiber/DIMENSIONS at Pacifica, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Bags & Baggage, EDGE Group Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Textile and Quilt Show, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Intersections II, Fiber/DIMENSIONS Group Show, Herbst Hall, The Presidio,
San Francisco, CA
Earth and Cosmos, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA
Third Dimension, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA

2003
Natural Elements, Gallery at www.fiberscene.com/shows.html
Bon Appetit, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
California Fine Art Exhibition, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Juror: Dee Hibbert Jones. Award of Merit (2)
Innovations in Fiberart, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2002
Craftforms 2002, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Masque Parade, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Digital Visions, The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Waste Wise Extravaganza, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA
Invitational
Juried Annual 2002-03, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juror’s Commendation.
19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
New Visions: Introductions 2002, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juror: Betty Kano.
Juror’s Award
A Needle and Thread, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
10th Annual Trash to Treasures, East Bay Depot of Creative Reuse, Berkeley, CA.
Juror: Dee Hibbert Jones. Best of Show
34th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA. Juror: Dee Hibbert Jones.
Best of Show
Water Way to Go! Fine Art/Fine Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA

2001
Fine Art of Crafts, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Art, Science, and Technology, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
California Works, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Fair Forward, Fine Art/Fine Craft Show, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
33rd Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
Open Craft and Sculpture Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA
Inclinations in Fiber, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
BFA Graduate Exhibitions, Oliver Art Center, Central Gallery, and Alpha Galleries,
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland and San Francisco, CA



AWARDS
2021
Surface Design Association Award of Excellence, Earth Matters, Watermark Art Center,
Bemidji, MN

2019
Material Explorations Award, Surface Design Journal, Fall, 2019. Exhibition in Print.
Member Spotlight Award, Richmond Art Center, Parts Unseen, 3-person exhibition,
Richmond, CA

2017
Producer's Award, Renegade Fiber, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA

2012
First Place Award, Latitude: All Media, Convergence 2012, Handweavers Guild of America,
Long Beach, CA
Honorable Mention, Refuse/re-seen, Somethings Looming, Reading, PA

2011
Juror's Award, Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Art Council, Denton, TX

2009
Second Place in Class, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA

2008
Merit Award, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Juror's Award, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

2007
Juror’s Award, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

2006
Juror's Award, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

2005
Best in Class, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Third Place Sculpture, Napa Valley Mustard Festival, St. Supéry Winery, St. Helena, CA

2004
Award of Excellence, Textile and Quilt Show, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
Honorable Mention, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA

2003
Best of Show, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Awards of Merit (2), California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Second Place, Professional Category, Trash to Treasures, Oakland, CA

2002
Juror’s Commendation, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Second Place in Class, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Best of Show, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, Berkeley, CA
Best of Show, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA

2001
Award of Excellence and Award of Merit, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
Best of Class and Honorable Mention, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA
Tamalpais Weavers Award, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA



AFFILIATIONS
Pacific Rim Sculptors Group
Surface Design Association
Women Eco Artists Dialog


PUBLIC COLLECTION
Oakland Museum of California

PRIVATE COLLECTION
Stanford University, Escondido Village Graduate Residences

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
2024 Judge, California State Fair, Crochet Division, Sacramento, CA
2024 Speaker, Fiber Sculpture Class, Carole Beadle, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
2024 Speaker, What Linens Know, Woodlawn Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA
2022 Panelist, Traditions Evolve, Surface Design Association
2022 Panelist, Artist Exchange, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2022 Panelist, A World Free of Plastic Imagined, Ruth’s Table, San Francisco, CA
2022 Panelist, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 Speaker, Earth Matters Virtual Reception
2021 Speaker, Golden Gate Weavers Guild
2021 Guest Presenter for class, Diachronic, Adjunct Professor Deborah Stein, California
College of the Arts
2017 Co-organizer with Richmond Art Center, Juried Exhibition What Knot?, Richmond, CA
2017 Presenter, Pecha Kucha, Making Our Mark, Surface Design Association Conference,
Portland, OR
2017 to 2018 Pacific Rim Sculptors, Vice President
2016 Lia Cook Jacquard Artist in Residence, October 10-November 4, 2016, California College
of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Administrator, Juried Exhibition Beyond the Surface, San Jose Museum of Quilts &
Textiles, sponsored by Surface Design Association, Northern California
2015 Co-Curator, A Common Thread OAKLAND. Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Juror, Student Exhibition for Surface Design Association Conference, In•ter•face,
San Antonio, TX
2013 Artist in Residence, Crochet Workshop, Creative Growth, Oakland, CA
2013 to 2019 Surface Design Association, Northern California Representative

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2019 Surface Design Journal, Fall, 2019. Exhibition in Print. Material Explorations Award
2019 A Feast for the Eyes: Edible Art from Apples to Zucchini, Carolyn Tillie, Reaktion Books
2017 Surface Design Journal, Winter, 2017. Exhibition in Print
2017 Surface Design journal, Fall, 2017. Exposure, pg. 49
2017 Artistry in Fiber: Sculpture, Anne Lee and E.Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing
2016 Worldwide Colours of Felt. Ellen Bakker, Textile-link
2011 ElevenEleven, Issue 10, Winter, California College of the Arts
2005 Surface Design Journal, Spring, 2005. Review: Intersections II, pg 51
2004 Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Newsletter Item Eulipion Outpost (October 16, 2021)
Surface Design Association, Friday Fibers Roundup, (December 9, 2016)
Artist of the Day, Art and Art Deadlines, (August 10, 2016)
Featured Artist, Berkeley Art Center website, (August 2016)
Ellen, Bakker. World-Wide Colors of Felt, Textile-link, Netherlands, 2016, pg 138
MFA Never, February 10-27, 2016, Exhibition Catalogue, pg 165. Root Division,
San Francisco, CA
Burke, Sarah. Mercury 20 at 10, East Bay Express (February 9, 2016)
Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts,(August 29-Ocotober 31, 2015, Exhibition Catalogue,
pg. 73. Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Frock, Christian. Featured. Ruth Tabancay: Geometricity 2.0, SF ARTS Monthly (September,
2015)
Danovich, Tove. Me-tea-morphosis: Tea Bags Get Second Life as Works of Art , The Salt, NPR
(July 28, 2015)
Maestretti, Danielle. Made in Oakland, American Craft, pg. 99 (June/July, 2015)
Burke, Sarah. Getting to Know You, East Bay Express (December 24, 2014)
Burke, Sarah. Personalized Parallels, East Bay Express (July 18, 2014)
Burke, Sarah. Under the Microscope, East Bay Express (July 17, 2013)
Kramer, Aaron, Juror. Latitude: All Media, Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot (Spring 2013)
Vol XLIV No. 2, Issue 174, pg 40
Maue, Joetta. Thread Reviews-Crossing Lines, Textile Arts Center (February 21, 2012)
Admin. Art of Fabric at Financial Center (January 30, 2012) Tribecca Trib
“Materials: Hard & Soft,” February 6-April 2, 2015, Exhibition Catalogue.
The Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Eberbach, Jennifer. 'New Fiber' Exhibit at EMU shows diversity of art form, The Ann Arbor
News, (Dec 5, 2012)
Swinkels, Dorothé. Sing@lement, Textiel Plus (Netherlands) (Voorjaar, 2012)
Number 219, pg 5
Maue, Joetta. Future Heirlooms: Ruth Tabancay, mr x stitch (July, 2012)
“New Fibers, 2012,” November 14-December 16, 2012, Exhibition Catalogue. University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Behm-Steinburg, Hugh, editor. ElevenEleven, Journal of Literature and Art,
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA (Issue 10, Winter 2011)
Clark, Kathryn. Artist: Ruth Tabancay, Kathryn Clark (August, 31, 2011)
Scrap ART, August 16-October 16, 2011, Exhibition Catalogue. San Jose Museum of Quilts &
Textiles, San Jose, CA
Fiber Enriched, June 22-August 21, 2011, Exhibition Catalogue. Morris Graves Museum of Art,
Eureka, CA
Fiber Optics, March 24-May 29, 2011, Exhibition Catalogue. The Bakersfield Museum of Art,
Bakersfield, CA
Sackett, Ellen Ritscher. Repurposed ‘Materials,’ Denton Record Chronicle, (March 17, 2011)
Materials: Hard & Soft, February 4-April 3, 2011, Exhibition Catalogue. Meadows Gallery,
The Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Fiberart International, April 16-August 22, 2010, Exhibition Catalogue, pg 39.
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
snowblood’s parasol. Blog, Garden Variations captures the moment between painting and
quilting (June 27, 2010)
Maue, Joetta. Science, stitch, and a cup of tea. Science merges with the hand-made, Little
Yellow Birds (June 15, 2010)
Shaw, Kurt. Trib Live Exhibit showcases best in contemporary fiber art worldwide
(April 15, 2010)
Avila, Susan Taber. In Review: Intersections II. Surface Design Journal, Vol ,29, No. 3, pg 50-51.
(Spring, 2005)
Namkung, Bonnie Ayers. Blanket Statements, Artisan Northwest, pg. 23 (Fall 2004)
Kieffer, Susan Mowery, editor. Fiberarts Design Book 7, pg. 179. Lark Books, (2004)
CraftForms, December 6, 2002-January 20, 2003, Exhibition Catalogue. Wayne Art Center,
Wayne, PA
Specimens, California College of Arts and Crafts, Catalogue (2001-2003). Oakland, CA


WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 to 2002 Studio Assistant, Jacquard Weaving, for Lia Cook, California College of Arts and
Crafts, Oakland, CA
2001 Studio Assistant, Weaving, for Emily Dubois, California College of Arts and Crafts,
Oakland, CA
1982 to 1993 Private Practice Pediatrics, Pleasanton, La Jolla, Richmond and Pinole, CA
1979 to 1982 Pediatric Resident, Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA
1974 to 1975 Medical Technologist, Oakland and San Pablo, CA