Selected Exhibitions:
2009
“On Wings of Prayer,” Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA (one person exhibition)
“Windows to the Divine,” MADDEN Museum of Art, Denver, CO (invitational exhibition)
“Threads of Light,” University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI (one person exhibition)
“Tzelem: Likeness and Presence in Jewish Art,” Stanton Street Synagogue, New York, NY (juried exhibition)
“Many Paths,” Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL (invitational exhibition)
2008
“Threads of Spirituality,” UJA/Federation, New York, NY (one person exhibition)
2007
“Earth and Fiber,” Perkins Gallery, Striar JCC (Stoughton, MA) (invitational exhibition)
“Intertwining Ideas,” Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College (invitational exhibition)
“Words Within,” Kraft Center for Jewish Life, Columbia/Barnard University, New York, NY (JWAN national juried exhibition)
2006
“Spirit Song,” Jewish Federation (South Bend, IN)
CIVA traveling exhibition (invitational exhibition)
2005
“Wings of Prayer,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL (retrospective)
“The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith,” Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY (juried exhibition) (August-November 2005)
“Tikkun Olam: To Repair the World,” Main Street Gallery, Marcus Jewish Community Center, Atlanta, GA (JWAN juried exhibition)
“Tikkun Olam - Healing the World,” Makor Gallery/Steinhardt Center, 92nd Street “Y”, New York, NY (JWAN juried exhibition)
2003
“The Art of Aging,” Hebrew Union College, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition (Sept. 2003 - June 2004)
Rabin Memorial, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, Featured Artist
“Beyond Tradition,” Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council 79th Annual Exhibition, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee Wisconsin (juried exhibition)
“Life Forces: Contemporary Fibers,” Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY, Invitational Exhibition
“Where Do We Go From Here?”, Atelier International Art Group, New York, NY, gallery artists’ exhibition
“Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
“Pushing Boundaries,” Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI (juried exhibition)
“Glory Be!” Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (juried exhibition)
2001
“Art Scene Chicago,” The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL, Invitational Exhibition
“Fourth International Open,” Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL (juried exhibition)
“Spiritsongs,” Atelier Gallery, New York, NY, One-Person Show
“Ruach,” Temple Shalom, Chicago, IL, One-Person Show
2000
“Living in the Moment: Contemporary Artists Celebrate Jewish Time,” Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York and Cincinnati (Sept. 2000-June 2001), Invitational Exhibition
“Songs of Ascent,” One-Person Invitational Exhibition, Schlueter Art Gallery and Atrium, Center for Arts and Performance, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI (Sept.-Dec. 2000)
“Living Waters,” One-Person Invitational Exhibition, Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (April - June 2000)
1999
“Living Waters,” One-Person Invitational Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (Oct. - Nov. 1999)
Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL (Beverly Art Center Purchase Prize Award)
“Mysteries and Celebrations - An Installation,” One-Person Invitational Exhibition, The Hypoteneuse Galleries, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
“Fiber Focus ‘99,” Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (juried exhibition)
Featured Artist, Illinois Artisans Gallery, Chicago, IL (May 1999)
“Threads That Bind,” Two-Person Invitational Exhibition, The Loggia, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
“Contemporary Works of Faith ‘99,” Liturgical Art Guild, Schumacher Gallery, Capitol University, Columbus, OH (juried exhibition)
Affiliates Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
“Messengers of Peace,” Atelier Gallery, New York, NY, One-Person Show (Dec.1998 -Jan. 1999)
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Fiber and Fire,” Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Schlueter Art Gallery, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI ( juried exhibition)
“Matter at Hand: Azara, Brogden, Hutchinson, and Wohl,” Sheradin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, Invitational Exhibition
“Unweavings,” Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, One-Person Invitational Exhibition
“Unweavings,” dance performance by Jan Erkert and Dancers, set design by Laurie Wohl (Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL, March 1998)
“Fantastic Fibers,” Yeiser Art Center, Peducah, KY and TriArt Gallery, Louisville, KY, Invitational Exhibition
“Then & Now,” Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, NIU Art Museum Gallery, Chicago,IL (juried exhibition)
“150th Anniversary Exhibition,” KAM-Isaiah Israel Congregation, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
“Visions and Revisions,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
1997
Recent Work from the South Africa Series,” Atelier Gallery, New York, New York, One-Person Show (Dec. 1997-Jan. 1998)
“Unweavings,” dance performance by Jan Erkert and Dancers, set design by Laurie Wohl (premiere, Annenberg Center, Phila., PA, March 14-16, 1997; Athenaeum, Theatre, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 1997)
“Veils of Light,” Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, One-Person Show
“Midwestern Fiber,” Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, Three-Person
Invitational Exhibition
“Two Views,” Russo Surgical Pavilion, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, Two-Person Invitational Exhibition
One-Person Invitational Exhibition, Unitarian Church of Evanston, Evanston, IL
Affiliates Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
“New Work,” Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL, One-Person Show
Affiliates Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Mysteries and Celebrations,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL
One-Person Show
“Why is This Night Different...?” De Paul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL,
(juried exhibition)
1995
“On Eagles' Wings,” Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL, One-Person Show
“All Women, All Art,” General Media Fine Arts Executive Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
“Recent Acquisitions,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY
“Ceremony, Ritual and Legend”, Cuneo Museum, Vernon Hills, IL, One-Person
Show
“The Essential Textile,” Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT, (juried
exhibition)
“Ascension,” Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
“Sacred Arts XV,” Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton College, Wheaton,
IL (juried exhibition)
1994
“Mysteries and Celebrations,” Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL, One-Person Show
Invitational Exhibition, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
“Reflections on Faith,” Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (juried
exhibition)
“Stateline Vicinity Exhibition,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, (juried
exhibition) (Honorable Mention)
“Markings,” ARC Gallery, Two-Person Show
“Paper/Fiber XVII,” The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA (juried exhibition)
“Women's Works,” Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL,
(juried exhibition) Business Patron Award
“The Gang of 40: Recollecting/Reconnecting,” Gallery 218,
Milwaukee, WI (juried exhibition)
1993
“Celebrate the Year of the American Craft,” Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI,
Invitational Exhibition
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
“Genesis through Revelation: The Old and New Testaments in
Contemporary American Painting,” R. H. Love Contemporary, Chicago, IL,
“Image and Soul,” ARC Gallery (juried exhibition)
1992
Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL, Two-Person Show
Sound Choice Gallery, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL, Invitational Exhibition
Toronto/Chicago Exchange Project, Toronto, Canada, Invitational Exhibition
Tonalli Gallery, Centro Cultural Ollin Yolliztli, Mexico City, Mexico,
Invitational Exhibition
“Veils of Light,” ARC Gallery, One-Person Show
“Routes to Our Roots Through the Artist's Eye,” Jewish Reconstructionist
Congregation, Evanston, IL, Invitational Exhibition
1991
“Word Works,” Eighth Annual Festival of the Arts, Fourth Presbyterian Church,
Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
Around the Coyote 91, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
“Beyond the Barricades,” Cross Currents Gallery, Chicago, IL, Invitational
Exhibition
ARC Group Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL.
Area Invitational Art Exhibition, Aurora University, Aurora, IL.
“Art & Music,” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
“Spiritual Visions: A Liturgical Exhibition,” Northern Indiana Arts Association,
Munster, IN (juried exhibition)
1990
Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, IL, One-Person Show
Two Illinois Center, Chicago, IL, One-Person Show
Around the Coyote 90, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
The Lazer Show, 1800 Gallery, Chicago, IL, Invitational Exhibition
Gallery 431, Indianapolis, Indiana, ARC Group Exhibition
Hyde Park Art Center, Members' Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Other Selected Exhibitions (1984-1989):
“Messages and Memories,” ARC Gallery, One-Person Show (1989)
MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1989)
Raw Space, ARC Gallery, "Perspectives on Peace" Invitational Exhibition (1988)
“Perspectives on Peace” Traveling Exhibition (1988):
Galerie Ten, Rockford, IL
Arts Alive, Beaver Dam Arts Council, Inc., Beaver Dam, WI
C.G. Jung Institute, Evanston, IL, One-Person Show (1988)
School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, “Works on
Paper” Invitational Exhibition (1987)
Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights, IL, “Perspectives on Peace,” Invitational Exhibition (1987)
“Ancient Messages,” ARC Gallery, One-Person Show (1987)
“ARC on Tour” (1986-1987):
WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Reicher Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA, Three-Person Show (1985)
The Sage Gallery, Gladwyne, PA (1984)
Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (1984)
Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA, Mary Cassatt Arts Celebration (1984)
Galerie Taub, Philadelphia, PA, Two-Person Show (1984)
Articles and Interviews about my work:
Jewish Art in America, Matthew Baigell, pp. 116-118, 2007.
“Laurie Wohl,” Annual Awards Issue, Faith & Form Magazine, vol. XXXVII, No. 1, 2004, p. 26.
Guild Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 18 (2003), pp. 178, 267, 333
“Laurie Wohl,” Art Scene, Chicago 2000, by Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Publishing, pp. 150-151.
“Into the fray - Artist begins meditative journey by pulling a few strings,” Julie York, South Bend Tribune, October 24, 1999, p. E3.
“Reasons To Believe,” Jacqueline Hall, The Columbus Dispatch, March 18, 1999, p. 10E.
“Judeo-Christian dialogue moves into world of art,” Patrick Reardon, Chicago Tribune, Tempo, March 30, 1999, pp.1, 4.
“The unwoven art of a Hyde Park artist,” John Greenfield, The Herald, March 24, 1999, p. 7.
“Laurie Wohl,” by Rosemary Lopiano, Christianity and the Arts Magazine, Winter 1999, pp. 24-27.
“Art Undone,” Gregory Douglas, Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL, April 16, 1998, pp. 15-16.
“Profile - Laurie Wohl: Taking Time to Unweave,” Janice Paine, Fiberarts
Magazine, September-October 1996, p. 25.
“Surface And Spirit - Three Artists Explore the Notion of the Sacred,” Janice Paine, Surface Design Journal, Fall 1996, pp. 8-12.
“Studio Interview with Laurie Wohl,” Andrew Patner, on “Metropolis,” WBEZ, March 9, 1996.
Gallery Scene, Barbara Buchholz, Chicago, Tribune, Dec. 8, 1995.
Reviews of Dance Performance of “Unweavings,” including discussion of set design:
“Dance, Jan Erkert & Dancers,” Laura Molzahn, Chicago Reader, March 20, 1998, Section One, pp. 28, 30.
“The Mainstream, Jan Erkert & Dancers,” Terry Brennan, Chicago Reader, April 17, 1997, p. 38.
“Jan Erkert troupe performs in NextMove festival,” Bing J. Mark, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 15, 1997, pp. D9, D13.
Lectures, Exhibition Projects:
“Textiles: Narrative and Ritual,” North Shore Weavers’ Guild, Chicago, IL (lecture, March 2008)
“Textiles: Narrative and Ritual,” The Jewish Federation, So. Bend, IN (lecture, Nov. 2006)
“Threads That Bind,” Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY (lecture, April 2006)
“Art and Faith in Context,” MOBIA (Museum of Biblical Art), New York, NY
“Threads That Bind,” South Africa: Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria; University of Wittswatersrand, Johannesburg; and FUNDA Community College, Soweto (lectures, September 2003)
“Working on Commissions,” Fordsburg Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa (lectures, September 2003)
“Narrative and Ritual in Textile Art,” South Africa: Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria; and FUNDA Community College, Soweto (lectures, September 2003)
“Art and Music Embrace the World,” North Shore Performing Arts Center, Skokie, IL (panel with Gil Shaham and Daniel Boico, October 2003)
“Art and Faith,” Ezra-Habonim, Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Niles, IL (lecture, October 2003)
“Art and Faith: The Possibilities for Visual Midrash,” Torah Learning Center, Skokie, IL (lecture, October 2003)
“Art and Faith: The Possibilities for Visual Midrash,” The Village Temple, New York, NY (lecture, March 2003)
Consultant, “Jesus 2000,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL (July-Aug. 2000)
“Art and Faith,” Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (lecture, June 2000)
“Living Waters,” Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (lecture, March 2000)
Gallery talk, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (Oct. 1999)
Juror,” Response to the Holy,” Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL (interdenominational exhibition, Sept.-Oct. 2000)
Curator, “With Many Voices - Celebrating Cultural Diversity,” Sixteenth Annual Festival of the Arts, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL (1999)
“Threads That Bind,” Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL (lecture, March 1999)
“Art and Resistance,” Chicago Cultural Center, Catholic Theological Union, Fourth Presbyterian Church, and Second Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL (lectures, Dec. 1998, March, Sept., Oct. 1999)
“Art and Resistance,” Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL (lecture, Jan. 1999)
Curator, “Art from Soweto,” ARC Gallery, and Catholic Theological Union Chicago, IL (Oct. 1998, March 1999)
“Art and Faith,” KAM-Isaiah Israel Congregation, Chicago, IL (Millenial Lecture, April 1998)
“Witnessing,” Union of Jewish Women, Johannesburg, South Africa (lecture, May 1997).
“Unraveling the Weave,” Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL (lecture, May
1996).
Chairperson and Co-Curator, “Textile as Narrative/Ritual,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (January 1996).
“Ceremony, Ritual and Legend,” Cuneo Museum, Vernon Hills, IL (lecture, May
1995).
“Routes to Our Roots Through the Artist’s Eyes,” Chicago Women’s Caucus, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL (speech and panel discussion, 1992)
Residencies and Workshops:
Workshop, North Shore Weavers’ Guild, Chicago, IL (2008)
Workshop, The Jewish Federation, So. Bend, IN (2006)
Workshop, Pretoria Technikon, Pretoria, South Africa (2003)
Workshop, FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists), Johannesburg, South Africa (2003)
Workshop, FUNDA Community College, Soweto, South Africa (2003)
Workshop for Art Educators, Center for Arts and Performance, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI (2000)
Artist-in-Residence, Fordsburg Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa (1997)
Workshop, FUNDA Community College, Soweto, South Africa (1997).
Mixed-media workshop, Artsfest, University High School, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Catalogues:
“Words Within,” JWAN, p. 5
Pongracz and Roosa, “The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith,” Museum of Biblical Art, New York, pp. 34-35, 110, 189.
Rosensaft and Mendelson, ‘The Art of Aging,” Hebrew Union College, New York, p. 92.
“Spirit of the Planet,” U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna,
p. 28
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, catalogues for:
Tunis, Tunisia p. 20
Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa
Publications:
“The Art of ‘Unweaving’,” Preach Magazine - Enlivening the Pastoral Art, January-February 2004, pp. 23, 26.
“Charles Nkosi,” Christianity and the Arts Magazine, Fall 2000, pp. 34-35.
Service to the Profession:
“Approaching Galleries,” Panel Discussion, School of the Art Institute (1989).
“ARC Gallery - the Role of Women’s Cooperatives,” Tonalli Gallery,
Centro Cultural Ollin Yollitzli, Mexico City, Mexico (speech and panel discussion, 1992).
“A Room of One’s Own,” Harper College, Palatine, IL (speech and panel
discussion in connection with National Women’s History Week, 1991).
“What Will We Do With a Room of Our Own?”, ARC Gallery (Twentieth Anniversary panel, 1993).
Gallery Affiliation:
Atelier International Art Group, New York, NY (1997-2004)
Illinois Artisans Gallery, Chicago, IL
Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL (1994-1996).
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (Affiliate Member, 1993-1997; Active Member,
1986-1993 (Board of Directors, and Vice President, Secretary, and
Acting President)