Artist Biography

I first learned to quilt from women at my church in Washington, DC. You need to visit my church to realize how ironic to be doing such a traditional activity in a very non-traditional church. We gathered to make a log cabin quilt-in-a-day, but the power went out mid-day. It took longer than a day to finish that quilt; by the end, I was hooked.

It has taken me ten years to apprentice in this art craft before I was willing to hear the criticisms of others through juried shows. My apprenticeship was not as long as Itchiku Kubota's (master kimono maker in the tsujigahana style), but I understand the same need to perfect one's skill and knowledge. I still have many things to learn.

Exhibits:

2008
Riderwood Retirement Community (installation hung in Advent 2007) - talk on January 11, 2008
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - February

2007
Riderwood Retirement Community (installation hung in Advent 2007) - talk on January 11, 2008
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - February
Goodwin House Alexandria, VA - solo show - April  - June
Sacred Threads - June

2006
Goodwin House Alexandria, VA

2005
Pacific International Quilt Festival, San Francisco, CA - October
Takoma Park Art Exhibit, Takoma Park, MD - January

2004
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - November
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza - September
American Quilters' Society Paducah, KY - April
Quilters Heritage Celebration Lancaster, PA - April
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - February

2003
Sandy Spring Museum - Winter
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - October
American Quilters' Society Nashville, TN - August
Sacred Threads - June
NJ Quilt Convention - June
George Washington University Breast Care Center - Summer & Winter
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - February

Prior Years
Quilts by Marylanders (Maryland State House)
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
American Quilters' Society Nashville, TN
Children's Inn of the National Institutes of Health, invitation only. (Quilt selected also for the post card series. Photo included in numerous presentations for supporting arts in the health environment.)
Viewers' Choice Awards, Friendship Star Quilters of Montgomery County, MD Quilt Shows.

Publications:

  • Bresenhan, Karey Patterson.Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project. Stow, MA: Quilting Arts, LLC, Fall 2006.
  • Bresenhan, Karey Patterson. I Remember Mama. Golden, CO: Primedia, 2005.
  • Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2004
  • Maryland Public Television, "Maryland Quilts".

Quilts are part of numerous private and corporate collections. Wearable art sold to numerous private individuals.

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