SIMONE SCHIFFMACHER

CV/RESUME
Education
2014 Masters of Fine Art in Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2012 Bachelors of Fine Art in Fiber and Material Studies, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
Awards
2022 Best in Show- Runner up, The Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
2019 Cleveland Institute of Art 2019 Alumni Exhibition Award of Excellence, Ann and Norman
Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery and the Gary Johnson and Brenda Ashley Central
Corridor, Cleveland, Ohio
Cash Prize Winner, Currents, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
2018 Axis Picks (Invitational Exhibition), Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Open a New Year Honorable Mention, Open an New Year Show,
Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Newkirk, Oklahoma
2014 Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship Finalist, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan
2012 3th Hal and Cyndy Goodwin Award, Student Independent Exhibition 66,
Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
Barbra L. Kulhman Foundation Scholarship from Barbra L. Kulhman
Foundation, Green, New York
2011-2012 Merit Scholarship for partial tuition at Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2011 4th Hal and Cyndy Goodwin Award, Student Independent Exhibition 65’,
Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2010-2011 Merit Scholarship for partial tuition at Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2009-2010 Wenda von Weise '75 Memorial Scholarship in Fiber and Material Studies,
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Merit Scholarship for partial tuition at Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2008-2009 Merit Scholarship for partial tuition at Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, Ohio
2008 Most Outstanding Art Portfolio, Visual Arts Magnet Program, Dr. Phillips High
School, Orlando, Florida
Exhibition Record
Solo Shows
2024 Digital Manipulation, The Annex, San Antonio, Texas
Group Shows
2025 Red Dot 2025, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas
20th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Off the Wall, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
Digital Direction, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
See it. Feel it. Abstraction Today., Core Art Space, Lakewood, Colorado
3 Dimensional, Art Scene West, San Diego, California
Digital Direction, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
2024 Red Dot 2024, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Wilson Arts, Wilson, North Carolina
49th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas
Fiber Option , Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
Off the Wall, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
2023-2024 Under Construction: The Inaugural Exhibition, 161 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas
2023 2023 Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Point Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
Red Dot 2023, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas
48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas
Small Works, Strata Gallery,Santa Fe, New Mexico
Eye of the Beholder, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
Reflections, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland (Online Show)
Fibers of Nature, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, Virginia
2022 Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
2022 SmallWorks, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
Fiber Options 2022, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
Modern Craft, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Illinois
Rejects, Lodger Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (Online Show)
Treasured Moments, Art to Heart Project, New Delhi, India (Online Show)
2021 Whatevs, Art Fluent, Boston, Massachusetts (Online Show)
The Language of Fiber Art, Kelso Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2020 Concept 2020, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
2019 2019 Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni Exhibition, Ann and Norman Roulet Student +
Alumni Gallery and the Gary Johnson and Brenda Ashley Central Corridor, Cleveland, Ohio
Currents, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
2018 Off Axis, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
13th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
Fiber Options, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
Thread Count, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
Shindig, Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
Millennial Show, TEJAS Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
At the Surface, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
The Bitters 2: We’er Fucked, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Gift, Moon Gallery, Mount Berry, Georgia
2018 Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni Exhibition, Ann and Norman Roulet Student +
Alumni Gallery and the Gary Johnson and Brenda Ashley Central Corridor, Cleveland, Ohio
Open a New Year, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Newkirk, Oklahoma (Online Show)
2016-2017 FASA 42nd Annual Exhibition, Say Si, San Antonio, Texas
2016 Flotsam, Kaufman Gallery, Savanah, Georgia
Textures, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, California (Online Show)
Patterns, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, California (Online Show)
Group Show, High Wire Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2015 Group Show, High Wire Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
CIA Alumni Show, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, Ohio
Both one and Another, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
Eye of the Beholder, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
In Place, Global Mall at the Crossing, Antioch, Tennessee (catalog)
Political Commentary, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, California (Online Show)
Hatchback 9, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, Michigan
2014 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
The 2014 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan
Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit,
Michigan
2013 Cranbrook Vision, Delta College Gallery, Saginaw, Michigan
Hatchback 7, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, Michigan
Mondo Montage, Funhouse Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2012 Pushing the Limits, Art Space, Richmond, Virginia
Gold Show, The Bank Building in Waterloo, Cleveland, Ohio
"TWO," Art Spot, Cleveland, Ohio
Student Independent Exhibition 66’, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2011-2012 "Uncorked," Art Spot, Cleveland, Ohio
Focus: Fiber 2011-2012, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio (catalog)
2011 America: F*#K YEAH, Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
Student Independent Exhibition 65’, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
Bibliography
2015 Joe Nolan, ““In Place”:The Art pf Revitalizing a Mall and a Community,”
BurnAway, (August 5, 2015)
Edit. Mika Agari, Alexine Rioux, and Kayla Saito,“In Place,” Antioch, TN, 2015.
“Simone Schiffmacher - San Antonio,” 365 Artist 365 Days, (June 2015)
2014 Tools of the Trade: Cranbrook Academy of Art Class of 2014. Bloomfield Hills:
Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2014
Michael H. Hodges “From beaded Coke can to hanging hose, Cranbrook artists shine
at exhibit,” The Detroit News, (March 2014).
Alonso Delarte, “Katy Richards shines at DAM Scholarship show,” Examiner.com,
(March 2014)
2013 Leila Matta, “Experiencing Perspectives,” Exhibition Catalog 2013-2014
2011 Textile Art Alliance. “FOCUS: Fiber 2011-12,” Cleveland: The Cleveland
Museum of Art, 2011.
"The Tales We Weave (part 2 of 2): "Focus: Fiber 2011" in Canton," Artwach
(December 2011)
"Out and About," Be*mused, (December 2011)
Steven Litt, “Student Independent Exhibition at Cleveland Institute of Art
surpasses last fall's faculty show,” Cleveland.com, (March 2011).
Douglas Max Utter, “CIA's student show departs from conventionality,”
Banana Split, Cleveland Scene, (March 2011).
Visiting Artist Lectures
2018 Gallery Talk, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California
2016 Artist Talk, Say Sí, San Antonio, Texas
2014 Gallery Talk, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan
2013 Cranbrook Vision Lecture Series, Delta College, Saginaw, Michigan
2011 South African Beadwork, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Collections
The Mandel Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Mercedes-Benz Collection, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Exhibition Juried
2017 Scholastic Art Awards, Say Si, San Antonio, Texas