EDUCATION
Masters in Teaching, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997
Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Creative Crafts Council 34th Biennial Exhibition”, Strathmore Mansion, N. Bethesda, Maryland, May - July
“Connections” Textile Study Group of New York, Ceres Gallery, Manhattan, NY, March - April
2022
“Clay and Textile”, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. - Oct. 2022
“ Ambassador’s Residence in Guinea, Art in Embassies”, U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Conakry, Guinea
“Tikkun Olam - Repair the World”, Hillary L. Steel, International Art & Artists @ Hillyer Gallery, Washington DC, April 2022
“HerStory 2022”, Manhattan Arts International online exhibition, Jan – March 2022
2021
“Paying Attention”, Works by Hillary L. Steel and Elaine S. Wilson, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD, Oct - Nov 2021
“Maryland Regional Virtual Exhibition Series #1: Capital Region”, MD State Arts Council,
Aug - Oct 2021
“Creative Crafts Council 33rd Biennial Exhibition”, Strathmore Mansion, N. Bethesda, Maryland, May - July 2021
“Togetherness and Oneness”, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, May - June 2021
2020
“On Being”, curated by Kim Power, Sculptor’s Alliance, NY- online exhibit, Dec 27- Feb 27. 2021 - http://www.sculptorsalliance.org/on-being
“From Lausanne to Beijing: 11th Fiber International” virtual exhibit, Dec 2020 – March 2021
“World Art Day: IAA/USA Members Show 2020” https://www.iaa-usa.org/new-page on-line exhibition, April 2020
“Rise 2020: Hillyer Newly Selected Artists”, International Art and Artists @ Hillyer Gallery, Washington DC, Feb-March 2020
“The Gold Standard”, Westbeth Gallery and TSGNY, Westbeth Art Center, New York, NY, February 2020
“Material Woman”, Joan Hisaoka Gallery at Inova Schar Cancer Inst. and Smith Center for the Healing Arts, Washington DC, Jan-Mar 2020
2019
"4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition", University of MD Arts Program Gallery, Adelphi, MD, Dec 2019 - March 2020
“32nd Biennial Exhibition of the Creative Crafts Council”, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland, June – July 2019
“Concrete and Adrift: Poverty on the Line”, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, March - June 2019
"Freedom of Expression", Webster Arts Center, St. Louis, MO, Jan-Feb 2019
2018
"Textiles 101”, Permanent Installation, The Textile Museum, Washington DC 2018 - ongoing
Ambassador’s Residence in Peru," U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Lima, Feb 2018 – ongoing
"Off the Grid: Contemporary Fiber+Textile Art", Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD, Jan - April 2018
"Contemporary South '18", VAE Gallery,
Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb - March 2018
“Chautauqua National Exhibition, Transformations”, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, Jan - Feb 2018
"HerStory 2018", Manhattan Arts International on-line exhibition, June - August 2018
"Deep Flash: On Art and Transformation", Kaplan Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland, Sept - October 2018
"Elixir: Artists Respond to Making and Healing", Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Washington DC, Sept - October 2018
"ONE HOUSE", BlackRock Center for the Arts, Nov - Dec 2018
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2017
“RED”, TSGNY, NoHo M55 Gallery, New York, NY, Dec 2017
Paper/Cloth/ Print,” Julio Valdez Project Space, New York, NY, Oct – Nov, 2017
“31st Biennial Exhibition of the Creative Crafts Council”, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland, April – May 2017
“Alchemical Vessels 2017” Joan Hisaoka Art Gallery, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC, March-May 2017
“Domestic Pursuits: McNamara, Nash, Steel”, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD March – April 2017
“Hillary Steel: Textiles: Traditional Craft/Contemporary Art” artspace, Richmond, VA, January-February 2017
Ambassador’s Residence in Mexico, U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Mexico City, 2016-2018
2016 - 2011
”PASSAGE: Textiles by Hillary Steel”, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, April 21 – June 4, 2016
"Objects, Drawings, Translations"; 10th Textile Biennial”, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March – April 2016
SPUN”, Etui Gallery, Larchmont, New York, October 2015
National Fiber Directions, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, March-May 2015
Re-Made and Recycled”, Washington Art Works/CAN, Rockville, Maryland, 2015
Excite: Local Cloth”, Mary Cornwell Gallery, Haywood Community College Clyde, NC, Oct-Dec 2014
Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works”, NEW ARTS PROGRAM, Kutztown, PA, 2014 and 2012
9th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
United Variations, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland, 2013
Instructor’s Exhibition, Penland School Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, 2012
Pushing the Limits, artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2012
8th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012
ASSEMBLED, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Arts and Humanities Council of Silver Spring, Maryland, 2012
Solo Exhibition, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2011
Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland, University College, 2011
Good Work, Oak Knit Studio Galleries, Brooklyn, New York, 2011
2010 and earlier
Sustainable Tradition, Responsible Innovation, North American Cultural Center, San Jose, Costa Rica
Continuity and Innovation, House of Culture, San Jose, Costa Rica
VI Euro-Americana Visual Arts Exposition, Campeche, Mexico, 2009
Craft USA,’08, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2008
Fiberart International, Mint Museum of Crafts and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2008
WovenWorks, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio, 2008
Weave and Resist, Ybor Campus, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida, 2008
6th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008
Solo Exhibition, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville,
Maryland, 2007
Fiberart International 2007, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006
WovenWorks, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio, 2006
Ambassador’s Residence in Tirana, U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Tirana, Albania, 2005 – 2008
Shibori Modern, World Quilt Carnival, Nagoya, Japan, 2005
Fiber Biennial 2004, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004
Ambassador’s Residence in Bangkok, U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Bangkok, Thailand, 2002 - 2004
Fiberart International 2003, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Survey Fiber 2002, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002
Solo Exhibition, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 2002
Ambassador’s Residence in Bucharest, U.S. Dept. of State, Art in Embassies Program, Bucharest, Romania, 1999 – 2001
Fiberart International 2001, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
From Maryland to Bucharest and Back, Conference Center of the U of Maryland, Adelphi, Maryland, 2001
Surface, Strength, Structure: Pertaining to Line, Snyderman Works Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000
7th International Exchange Exhibition of Textile Design,” Taegu, South Korea, 1999
Survey of American Fiber," U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Taipei, Taiwan, 1996 – 1999
Fiberart International 1999, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999
2nd Taegu International Textile Design Competition,” Teagu, South Korea, 1998