The REBooks
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston.

Photo Credit:
Chris Miner

Selected Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2022
  
  
  • Textus-Texts-Textiles: Fabric Bookworks by Lise Melhorn-Boe
    Curated by Brendan Edwards and Ella Heiss
    W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen's University Library, Kingston ON
    
    

• 2020
  
  
  • Con•nec•tion: Forty Years of Artist's Books
    Curated by Rebecca Korn
    The Window Art Gallery, Kingston School of Art, Kingston, Ontario ON
    
    

• 2018
  
  
  • 39 Years and Counting
    Foyer Gallery, St. Lawrence College, Brockville ON
    
    

• 2017
  
  
  • The RE Books
    Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston ON
    
    

• 2014
  
  
  • It's Fine...It's Fine...Everything's All Fine
    The Window Gallery, Kingston School of Art, Kingston ON
    
    

• 2012
  
  
  • Endangered
    W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay ON
    
    
  • Endangered
    Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
    
    

• 2007
  
  
  • Once Upon a Time
    Parry Sound Station Gallery, Parry Sound ON
    
    

• 2006
  
  
  • Once Upon a Time
    W.D. Jordan Music and Special Collections Library, Queen's University, Kingston ON
    
    
  • Sometimes You've Got to Wake Up the Frog
    Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia ON
    
    

• 2005
  
  
  • Sometimes You've Got to Wake Up the Frog
    White Water Gallery, North Bay ON
    
    
  • Fairy Tales and Family Fables
    McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
    and
    Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON
    
    

• 2003
  
  
  • Fairy Tales and Family Fables
    St. Mary’s College Library and Shawnessy Public Library, Calgary, AB
    
    

• 1999
  
  
  • Ghost Costumes
    White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
    
    

• 1995
  
  
  • NOW i KNOW HOW TO BE A GOOD GiRL
    Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
    Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON
    and
    Timmins Museum and Exhibition Centre, Timmins, ON
    
    
  • Good Girls Don't…
    Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
    and
    Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
    
    
  • Reading in Bed
    Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, ON
    
    

• 1994
  
  
  • The Walls of WARC
    Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, ON
    
    
  • Domestic Dilemmas
    Lake Galleries, Toronto, ON
    
    

• 1993
  
  
  • Reading in Bed
    W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
    
    
  • Hairy Legs and High Heels
    Emma Ciotti Galley, Iroquois Falls, ON
    
    
  • Bound By Convention
    Artspace, Peterborough, Ont. (Residency and Exhibition)
    
    

• 1992
  
  
  • Women Under Cover
    The Gallery, Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto
    
    

• 1986
  
  
  • Hairy Legs and High Heels
    Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront, Toronto

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2024
  
  
  • Regret: Organization of Kingston Women Artists Group Exhibition
    Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, Ontario
    
    

• 2023
  
  
  • Changing the Conversation: Artists' Books, Zines and Broadsides from the Collins Memorial Library
    University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
    
    
  • The Book of Changes
    Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
    
    
• 2022
  
  
  • Moving Forward, Looking Back
    Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, Ontario
    
    
  • What is a Book?
    Crouch Fine Arts Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
    
    
• 2019
  
  
  • Make, Do, Mend
    San Francisco School of Needlework and Design, San Francisco, California
    
    
  • CBBAG Art of the Book 2018
    McGill University Library, Montreal, Quebec, Craft Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland
    
    
• 2018
  
  
  • CBBAG Art of the Book 2018
    Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Creation Cube, Regina Public Library, Regina, Saskatchewan, and Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba
    
    
  • The Printed Page III
    Aurora Public Library, Aurora, Colorado
    
    
  • Narrative Threads
    Carbondale Arts Centre, Carbondale and Art Gym, Denver, Colorado
    
    
  • CBBAG Art of the Book 2018
    University of Victoria Library, University of Fraser Valley Library, Abbotsford BC
    
    

• 2016
  
  
  • With You and Others
    Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
    
  
  
  • Telling Tales
    South of 60 Gallery, Barry's Bay, Ontario
    
  
  
  • Sustenance in Artist's Books
    University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
    
  
  
  • Just One Look
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    
  
  
  • Book Arts Exhibition
    St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire
    
  
  
  • With You and Others
    Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
    
  
  
  • Illustrious Travels: Ancient Stories Re-told
    W.D. Jordan Special Collections Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
    
  
  
  • UAB Project: uncovering artists' books
    Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario
    
  
  
• 2015
• Ideation Experience
  Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
  


• Hard Twist 10—Memory
  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
  


• Play on Words
  Kingston WritersFest, Kingston, Ontario
  


• Personal Histories
  University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
  

• 2014
• Book Power Redux
  23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
  


• WOW! Open This
  Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Edmonton, Alberta
  


• Personal Histories
  Redlands Museum, Cleveland, England
  


• Artists' Maps
  Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University (catalogue)
  


• 2013
• Eastern Ontario Book Artists
  W.D. Jordan Special Collections Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (Curated by Margaret Lock)
  


• From Playful to Poignant: Pop-up and Movable Books
  23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Juried with catalogue)
  


• Sheffield Book Prize
  Sheffield, England
  


• Eco Editions
  23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Juried with catalogue)
  


• Marilyn: Artist as Icon
  Wayne State university Gallery, Detroit, Michigan (Curated by Marilyn Zimmerwoman)
  


• Octava Fika: Narrative
  Kalopsia Collective, Edinburgh, Scotland
  


• Pulp Culture: Of and About Paper
  Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida
  


• 2012
• Open Book; An Exploration of Book Arts
  The Whitestone Gallery, Guelph ON
  


• How to Read a Book: An Artist's Books Reading Room
  Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  


• 2011
• The Manly Artist Book Award 2011
  Manly Library, Manly, Australia
  


• Artists' Book Cornucopia 11
  abecedarian gallery, Denver, Colorado
  


• 2010
• Book + Art: Artists' books from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  


• The Artful Scriptorium
  Climate/Gallery, Long Island City, NY
  


• Remembered Voices
  W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
  (two person)


• The Art of the Book '08
  Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild travelling exhibition:
  Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, SK;
  Centre Cultural Franco-Manitoban, Winnipeg, MB;
  New Iceland Heritage Museum, Gimli, MB;
  McPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria, BC
  
  
• 2009
• FIRST EDITION: The Art of the Book
  Workhouse Gallery, Llanfyllin, Wales
• Marginalia
  Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby ON (two-person)
  
  
• 2007
• Seongnam Book Arts Fair
  Seongnam Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea
  
  
• The Art of the Book
  Victoria Arts Connection, Victoria BC
  
  
• Picture this: Five Centuries of Book Illustration
  The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine CA
  
  
• 2006
• Sculptural Book Art
  Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  
  
• 2003
• Family Matters
  W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
  (three-person)
  
  
• 2002
• Reformation/Reconstruction
  White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
  (4-person, juried, travelling)
  
  
• 7th Wexford Artists’ Book Exhibition
  Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland
  
  
• Flag Books!
  Valley Art Association, Oregon
  
  
• 2001
• Beneath Her Covers
  Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
  (2-person)
  
  
• The Cheshire Cat: ARTBOOKART
  The Grimsby Public Art Gallery (catalogue)
  
  
• Dynamics of Form: Narrative in the Artist’s Book
  Owen’s Art Gallery, NS
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 2000
• Alumni Exhibition
  Community Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  (three-person)
  
  
• PhotoGraphic Encounters
  Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 1996
• Diary: Five Artists
  Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
  
  
• 1994
• Picking up the Pieces: Quilted Stories
  A-Space, Toronto, ON
  
  
• Book Ends and Odd Books
  Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB
  
  
• Paper Speak
  The Works, Edmonton, AB
  Commonwealth Games, Victoria, B.C.
  Museum for Textiles, Toronto, ON
  Multiple World, Atlanta, Georgia
  (catalogue)
  
  
• Re-Reading
  Dunlop Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  
  
• 1993
• Telling Tales
  White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON
  (three-person)
  
  
• 1992
  
  
  • By Any Means Necessary: Photocopier Artists' Books & the Politics of Accessible Printing Technologies
    Printed Matter Bookstore at Dia, NY
    
    
• 1991
• Learn to Read Art
  Basel, Switzerland
  (Catalogue)
  
  
• Books and Bodies
  Trent University, Peterborough, ON
  (Two-person)
  
  
• 1990
• Artists' Books VI
  National Public Library, Ottawa, ON
  (Catalogue)
  
  
• Vessels of Message
  Art Centre of Battle Creek , Battle Creek, Michigan
  
  
• Learn to Read Art: Artists Books
  Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON
  (Catalogue)
  
  
• 1989
• Spell-binding and Spine-tingling: Bookworks from the US and Canada
  Pontiac Arts Center, Pontiac, Michigan
  
  
• 4 Artists in Paper
  Brampton Public Library and Gallery, Brampton, ON
  
  
• A Book in Hand
  Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
  
  
• 1988
• Words and Images: The Book as Art
  The Rails’ End Gallery, Haliburton, ON
  
  
• Visual Poetry
  Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brazil
  
  
• Artists Books
  University of Oregon Museum of Art
  
  
• That's What it's all About
  Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
  (catalogue)
  
  
• Art in Jeopardy
  Articule, Montréal, QC
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 1987
• In Other Words
  Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, ON
  
  
• Women's Autobiographical Artists'Books
  University of Wisconsin
  (catalogue)
  
  
• International Artists' Book Exhibition
  King Stephen Museum, Budapest
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 1986
• Art Books
  Texas Woman's University Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
  
  
• 5: New Works in Paper
  The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
  
  
• Hands on Books
  Grimsby Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
  (touring)
  
  
• The Conditioned Response: Social and Moral Conditioning
  S.A.W. Gallery, Ottawa, ON
  
  
• Books Build Bridges
  Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 1985
• Bookrate
  Center for Book Arts, New York
  
  
• 1984
• Objects in Transition: Contemporary Book Arts
  Temari, Honolulu, Hawaii
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 6 Artists from Edmonton
  Ring House Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  
  
• The First Decade: 10th Anniv, Exhibition of the Centre for Book Arts
  New York Public Library
  (catalogue)
  
  
• Introspectives
  Pyramid Arts Centre, Rochester, New York
  (catalogue)
  
  
• 1983
• Formed Paper: Sight/Insight
  Marygrove College Gallery
  Detroit, Michigan
  (touring/catalogue)
  
  
• Breaking the Bindings: American Book Arts Now
  Madison, WI
  (catalogue)
  
  
• The Artists' Books Travelling Exhibition
  15 Michigan Locations
  
  
• Concours National De Livres d’Artistes Du Canada
  Galerie Aubes 3935, Montréal, QC

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