Catherine Alice Michaelis: Root Bound
Past Exhibition

Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton) has been printing and making books for over 30 years. Root Bound displays many pivot points in her career with extensive holdings from the Cynthia Sears Artist’s Books Collection, including the first acquisition of Volcano Blue in 1998.

Recent work includes Pandemic Posts, which were created during the isolation of COVID. In addition, her newest series Natus, from the Latin word for “born.” This work was inspired by Michaelis’ 2021 Creative Residency at the Bloedel Reserve, on Bainbridge Island. It combines wood prints on fabric with linoleum and hand-stitched embroidery.

The Cynthia Sears Collection of Artist’s Books includes over two-thousand works. BIMA celebrates the first (of many to come) solo exhibitions in the Sherry Grover Gallery with Catherine Alice Michaelis: Root Bound.

Learn more about Catherine Alice Michaelis at catherine-alice.com

When

Oct 1, 2021 – Feb 23, 2022

Where

Sherry Grover Gallery

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From the Exhibition

Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Trial by Fire, 2019, linoleum print on fabric, hand-sewn and embroidered text, and kitchen pot; eight pot holders, 6"dia; kitchen pot 6.5"h x 12"w x 5"d; unique, Cynthia Sears Artist's Book Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Trial by Fire (detail), 2019, linoleum printed fabric, hand-sewn, and embroidered text, kitchen pot; eight pot holders, 6"dia; kitchen pot 6.5"h x 12"w x 5"d; unique, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Beyond Blue, 2016, salmon skin box, hand-embroidered fabric, mixed media; spool 2.25"h x; 11"h x 11"w; box 4"h x 3.5"w x 3"d; one-of-a-kind, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Stitching Spinsters, 2019, spool and embroidered cloth; unique, Courtesy of the Artist
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Stitching Spinsters, 2019, spool and embroidered cloth; unique, Courtesy of the Artist
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), poem by Ann Spiers and artist Kim Newall. Volcano Blue, 1998, free-standing cut fold-out linoleum print; invitational Seafirst Gallery, Seattle for the centennial celebration of Mt. Rainier National Park; 7"h x 45"w x 45"d; edition #1 of 12, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Erotica Botanica, 2010, pamphlet stitched structure; handset type, letterpress printed over relief-printed stencils on Domestic Etching;6.5"h x 4"w; open 26"w; custom folder 7"h x 4"w, open 13.25"w; edition #1 of 4, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Erotica Botanica, 2010, pamphlet stitched structure; handset type, letterpress printed over relief-printed stencils on Domestic Etching;6.5"h x 4"w; open 26"w; custom folder 7"h x 4"w, open 13.25"w; edition #1 of 4, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Erotica Botanica, 2010, pamphlet stitched structure; handset type, letterpress printed over relief-printed stencils on Domestic Etching;6.5"h x 4"w; open 26"w; custom folder 7"h x 4"w, open 13.25"w; edition #1 of 4, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Erotica Botanica, 2010, pamphlet stitched structure; handset type, letterpress printed over relief-printed stencils on Domestic Etching;6.5"h x 4"w; open 26"w; custom folder 7"h x 4"w, open 13.25"w; edition #1 of 4, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Girl, 2016, one-of-a-kind, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection
Catherine Alice Michaelis (Shelton), Poppy, 2001, mixed media, one-of-a-kind, Cynthia Sears Artist's Books Collection

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