Prix /Prizes and Awards
2011
3rd prize, the Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2011, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Merit Award, the 25thInternational Juried Show, Visual Arts Center, The Juror was Joan Young, Associate curator of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum, New York. Summit, New Jersey, USA.
2010
Juror’s Award, CraftForms 2010, the 16th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, The Juror was Jane C. Milosch, Office of the Under Secretary of History and culture, Smithsonian Institution. Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvenia, USA.
Merit Award, CraftTexas 2010 – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Texas, USA
Juror’s Award, The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Honorable Mention , 7th Biennial National Art Exhibition, The Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
2009
Juror’s Award, CraftForms 2009, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
Honorable Mention, 2009 National Exhibition – Marin Society of Artists, Ross, California, USA
First Prize, the Natural Habitat Juried Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA
The Lynne and Kevin Cox award and John Weber award, the 41stAnnual Visual Arts Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
Juror’s Award, the 2009 Material Hard and Soft,at the Greater Denton Art Council, Denton Texas, USA.
2008
Best of show, the Biennial Southwest 2008, The Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, The Juror was Dr Stephanie Hanor, Senior Curator and Department Head of the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. New Mexico, USA
Juror’s award, Material Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, USA
2006
Honorable Mention, National Show 2006, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, California, USA
2005
Honorable Mention, The Wichita National 2005,Wichita, Kansas, USA
Honorable Mention, 4th International Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea
2003
Honorable Mention, 3rd International Craft Competition, Cheongju, Korea
2002
Aardvark Award, Plates '02, Riverside, California, USA.
Expositions en Solo et Concours / Solo Exhibitions and Juried Exhibitions
2010
Cutting Edge, Archway Gallery, Houston Texas, USA
2007
Residence of the American Ambassador, Bern Switzerland
2002
The Immigrant Women, a celebration of American Women through ceramics and photography, MBG Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1998
Gallery Antika, Charmey, Switzerland
1994
Gallery Antika, Charmey, Switzerland
1992
La Tour du Sauvage, Romont, Switzerland
Concours/ Juried Exhibitions
2018
CraftTexas 2018, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, USA
2017
9ème Triennale Internationale du Papier, Charmey Switzerland
2016
CraftForms 2016, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania, USA
Craft Texas 2016, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, USA
2014
CraftForms 2014, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
2012
CraftTexas 2012, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, USA
Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Archway Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
2011
CraftForm 2011, 17th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft – Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2011, with 3rd prize, Wichita, Kansas, USA
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Assistance League Houston, Celebrates Texas Art 2011, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.
25th International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center Summit, with Merit Award, New Jersey, USA
2010
CraftForms 2010, 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft – Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
CraftTexas 2010, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, with Merit Award, Houston Texas, USA
Cutting our Own Paths, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Contemporary Works by Paper Artists, Pennsylvenia, USA
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, with Juror’s Award, Houston, Texas, USA
7th Biennial National Art Exhibition, at the Visual Arts Center, with Honorable Mention, Punta Gorda, USA.
2009
CraftForms 2009, 15th Annual International Juried Show of Contemporary Craft, Wayne, with Juror’s award, Pennsylvenia, USA
7ème Exposition Suisse de Découpages, Bellerive Museum Zurich, Switzerland
Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2009, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas, USA
2009 National Exhibition – Marin Society of Artists, with honorable mention, Ross, California, USA
Natural Habitat, Archway Gallery – a show sponsored by the Houston Arboretum, with First Prize, Houston Texas, USA
41st Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, with two merit awards, Denton, Texas, USA
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council,with Juror’s award, Denton, Texas, USA
2008
Biennial Southwest 2008, The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History – with Best in Show, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2008 Fall Open Juried Exhibition, at the International Museum of the Horse in Kentucky Horse Park, Kentucky, USA
Craft Texas 2008, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston Texas USA
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, with Juror’s Award, Denton, Texas, USA
2007
CraftForms 2007, 13th National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
A Twist on Tradition, National Juried Competition, Artisans Center of Virginia, USA
2006
6th Swiss Papercutting exhibition, Swiss National Museum, Château de Prangins, Switzerland
National Show 2006, Marin Society of Artists, with Honorable Mention, Ross, California, USA
Materials: Hard & Soft Juried Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, USA
2005
The Wichita National 2005, with Honorable Mention, Wichita, Kansas, USA
The 4th International Craft Competition, with Honorable Mention, Cheongju, Korea,
2004
The Slipcast Object, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
2004 AAS July National Exhibition, Southport, North Carolina, USA
Vitrified Clay National: Form & Content,” Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas, USA
2003
The 3rd International Craft Competition, with Honorable Mention, Cheongju, Korea
2002
Craft Houston 2002, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, USA
Craft Houston 2002 travelled to Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi TX, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock Texas
Plates ‘02, , with “Aardvark” Clay Award, Riverside, California, USA
1999
4th Ceramic Show, St-Cergue, Switzerland
1990
Swiss National Museum of Stained Glass Windows, Château de Romont, Switzerland
1987
Comptoir de Romont, Romont, Switzerland
Expositions en Groupe, Commissions et Projets Publics / Group Shows, Commissions and Public Projects
2022 - 2023
Typiquement Suisse, 10ème exposition de papiers découpés, Musée Hans Erni Lucerne et Musée du Pays-d'Enhaut, Château-d'Oex, Switzerland
Galerie d'Art Egrégore, Casteljaloux, France
2019
9ème Exposition de Papiers Découpés, Musée Gruyérien Bulle et Musée BL Liestal, Switzerland
2018
“Here Now” Harambee Art Gallery, Houston Texas
La Fête au Village, 20 Découpeurs, Musée du Pays-d’Enhaut, Château-d’Oex, Switzerland
2017
Current Reflections on the Natural & Manmade, Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock Texas, USA
2015
GAP show, Highfield and Gardens, Falmouth, Maine, USA
Turning Cut Paper into Art, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, Minnesota, USA
Living with Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvenia, USA
2014
A Cut Above, works by GAP members, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, Maine, USA
2013
Découpages du Pays-d’Enhaut – Recensement, Musée du Vieux Pays-d’Enhaut, Château-d’Oex, Switzerland
2012
Governing Bodies, Gallery Nord, Sponsored by Planned Parenthood Trust of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Plurality Paperwork, KC Art Gallery, curated by Mari Omori, Lone Star College, Kingwood, Texas, USA
GAP show in Germany, Scherenschnitt Museum, curated by C. Winkler Rayroud and Marie-Helene Grabman, Vreden, Germany
Horizons Francophones, Gallery M Squared, Houston, Texas, USA
The Art of Seduction, Curated by G. Brown, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia Maryland, USA
2011
Archway Gallery 35thAnniversary Reunion Show, Houston, Texas, USA
The “One” show, A show focusing on the Convergence of Houston’s Art Scene, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
2010
Cut It Up, Ann Street Gallery, Newburg, New York
2009
Laurel Arts Gallery, Sommerset, Pennsylvenia, USA
Bedford Art Council, Pennsylvenia, USA
French Alliance Houston, a show sponsored by the Swiss American Society of Houston, Texas, USA
Reflection, an International Art Exhibition at Talento Bilingue de Houston, Texas, USA
The World through the blade of Scissors, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
2008
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Beyond the Alps – 8 Swiss Artists in Texas, curated by C. Winkler Rayroud – Rudolph Projects, Houston, Texas, USA
2007
The Biltmore Estate Show, North Carolina, USA
Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2006
The Biltmore Estate Show, North Carolina, USA
Collection 2006, Central Library, San, Antonia, Texas, USA
2005
Swiss Mélange, JPMorgan Chase Bank, sponsored by the Swiss Consulate, Houston, Texas, USA
Attachment, Texas Clay Art Association, Rockport, Texas, USA
2004
ABC Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, USA
2003
Art Dimensions of the Beautiful, Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA
2002
Attachment 2002, sponsored by TCAA San Angelo, Texas, USA
2001
Attachments 2001, sponsored by TCAA Houston, Texas, USA
1995
Galerie du Paon, Avenches, Switzerland
1994
Domaine de Choully, Geneva, Switzerland
Gallery Paltenghi, Château-d’Oex, Switzerland
1983
Gallery Avry Centre, Avry, Switzerland
Commissions and Public Projects
2011
Billboard Enjoying the Rat Race??? Roadsign USA Project, currated by June Woest, Urban Artists, Houston, Texas, USA
CD cover for the “4 Seasons Choir” Artlab Praroman, Fribourg, Switzerland
1990
18-foot mural for the Républicain’s Newspaper in Estavayer-Le-Lac, Switzerland
1989
Designed and collaborated with the creations of 24 stained-glass windows for the Républicain’s Newspaper, in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland. The Stained-glass windows were produced by the Famous Swiss Stained-Glass Artist Michel Eltschinger.
Shows Curated by C. Winkler Rayroud
2012
GAP show in Germany, Scherenschnitt Museum. The show was Curated by C. Winkler Rayroud and Marie-Helene Grabman. Vreden, Germany
2008
Beyond the Alps – 8 Swiss Artists in Texas, sponsored by the Swiss American Society of Houston and curated by C. Winkler Rayroud – Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery – Houston, Texas, USA