Franki Kohler Fiber Artist
Solo Exhibits
2012 Franki Kohler – Solo, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Borrowed From Nature, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010 Fiber on the Wall – One Woman’s Art, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland,CA
2009 Fiber on the Wall – One Woman’s Art, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland,CA
Group Exhibits
2013
Layered and Stitched, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Put Your Best Foot Forward, Foot-Square Works from the Northern CA-Northern NV Region of SAQA, Creative Framing & Gallery, Oakland, CA
By Hand: Extraordinary Fine Craft in California, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Fiber on the Wall: Art Quilts of Aileyn Ecob, Jean Jurgenson and Franki Kohler, Contra Costa Public Law Library, Martinez, CA
2012
Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Artist in Residence, Empty Spools Seminars, Pacific Grove, CA
Art Meets Science, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
Best of the Valley 2012, Lindsay, CA, 1 First Place, 1 Third Place, 1 Honorable Mention
2011
Textiles and Tastings 2011, Shenandoah Gallery, Plymouth, CA
The QuiltEssential Event, Cinema Place Gallery, Hayward, CA
Collaborative Exhibit, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fiber On The Wall – 3 Visions, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
Art Meets Science, Quilt Expo Beaujolais, Graves sur Anse, France
The Preview Show, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010
Bring Them Home, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival,Houston, TX
Art Quilts, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts,Mill Valley, CA
Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Art Meets Science, Pfizer, Incorporated, New York, New York
2010 National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Art Meets Science, Birmingham, England, opening; travels 2 years
Textiles 2010, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
Green, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Preview Show, Creative Framing and Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009
Take Two: Refuse Rescued & Recreated, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
New Quilts of Northern California, Pacific International Quilt Festival XVIII, Santa Clara, CA, Curated by Sue Broenkow and Tracey Brookshier
Petaluma Quilt Show Revival! Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
East Bay Heritage Quilters Exhibit, Lakeside Library, Oakland, CA
FiberArts Magazine, Internet, Valentines
2008
Road to California Quilter’s Conference, Ontario, CA
A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA
Art Quilts, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
East Bay Heritage Quilters Exhibit, Lakeside Library, Oakland, CA
Pacific International Quilt Festival XVII, Santa Clara, CA
2007
A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival,Houston, TX
Quilting in the Garden, Alden Lane Nursery, Livermore, CA
2006
Art Quilt 10 and A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL
Art Quilt 10, Patchwork Lyon, International Quilt Festival, Lyon, France
Machines in Motion, Quilting on the Waterfront, Duluth, MN
am fluss/by the river, Kulturhaus Pusdorf, Bremen, Germany
A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2005
Art Quilt 10 and A Page from My Book, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
1985
Santa Clara County Quilt Celebration, Santa Clara, CA, 3 Honorable Mention ribbons
1983
American Christmas Quilts, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, Curator: Diana McClun
Publications
Pixeladies, Furoshiki Fabric Wraps, C&T Publishing, 2012, p. 89.
FiberArts Magazine, Internet, Valentines
Kris Sazaki and Deb Cashatt. “The Whisper Challenge: A New Take on an Old Game.” Quilting Arts Magazine vol. 40 (Aug/Sep 2009), pp. 50-53.
Kohler, Franki. “Just Add Fabric – Fabric Postcards,” Quilter’s World vol. 31 (Aug 2009), pp. 28-31.
Interview, The Alliance for American Quilts, Q.S.O.S, 2008
Koolish, Lynn. fast, fun & easy Fabric Clocks. C&T Publishing, 2007, p. 43.
ArtCard Ideas, Robang Publishing, © 2007.
am fluss/by the river, catalogue, 2007, p. 26, featured on cover and exhibition poster
Kohler, Franki. fast, fun & easy Fabric Postcards. C&T Publishing © 2006.
Egan, Maureen.“Fiber Art in the Mailbox.” Fiberarts Magazine vol. 32 (Apr/May 2006), p. 26.
Bresenhan, Karey Patterson Ed. Creative Quilting, The Journal Quilt Project. Quilting Arts LLC © 2006, p. 82, featured on the cover.
Terry, Susan S. fast, fun & easy Christmas Stockings. C&T Publishing © 2005, pp. 19, 26.
Fahl, Ann. Coloring With Thread. C&T Publishing © 2005, p. 62.
Broadcast
Creative Living with Sheryl Borden, KENW-TV, Portales, New Mexico, taped four segments for broadcast during 2011-2012 season.
Collections
Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection
Private Collections
Membership
American Quilter’s Society
Quilt Art
East Bay Heritage Quilters
Studio Art Quilt Associates
International Quilt Association
The Alliance for American Quilts
