Education
2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL
MFA in Fiber & Material Studies
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
BFA in Fiber graduated cum laude
2008 Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
The Oxbow School, Napa, Ca
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 Foreplay, OCHI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Head(less): Adam Beris and Mia Weiner, OCHI Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2020 If not you, OCHI Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Mia Weiner: Artist Projects, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Naked Lunch with Ricardo Partida, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2014 Attached, Gallery 788, Baltimore, MD
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Indecent: Erotic Lace Miniatures, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa
Gaze Interrupted, CULT Bureau, Oakland, CA
2021 Expanded Field, OCHI Aux, Los Angeles, CA
Se Son Rose, Fioriranno, SalonIb., Chicago, IL
Get a Load of This, Daniel Raphael Gallery, London, UK
March Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
2020 Direct Sunlight, LVL3, Chicago, IL
The Future of our Plans, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Utopian Living, Kleinart/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
Distant Future, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Launch, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2019 Terrain Biennial, Iowa City, IA
Ideal: the World as We Want It, Sullivan Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Real: the World as We See It, Sullivan Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Gender in the Balance, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Frayed: Fiber Beyond Craft, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Coming into Being, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
22nd International Open, Women Made, Chicago, IL
2018 Open Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2017 Preserve/Subvert, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
Permanent Parabasis, Gallery 99, Providence, RI
2015 Breathe in Gold Light, New Door Creative Gallery, Baltimore, MD
ArtPalmBeach, Irreversible Projects, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 Late Summer Exhibit, PS Gallery, Columbia, MO
Shop, Musuem of Contemporary Art North Miami, FL
Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
Love Shack, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
2013 London Calling 013, Factory-Art Gallery, London
Pop-Up, Pop-Up Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Fabrications, Gallery 788, Baltimore, MD
Touchy Subjects - Sex, Humor, and Risk: Selections from the Kinsey Institute,
Allen W. Clowes and Sarah M. Hurt Galleries, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
Material Witness, Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott Gallery, Decatur, GA
Young Contemporaries, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
Connections: Folk Environments and Constructs, Gallery 788 Presents Sondheim Prize Artists, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Commencement Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
50th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Women’s Works, Woodstock, IL
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Juror: Jean W. McLaughlin, executive director of the Penland School of Crafts
NICHE Awards exhibit, Buyers Market, Pennsylvania Convention Center
2012 TO/FROM Tawney, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
People’s Choice, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Stitch, Main Building Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2011 Unbounded: Works in Expanded Format, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
Keep Up the Good Work: a Uniformity Performance, Main Building Atrium, MICA, Baltimore, MD, November 16, 2011
Not your Father’s Trousers, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Out into the World: Study Abroad Exhibition, Brown Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Sketch Book Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY, Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA, Portland, ME, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, Winter Park, FL
2010 Potluck: Something for Everyone, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
HISA Spring Exhibition, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paros, Greece
Press
2020 Kipp, Caroline, and Mia Weiner. Social Distancing Studio Visits, 8 Dec. 2020, carolinekipp.com/social-distancing-studio-visits/2020/12/8/mia-weiner.
Freestone, Camille. “Curator Chelsea Nassib on the Power of Emerging Artists.” Coveteur, Coveteur, 10 Nov. 2020
coveteur.com/2020/10/31/chelsea-nassib-tappan-collective/.
Williams, Marin.“Through the Haze: Mia Weiner’s Surreal Scenes of Plants and Intimacy.” The Studio Plant, edited by Rebecca Goodman, 2020.
Tappan Collective, and Mia Weiner. “Studio Visit - Mia Weiner.” Tappan Collective, 9 July 2020, www.tappancollective.com/collections/studio-visit-mia-weiner.
2017 PRESERVE / SUBVERT Special Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, 3 May 2017, sagerbraudisgallery.com/blog/2017/4/26/preserve-subvert
2016 Party Talks: Things Got Personal, Carly Aimi, Opening Ceremony, 8 July 2016, blog.openingceremony.com/entry.asp?pid=13055
2015 Breathe in Gold Light, Breathe out Dark Smoke, Kelly Johnson, Moore Women Artists, 16 Oct. 2015,
moorewomenartists.org/breathe-in-gold-light-breathe-out dark-smoke/
This Just In-spiration: Meet Mia Weiner, Jen Coleman, The Goods, 11 May 2015, http://blog.uncommongoods.com
2014 Ebola and Art, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, Vol. 4, No. 5 (October 2014)
2013 Material Witness, Agnes Scott College, 2013
Mia Weiner, Peripheral ARTeries Art Review, pages 74-81, July 2013, http://issuu.com/artpress/docs/peripheral_arteries_art_review_-__j/74
London Calling 013 Catalogue, Factory-Art Gallery, London
“MAP's THIRTY Creative Minds Speaker Series: Mia Weiner," Cara Ober, Bmore Art, www.bmoreart.com, May 27, 2013
"Thirty young Baltimore artists discuss their work and ideas," Baltimore Sun, March 4, 2011
Materials: Hard and Soft Catalog, Denton Arts Council
Bound, WCA Art Catalog, Juror: Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator at MoMA
“Embroidering the Microscopic World,” Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, Vol. 2, No. 4 (February 2013)
Professional Activities
2021 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Open Studio Residency
Icelandic Textile Center Residency
Acre Artist Residency
2020 Artist in Residence, The Proper Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist Residency
Research Assistant at SAIC's Textile Resource Center
Lecturer at SAIC's noontime Artist Talks
2018 Teacher’s Assistant for Stacia Yeapanis's Intro to Fiber class at SAIC
2016 - 2018 Embroidery Consultant for Opening Ceremony
2015 - 2016 Registrar at Rick Wester Fine Art
2014 Speaker for "Show and Tell" at the Kinsey Institute for Sex
2013 Speaker for THIRTY: 30 Creative Minds Under 30, Maryland Art Place
Teacher’s Assistant for Aaron McIntosh’s Intro to Fiber class at MICA
2012 Studio Assistant for Karen Reimer
Gallery Assistant at Carl Hammer Gallery
Teacher’s Assistant for Mary Smull’s Explored Stitch class at MICA
2011 Studio Assistant for Nick Cave
2010-Present Private Embroidery Teacher
2008 Biological Illustration at Brown University
Honors and Awards
VCU Fountainhead Fellowship Finalist
Vermont Studio Center Artist's Grant
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony Grant
SAIC Incentive Scholarship
SAIC Grant
Speaker for "Show and Tell" at the Kinsey Institute for Sex
Young Contemporaries Juror Award
Materials: Hard and Soft Juror Award
Maryland Art Place Creative Minds 30UNDER30 Speaker
NICHE Award Student Finalist 2013
International Emerging Artist Award recognition
MICA Trustee Award
MICA Talent Recognition Award
MICA Fiber Department Scholarship
Neil and Sayra Meyerhoff Scholar Award
MICA Competitive Scholarship for Academic and Artistic Achievement
Dean’s list, MICA, Fall 2009- 2013
Merit Scholarship for School of the Art Institute of Chicago based on fiber work