Curriculum Vitae
Betsy Knabe Roe, Fiber Sculpter
Education
MFA - 2000-2004
Fibers Major, Sculpture Minor - University of Missouri
BFA - 1996-2000
Studio Art (emphasis in ceramic sculpture) University of Missouri (with honors)
Selected Solo Installations
2021 Ritual, Sage Art Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
2018 And Yet We Thrive, Sage Art Gallery, Fire Me Up Ceramic Studio, Topeka, KS
2018 Shifting the Edge, Sams Hall of Fine Arts, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, KS
2014 Strategies of Being Me: The Magnification Series, Yeldarb Gallery, Topeka, KS
2011 Core Remains, Campanella Gallery, Parkville University, Parkville, MO
2010 Core Remains, Kansas City Artist Coalition, KC, MO
2008-2010 Vivant dans la Zone Morte, Garvey Hall, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2006 Reconcile, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2005 Traces de Memoires, M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2004 Expressions of Elemental Awareness, Cherry Street Artisan, Columbia, MO
2004 Flawed Witness, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia MO
2004 Sanctify, outdoor installation, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
International Exhibitions
2018 Alumni Exhibit, International, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland
2009 Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art Invitational, Espace Melanie, Tiec-sur Belon, France and Mona Foundations, Paris, France
2006 The Stranger’s Perception, International, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland
2004 Pont Aven Summer Exhibition, International, Place de l’Hotel de Ville, Pont Aven, France
2004 Fete des Cabanes, International, Nizon, France
Community Art Projects
2018 Play!, Mural, Lowman Hill Elementary School, Topeka, KS
2013 Seams: Like Jeanne Claude and Christo, NOTO Arts District, Topeka, KS
2012 Seams: Like Van Gogh, NOTO Arts District, Topeka, KS
Commissions
2021 Abstracts, sculptures, Eugene, OR
2009-2016 Revival, outdoor installation, commissioned by Prairie Heritage, Birdrunner Wildlife Refuge, Junction City, KS
2008 The Aviator, Sculpture, commissioned by G. Baker, Topeka, KS
2005 Samhain Gazing Fold, outdoor installation, commissioned by M.D. Wanless, Onaga, KS
2004 Intercede, outdoor installation, commissioned by Art Inside the Park, Memorial Park, Jefferson City, MO
2003 Step Up, Outdoor Installation, Commissioned by Nancy Burke, Hartsburg, MO
2002-2003 Elan Vital, Outdoor Installation, Commissioned by Joseph Walls, Huntsdale, MO
2002 911-Aftershocks, Legacy Art
Collaborative Exhibitions
2022 Prairie Me Home, NOTO Art Center, Topeka, KS. Collaborating artists: Staci Ogle, painter, & Margy Stewart, writer
2008-2009 Ubiquitous for Niche: Nature Morte and the Simulated Garden, Art & Science Commons, Spooner Hall, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
2007 Prairie Visions, Junction City Arts Council Gallery, Junction City, KS
2007 Pieces of Eight: Collaborative Artist Books, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Beat to a Pulp, Liggett Studio, Tulsa, OK Invitational
Taut/Taught, Montminy Gallery, Columbia, MO, invitational
2022 December Exhibit, David Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2022 Forming Fiber, Alice Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
2022 March Exhibits, David Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2021 Forest Bathing, Alice Sabatini Gallery, Topeka,KS
September Exhibit, David JonesGallery, Kansas City, MO
August Exhibit, David Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Everything You Love, Kansas City Stockyards Art Gallery, Juried, Kansas City, MO
March Exhibit, David Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2020 1st Annual Fiber Exhibition, Kansas City Stockyards Art Gallery, Juried, Kansas City, MO
Alter Egos, Sabatini Gallery, Topeka,KS
2019 Fine Art/Fine Craft: New Works by The KC Fibers Group, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2018-19 Missouri Fiber Artists, Anita Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, Kansas City, MO
2017 Speaking of Fibers: An Altered Environment, Honorable Mention, Morton D. May Gallery at
Maryville University, St. Louis, MO, Juror: Amanda McCavour- Textile Artist,
Reviving the Past, Invitational, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
2016 Black and White, juried, Warehouse 414, Topeka, KS
Trois Femme, Invitational, Counter Point, KC, MO
River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO,
2015 Washburn University Art Faculty, Invitational, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University,
Topeka, KS
National Fiber Directions Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror:
Barbara Shapiro, Textile artist
2014 River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO, Juror: Antonia
Boström, Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
2013 Washburn University Art Faculty, Invitational, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University,
Topeka, KS
2010 Fiber: 2010, National, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, Juror: Kay Kahn, Artist
2010 Rethink Topeka, Regional, Jayhawk Towers and Soho Interiors, Topeka, KS
2009 Fiber Focus 2009, Regional, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Juror: Alice Zrebiec, Textile Curator,
Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO
Curatorial Activities
2010 Raquib Bashouron: Wood & Metal, M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2009 Seven, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
2007 Prairie Visions, Junction City Arts Council Gallery, Junction City, KS
Pieces of Eight: Collaborative Artist Books, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
2006 Woven Myths: Contemporary Basketry, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
2004 Missouri Fiber Artists Exhibition, Co-curator-Jamie Dack, George Caleb Bingham Gallery,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Award/Grants/Scholarships
2008 - ongoing Artist-in-Residence, Birdrunners Wildlife Refuge, Junction City, KS
2012- ongoing NOTO Arts District Core Artist, Topeka,. KS
2009 Kansas Arts Commission 2009 Emerging Artist Award
2006 Kansas Studies Colloquium Research Grant
2000-2004 Verna Wulfekammer Education Scholarship
2000-2004 P.E.O. Scholarship
1999 University of Missouri Research Mentorship Grant
Teaching/Professional Experience
2011-ongoing Curatorial Assistant/Museum Educator, Sabatini Gallery, Topeka KS
2022 Kansas Alliance of Weavers and Spinners, conference workshop, Auburn, KS
2022 NOTO Art Center, Topeka, KS
2021-2022 Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
2021 Artist Inc., Mid-America Arts Alliance, KC, MO
2019 Missouri Fiber Artists, conference workshop, St. Louis, MO
2009 -2017 Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
2008-2010 Fiber instructor, Kansas City Art Institute Continuing Education, Kansas City, MO
2005-2008 Catron Professorship, Art Department, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Professional Development/Extended Education
2015 Contemporary Shibori Workshop, Sapp, MO
2009 Lawrence, KS, Experimental Drawing Techniques, Lawrence Art Center
2008 Salina, KS Prairie Festival 2008, The Land Institute
2007 Salina, KS Prairie Festival 2007, The Land Institute
Overland Park, KS, Stone Carving, Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS, Bronze Casting, Johnson County Community College
2006 Columbia, MO, Sculptural Felted Hats, May Jacobsen Hvistendahl, Raufoss, Norway
2005 Columbia, MO, Weavers and Spinners Guild Ninth Annual Fiber Workshop-Jill Nordfors Clark,
Tacoma, WA
2004 Columbia, MO, Weavers and Spinners Guild Eighth Annual Fiber Workshop-
Mary Merkel Hess, Ames, IA
2003 Columbia, MO, Weavers and Spinners Guild Seventh Annual Fiber Workshop – Jackie Abrams,
Brattleboro, VT and Polly Adams Sutton, Seattle, WA
Professional Organizations
Aaron Douglas Art Fair, Community Outreach Director
American Craft Council
Missouri Fiber Artists
Handpapermaking, Inc.
International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists
Kansas Art Education Association, Museum Representative
Kansas Museum Association
Surface Design Association
Selected Collections
Carolyn Boyle-Turner, Concord, MA
Michael Bradley, Topeka, KS
First National Bank, Columbia, MO
James Kaspar, Tipton, IA
Gilbert and Martine Leze, Pont Aven, France
Sara Mulligan, Missoula, MT
Larry Peters and Barbara Waterman Peters, Topeka, KS
Evelyn Rogers, St. Louis, MO
Mason Talamo, San Francisco, CA
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Emile Waite, Newtown, CT
Laura Winks, Houston, TX
Rita Wobbe, Kinvara, Ireland