Joan Lintault is an internationally renowned quilter who is one of among a handful of the original art quilters. She has been involved in the Fibers movement and has been exhibiting her work, with over 275 exhibitions, since 1965. In his book The Art Quilt (1997), Robert Shaw called her "...one of the most consistent and original of all contemporary quilt makers.”
“I remember seeing a piece by M. Joan Lintault in an exhibition at the American Craft Museum in the 1970s. It was my first exposure to the photo screenprinting process on cloth. This initial viewing of images from the real world brought directly into fabric stands as a landmark in my memory. Although Lintault’s work has changed, she remains an innovator in the quilt genre.” - Patrica Malacher in Surface Design (Summer 1999, Vol. 23 N0. 24).
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS:
2001 10th International Triennale of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, Award: Bronze Medal
2000 Illinois Arts Council Grant
1999 Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award
1995 Illinois Arts Council Crafts Fellowship
1984-1985 Fulbright Research Grant for 9 months study in Kyoto, Japan
1979-1980 Indo-American Fellowship Research Grant for 9 months study in India
1979 Illinois Arts Council, Project Completion Grant
1973-1974 National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsmen's Fellowship Grant
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS SINCE 1980:
2003 Metaphors of Paradise, lecture, Finding Patterns in Chaos, Long Island Craft Guild, Oyster Bay, NY
2002 Metaphors of Paradise, lecture, Finding Patterns in Chaos, North Suburban Needlearts Guild, Northbrook, IL
1997 Metaphors of Paradise, lecture, Quintessential Quilt, Conference and Exhibition, University City Public Library, MO.
1995 “Kusaki- zome: The Traditional Natures Dyes of Japan” technical paper presentation, Nature’s Dyes: An Interweave Forum, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
1995 Metaphors of Paradise, lecture, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.
1995 Aizome / Katazome, workshop, Arizona Designer Craftsman Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
1995 “Kalamkari-The Printed and Dyed fabrics of India” Lecture “Aizome / Katazome”, Workshop: Nature's Dyes: an Interweave Forum, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
1994 Photomedia on Cloth, Workshop, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, IL.
1993 Visiting Professor, Hunan Normal University, School of Art and Design; Light Industry Institute of Hunan Province, Department of Art and Design and Changsha Railway University, Design Department; Changsha, China.
1991 Program Director, Studio Arts in Japan, Study Abroad Program in Textile Design, Ceramics and Prints, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Nakajo, Japan, School of Art and Design and International Programs and Services.
1990 Indigo Dyeing Using Rice Paste Resist, Workshop Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlenburg, TN
1989 Symposia artist, Transfer Printing, Workshop; Japanese Aesthetics, Lecture Indian Embroidery and Quilting, Lecture Fiber Art in the 90's: Aesthetics and Winston Salem, North Carolina
1988 Stencil Printing and Natural Dyes: On-Site Studio in Kyoto, Japan, International Programs, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1987 Two lectures: Woman in the Visual Arts, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.
1987 "Kusaki-zome: Japanese Dyes," Workshop Harmonie Weaving Institute, New Harmony, IN.
1986 Visiting Professor "The Decorative Arts of Japan: Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo" On-site studies in art history abroad, held in Japan, State University of New York, New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1986 "Far Eastern Textiles, Fabric Printing and Dyeing Techniques," Lecture State University of New York, New Paltz, N.Y.
1986 "Shibori and Indigo Dyeing," Workshop, Woodstock Weavers Guild, New Paltz, N.Y.
1985 “Shibori and the Japanese Futon, Workshop, Textile Arts Club, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
1985 "Japanese Aesthetics: Shibui, Sabi and Wabi," Lecture Friends World College, East Asian Center, Kyoto, Japan
1985 "Kusaki-zome and Katazome," Guest Lecturer Ontario College of Art, Ontario, Canada,Textile Tour, YWCA, Kyoto, Japan
1985 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture, Mara Institute of Technology, Selangor, Malaysia
1985 "The Use of Photographs in Textile Art," Lecture, National Crafts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1985 "Art to Wear," Gallery Talk, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1985 "American Quilts," Lecture, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1985 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture, Kyoto Seika College, Kyoto, Japan
1985 “Shibori and the Japanese Futon, Workshop, Textile Arts Club, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
1985 "Japanese Aesthetics: Shibui, Sabi and Wabi," Lecture Friends World College, East Asian Center, Kyoto, Japan
1985 "Kusaki-zome and Katazome," Guest Lecturer Ontario College of Art, Ontario, Canada,Textile Tour, YWCA, Kyoto, Japan
1985 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture, Mara Institute of Technology, Selangor, Malaysia
1985 "The Use of Photographs in Textile Art," Lecture, National Crafts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1984 "Photomedia on Cloth," Workshop,Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
1983 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture, Kyoto College of Art, Kyoto, Japan
1983 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture, Osaka University of Arts Minami Kawachi-Shi, Osaka-Ken, Japan
1983 "American Quilts," Lecture, Nihon Senshoku Gakkuen, Kyoto, Japan
1983 "Photomedia on Cloth," Lecture and Workshop Craft Alliance, Shreveport, LA.
1983 Color Xerox, Workshop, Louisville Craftsmen Guild, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1983 "Ikat Weaving of Nuapatna, India," Lecture, St. Louis Weavers Guild, St. Louis, MO.
1983 "Photomedia on Cloth," Workshop and Transfer Printing, Workshop National Standards Council of American Embroiderers, National Conference, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL.
1983 "Photomedia on Cloth," Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1982 Transfer Printing, Workshop, National Standards Council of American Embroiderers, Pittsburgh Guild, Pittsburgh, PA.
1982 "Photomedia on Cloth," Workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlenburg, TN.
1982 Transfer Printing on Cloth, Workshop, "Quiltmakers of India," Lecture, "Embroiderers of Kutch and Kashmir, India," Lecture, National Standards Council of American Embroiderers, National Conference, North-West Sampler, Eastern Washington State University, Cheney,WA .
1981 Photomedia on Cloth, Workshop, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT.
1981 Fabric Conference: Surface Embellishment, Conference Artist, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlenburg, TN.
1981 Ford Foundation Guest Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1981 Photomedia on Cloth, Workshop, Art Department, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
1981 "Kalamkari: Art of J. Gurappa Chetty" lecture; "Ikat weaving of Nuapatna, India," lecture, Art Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
1980 "American Quilts," lecture, The American Women's Association, Voice of America Headquarters, New Delhi, India
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1985:
2021 Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50: New York Nexus, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE
2015 Patterns & Purpose, Shelburne Museum, Shelburn, VT
2002-03 Pioneers: Teaching the World to Quilt, Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich University, Northfield, VT
Primedia Gallery, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Golden, CO
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
2002 Quilts, The Landmark at Eastview. Tarrytown, NY
2001 10th International Triennale of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, Award: Bronze Medal
1999 Evidence of Paradise: One Person Exhibition, Illinois State Museum Art Gallery at the Illinois Artisan’s Shop, Whittington, IL. and the Illinois State Art Gallery at the James R.Thompson Center, Chicago, IL.
1998 Winter Wonderland, Blue Room Tree, The White House, Washington DC
1998 Quilted Art, Atrium Gallery, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Warren, NJ
1998 Quilts Today: An Artistic Tradition, Schering-Plough, Madison, NJ
1998 Art Quilt International, Chassey en Morvan, Bourgogne, France
1998 Seeing Through Surfaces, Marian Gallery, Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, MI
1998 Illinois Crossroads: Quilts 1998, Southern Illinois Art Center, and Whittington, and the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.
1997 Two-person exhibition, Palace of the Hohenems, Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria
1999 Pieces, Parts and Passion, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
1995 The Art of the Quilt, Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown, NJ
1995 Common Threads / Uncommon Quilts, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
1995 Contemporary Quilts From The James Collection, Museum of The American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY
1995 Full Deck Art Quilts, Renwick Gallery of the Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1989 Let the Work Speak for Itself, Northern Illinois Art Gallery in Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989 Quilting Partners, Partner's of the Americas, Museu du Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1989 -90 Julie's Artisan Crafts, New York, NY
1989 Fiber Art in the 90's: Aesthetics and Technology, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
1988 Masks, Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, IL
1988 The Art of Craft, Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
1988 Thanatopsis, Louisville Art Gallery/Watertower Art Association, Louisville, KY
1987 Microcosms: Small Scale Textiles, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
1987 The New Crafts of America, American Craft at the Armory American Crafts Council, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY
1986 Color, Shape, Texture, Water Tower Art Association, Louisville, KY
1986 Art Books, West Gallery-Art Department, Texas Women's University, Denton TX
1985 People East-West Art, Seikado Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1985 One Man Show, Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1984 Silk Works, Gayle Willson Gallery and American Silk Mills, Southampton, NY
SELECTED JURIED AND COMPETITIVE EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1985:
1998 Visions: Quilt Expressions, The Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA
1998 8th Internationale Exposition de Patchwork, Chassey en Morvan, Bourgogne, France Award: Le Chassy d’Or. Awarded le Chassey d’Or and Prix du Publix
1996 Visions: Quiltart, The Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA
1994 11th Annual Hands Grand Prix Exhibition, Bunkamura (The Museum) Tokyo and IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan, HONORABLE MENTION.
1993 Quilt National 93, The Dairy Barn, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Art Center, Athens, OH.
1992 The Quilt Show, Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State University, Towson, MD.
1991 Visions: The Art of The Quilt, Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA.
1989-90 Fish: An Exhibit, Traveling Exhibit, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota Memorial Art Museum, South Dakota State University Minnesota Museum of Art, Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN.
Pritchard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and the Artwest Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY.
1989 Fiber Celebration, Art Link, Fort Wayne, IN.
1989 Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX.
1989 Crafts 23, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA.
1989 Fish: An Exhibit, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT.
1989 Fiber Art Exhibit, Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg Council on the Arts Lewisburg, PA, SECOND PRIZE
1989 FiberAlaska '89, The Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild, Anchorage, AL.
1989 Paper Fiber XII, Iowa City / Johnston County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA
1989 Breaking New Ground, An Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
1989 Expressions in Quilting '89, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL.
1988 Designed to Wear, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR.
1988 Fiber Arts Competition, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, Georgia, FIRST PRIZE Selected for national traveling show.
1988 Paper/Fiber XI, Iowa City/Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA.
1988 Wearable Art Festival, Kaleidoscope, Gallery, Barrington, IL
1988 Fiber Arts Competition, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, Georgia, FIRST PRIZE
1988 Paper/Fiber XI,Iowa City/Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA
1987 Fiber National '87, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
1987 Small Scale Textiles, The Textile Art Center, Chicago, IL
1987 Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
1986 The Wichita National, The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KA
1986 Containers '86, Hickory Street Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 Currents '88, Contemporary Work East of the Mississippi, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
1986 Art Books, West Gallery, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX
1985 Clay and Fiber Show, The Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA
1985 Illinois Ozarks Craft Exhibition, Associated Artists Gallery, Carbondale, IL,
COLLECTIONS:
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL Quilt Collection of John Walsh III GrowMark Inc, Bloomington, IL
Ardis and Robert James Quilt Collection, International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Pere Marquette State Park, Grafton, IL
Charter Bank, Carbondale, IL
Evansville Courier, Evansville, IN
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
Danville Junior College, Danville, IL
Dun-Richmond Economic Center, State of Illinois, Carbondale, IL
Full Deck Quilt, Collection of Warren and Nancy Brakensiek
Hoffman Estates Public Library, Schaumburg, Illinois Library System
And numerous private collections
PUBLISHED AND CRITICAL REFERENCE TO WORK SINCE 1989:
Strand, Laura, Surface Design Journal, "Metaphors of Paradise, Quilts of M. Joan Lintault," Summer 1999, pp. 30-34.
Malarcher, Patricia, Surface Design Journal, Editorial, "Past as Presence," Summer 1999, p. 6.
Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, July / August 1999, "Photofinish, A Riddling Tale", p. 78
Tayes, Debra K. Evidence of Paradise, M. Joan Lintault, The Living Museum, Illinois State Museum, Volume 61, Number 1, Spring 1999, pp. 8-12
Shaw, Robert, The Art Quilt, Hugh, Lauter, Levin Associates, 1997, pp 26, 28, 47, 50-51, 62, 82, 114-115,
124, 260, 292-293. Gage, Diane, "Quilts Grandma Never Made," Diversions, November 1998, pp 189, 193.
Thompson Graves, Stevii, ed.Visions, Quilt Expressions, Rutlidge Hill Press, 1988, p. 55.
Koserowski, Laurette, ed. "M. Joan Lintault, Carbondale," Quilter’s Gallery 1998 , 1998, pp 62.
Liebenson, Bess, "Artists Working Like Artists on Quilts," The New York Times, Sunday, March 22, 1998.
Gouveia, Georgette, "Wall Flowers", Gannett Newspapers February 28, 1998.
Shaw, Robert, Quilts: A Living Tradion, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1995, pps 248, 250, 276, 278, 279.
Batchelder, Ann and Orban, Nancy, (Editors), Fiberarts Design Book Five, Lark Books, Asheville, N.C. 1995, p. 31.
McGreevy, Linda, "Washington, D.C. Art Quilts: Playing with a Full Deck,” Renwick Gallery, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 20, no.1 all 1995, p. 28, 29.
Bedula, Jane, The Art of the Quilt, Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown, N. J., 1995.
Bolz, Diane M., "No Two of a Kind in This Show of Cards," Smithsonian Magazine, March, 1995 P. 120.
McMorris, Penny and Cullinan, Helen, "Contemporary Quilts from The James Collection," American Quilters Society, Paducah, Ky. p. 38.
Pierce, Sue and Suit, Verna, "Art Quilts: Playing With a Full Deck", Pomegranate Artbooks, San Francisco,1994, pp. 15, 23, 35, 39, 107.
"Quilt National, M. Joan Lintault," Art/Quilt Magazine,Volume I, No. 1, Inside cover and pp. 14, 36,
Eardley, Linda, "Four Rivers" Fabric Graces Lodge's Ceiling, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Illinois Post, Vol. 117, No. 23, Monday, January 23, 1995, pgs. 1 and 5.
Ramsey, Bets, "Art and Quilts: 1950-1970," Uncoverings 1993, Volume 14 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group. 1994, American Quilt Study Group. Pgs. 9, 25, 26-30.
Timby, Deborah Bird, (Editor) Visions the Art of the Quilt, Quilt San Diego, C and T Publishing, 1992, pg. 31
Janeiro, Jan, "Textiles about Textiles," Fiberarts, March/April 1992, Vol.18 No 5, pp. 53, 55.
Freire, Norma "A America alinhava sua memoria em retalhos," O Estado De S. Paulo
Cuaderno 2, Estilo, Domingo, 26 de Novembro de 1989, p. 4.
Wada, Naoko, Interview, Utsukushi Kimono, Winter 1983, No 126, Fujin Gako Publishers, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 335-336