McKenzie Phelps
MCKENZIE PHELPS
Instagram: @kenzphelps.quilts
EDUCATION
2026 Masters of Fine Arts Candidate, Fibers, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 Associate Instructor, Creative Core, Color Theory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2023 Graduate Assistant, Fibers Area, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2022 Weaving & Textiles Artist Mentor, Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo Exhibition, In(ner) Space, Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE
Solo Exhibition, The Ethereal Body, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
2018 Solo Exhibition, Send Nudes, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2017 Solo Exhibition, Silhouettes, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE
Two-Person Exhibition, Interior/Exterior, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (with painter, Owen Buffington)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Smile Pretty, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Negentropy, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
Interwoven: Recent Works from IU Fibers, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2022 Splendid Notions | Queer Textiles, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2021 A.I.R, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Inside Out: A Joslyn Staff Art Show, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2020 Textiles: A Social Media, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2019 Females, Fiber, and Finesse, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Studio Champloo, International Quilt Museum, Lincoln NE
Threaded, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearny, NE
Women's Works, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
RESIDENCIES
2023 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017-18 Studio and teaching residency, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
LECTURES AND ARTIST WORKSHOPS
2022 Visiting Artist, Workshop, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Artist Workshop, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2021 Artist Lecture, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE