Robin Wiltse
Kaslo BC
250-551-1754
robinwiltse@gmail.com
Education
1995- 1998
Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson BC
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
Peoples Choice Award
Salon of the Arts
Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC
2014, 2012, 2011, 2010
Honorable Mention Civic Award for work with Youth
Chetwynd BC
2005
CKCA, Arts Funding to Communities Grant
2020
Arts Starts Grants
2019 Kaslo BC
2010 Kaslo BC
2007 Cheywynd BC
2006 Chetwynd BC
Publications/Film/Media
500 Felt Objects
Book on Contemporary Felting
Lark Publications, 2011
World Of Threads Festival 2011
Fibre Artist Interview
Art of Healing, Transforming Grief Through Art
Short Film By Nancy Rosenblum 2022
Exhibitions
3 Week Residency November 2018
Touchstones Gallery – Nelson, BC
Partnership with Kootenay School of the Arts and Kootenai Art Therapy Institute
“Lost Threads” November 2018
Group Exhibit
Touchstones Gallery – Nelson, BC
“Edge of the Forest “, 2015 / 2016
Surface Design Association of BC and Yukon
National Juried Travelling Exhibition
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 2015
Art Square Gallery, Toronto Ontario, 2015
Parrot Gallery, Belleville Ontario, 2015
Fibre Arts Conference, Woody Point Newfoundland, 2015
Fish Creek Community Library, Calgary Alberta, 2016
Collective Coast Arts Centre, Victoria BC, 2016
Fibre Works Studio and Gallery, Pender Harbour BC, 2016
“The Salmon Journey “, August – September 2016
Guest artist
Smithers Art Gallery
Smithers BC
“Let Them Run, the Salmon Century”, September 2014
Group Exhibit
Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar BC
Art Council Gallery, February, Cranbrook BC
Art Gallery of Golden, September, Golden BC
“Felt Paintings” September 2013
Solo Exhibit
Capitol Theatre Nelson BC
“Felt Paintings” September 2013
Solo Exhibit
Revelstoke Gallery Revelstoke BC
“Spellbound” July 2013
Group Exhibit
Rossland Art Gallery Rossland BC
“Exploration of Colour and Texture” August 2012
Solo Exhibit
Summerland Art Gallery Summerland BC
“Felt Painting” July 2011
Solo Exhibit
Langham Gallery Kaslo BC
“Connections Materialized” 2011
Group Exhibit
Kootenay Regional Gallery Castlegar BC
“Connections Materialized” 2011
Gallery 2 Grandforks BC
“Water and Sustainability” 2011
Group Exhibit
Langham Gallery Kaslo BC
“Things My Mother Warned Me About” 2011
Group Exhibit
Revelstoke Art Gallery Revelstoke BC
“Peace Region Annual Juried Exhibition” 2003
Group Exhibit
Chetwynd BC
“Image and Effigy” 2000
Group Exhibit
Glass Onion Studios and Gallery
Vancouver BC
“Fibre R/Evolution”
Group Exhibit
Gallery 2 Grandforks BC
“Annual Juried Exhibit“ 1999
Vernon Art Gallery Vernon BC
Teaching
2000- Private Art Instructor
2020 Felt Workshop, Kaslo Youth Group, Kaslo BC
2019 Arts Starts, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2011 Multi Cultural Program Instructor, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2011 Homelinks Program Instructor, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2010 Arts Starts Project, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2009 Kootenay School of the Arts, Workshop instructor, Nelson BC
2008 Felt Workshop, Jewitt Elementary Meadow Creek BC
2007 Arts Starts, Chetwynd Secondary Chetwynd BC
2006 Art Starts, Chetwynd Secondary Chetwynd BC
2005 Youth Community Mural Project, Chetwynd BC
2005 Youth Community Mural Project, Moberly Lake Reserve, Moberly Lake