Lia Cook

San Francisco Bay Area artist who combines weaving with photography, painting, video, digital technology and neuroscience.

Recent Exhibitions

Facing Touch

Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
February 24 – August 26, 2024
Facing Touch / See more / Gallery Label

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Impressions

Discourse: art across generations and continents
Browngrotta Arts
Wilton, CT
May 4 – 12, 2024
Impressions / See More / Exhibit Info / Catalog

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Little Tunnel B

Apex Curated by Meaghan Roddy
Volume Gallery
Chicago, IL
January 5 – February 17, 2024
Little Tunnel B / More info / Press Release / Exhibit Photos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cindy Cloth

An Introduction to Contemporary Craft

Community Gallery, Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA
December 2023 – June 9, 2024

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Space Continuum Revisioned

Artists Celebrate the Legacy of Jack Lenor Larsen: Revealing Masterful Techniques in Thread, Metal and Clay (Pt. 2)
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
September 28 – October 28, 2023
New Face Lia / Space Continuum Revisioned / Of the Maze / Su Series Grid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Triptych: Upstarts

Staying Power: Women Artists Forging Through the Decades
SHOH Gallery
Berkeley, CA
August 17 – September 23, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Presence|Absence: In the Folds

Acclaim! Works by Award-Winning International Artists
Browngrotta Arts
Wilton, CT
April 29 – May 7, 2023
See more / Exhibit Photo / Artist Page / Presence|Absence: In the Folds (detail) / Legs / Presence|Absence: In the Folds /
Catalog
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Passport

Dissolve
University Art Gallery, UC Irvine Institute and Museum of California Art (IMCA)
August 25—December 10, 2022
Passport / Gridlock / Exhibit / See More
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Presence/Absence: Self Portrait

22 Textile Artists for 2022
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
May 7 – June 30, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Little Big Head

World Wide Weaving

Nicolai Art & Design
Koldung, Denmark
March 5 – April 18, 2022
Exhibition Article / Flyer

Textile Kultur Haslach
Haslach, Austria
July 11 – October 3, 2022
See More / World Wide Weaving Video

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Connectome

Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science
Tang Museum, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
January 29—June 12, 2022
Symposium and Opening Reception January 28–29
Connectome / See more
During this exhibition and the following months a study will be conducted in the neuroscience lab using woven faces (by Lia Cook)
Study poster & Presentation photo (Courtesy of Skidmore College’s Tang Teaching Museum and Psychology Department)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Traces: Big Beach Baby

Connections
Smithsonian American Art Musuem, Renwick
Washington DC
2019 – March 6, 2022
Traces: Big Beach Baby / Exhibit Photo / Work in Context / Exhibit Video
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ferni Aloe Amaryllis

Crowdsourcing the Collective: a survey of textiles and mixed media art
Browngrotta Arts
Wilton, CT
May 7 – 15, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ferni Fronds

Material Matters
Seager Gray Gallery
Mill Valley, CA
March 1 – April 10, 2022
Finer Fern Plus / Ferni Fronds / Tryptich / See more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Three Fibers Integrate 2

The Very Fiber…Not Necessarily Domestic Goddesses
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Miami, FL
February 12 – April 9, 2022
Opening Reception February 13, 5–8pm
Doll Face Pillow / Three Fibers Integrate 2 / Ferni Fronds Twin / See more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Finer Fern Plus

Gifted
Seager Gray Gallery
Mill Valley, CA
November 20, 2021 – January 31, 2022
Finer Fern Plus / See more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Through the Curtain and up from the Sea

With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985
 
Hessel Museum, Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 26 – November 28, 2021
See More / NY Times Feature
 
Museum of Contemporary Art (original curation)
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 27, 2019 – May 3, 2020
See More   / The piece: Through the Curtain and up from the Sea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Su Series Intensity Data Blue

Building Bridges: Breaking Barriers
Ruth’s Table
San Francisco, CA
Virtual Exhibition March 18 – May 13, 2021
View Virtual Exhibit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Connect To Me

A Common Thread
The Arts Center of Greenwood
Greenwood, SC
November 2, 2020 – January 30, 2021
Connect To Me
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Su Series

2020 China-USA Technology and Innovation in Fiber Art
hosted by Tsinghua University, China & University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Virtual Exhibition: Nov 23 – Dec 24, 2020
Lecture: December 4, 2020
Virtual Symposium: December 4, 8–11AM (EST)
See the full virtual exhibition here
Watch a video introduction and short studio tour
 
 
 
 
 
 

Attitude

 
Delight in Discovery: The Global Collections of Lloyd Cotsen
The George Washington University Museum | The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
February 22 – December 23, 2020
Attitude / See More 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Su Series

 
Volume 50: Chronicling Fiber Art for Three Decades
Browngrotta Arts 
Wilton, CT
September 12 – 20, 2020
Su Series / See More / Artist Focus / Video Preview
 
 
 
 

Fire Pocket Piece

 
The Computer Pays its Debt: Women, Textiles and Technology, 1965–1985
Center for Craft
Asheville, NC
August – October, 2020
Fire Pocket Piece / Quilt / Afghan / See More / Ask the Curator interview
 
 
 
 

Su Series Sad & Curious

 
Material Matters
Seager Gray Gallery
Mill Valley, CA
March 3 – 31, 2020
Su Series Sad & Curious / See More
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Revisioned

 
 
Currents 2020: National Craft Exhibition & Symposium
Schack Art Center
Everett, WA
March 5 – May 26, 2020
Revisioned / See More
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Mona Lia

 
21st Century Women
Honolulu Museum of Art
Honolulu, HI
June 8 – December 15, 2019

Mona Lia

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Intense & Questioning at the exhibit

 
Integration of Art and Science in the Age of AI
5th Art & Science International Exhibition and Symposium
Academy of Arts & Design, Tsingha University and the National Museum of China
Beijing, China
November 2 – 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 

 

Revisioned

 

Silver Jubilee: Textile Center’s 25th Anniversary
Textile Center of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
September 7 – October 29, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Think Different

 

From Bauhaus to Our House
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
September 14 – October 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Connectome 2

 

Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age
Currents 826
Santa Fe, NM
May 24 – August 9th, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

Peripheral Technologies
Ann Arbor Art Center
Ann Arbor, MI
June 7 – July 6, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

Art + Identiy: An International View
Browngrotta Arts
Wilton, CT
April 27 – May 5th, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

International TECHstyle Art Biennial IV
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
San Jose, CA
January 20 – April 14th, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Big Cabbage Boy with Kalle

 
 
Material Matters
Seager/Gray Gallery
Mill Valley, CA
March 2 – 31st, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
After Tomorrow: Stitching and Weaving in the Digital Age
French Consul Residence
San Francisco, CA
October 10, 2018 – February 28th, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lia Cook: Inner Traces

 
 
Lia Cook: Inner Traces
Richmond Art Center
Richmond, CA
September 11 – November 16th, 2018
 
 
 
 
 

Traces Wonder

 
 
From Private Collection to Public Treasure: Honoring Karen Johnson Boyd
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
May 27 – December 30th, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fiber Art by Seven

 
 
Fiber Art by Seven
Museum of Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
May 8 – 13th, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Su Series

 
 
 
Material Turn
FOFA Gallery, Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
March 8 – April 13th, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

photo by NW Noggin

 
 
 
NIH Porter Neuroscience Research Center
Bethesda, MD
Ongoing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Inner Tracts

 
 
 
WAY BAY
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Berkely, CA
January 17 – May 6th, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
75 at 75: Significant Works from RAM’s Collection
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
September 17 – December 30th, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Coded Threads

 
 
Coded Threads: Textiles and Technology
Western Gallery, Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
September 27 – December 8th, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wonder Net

 
 
 
 
Thread Heads: New Bay Area Fiber Art
Berkeley Art Center
Berkely, CA
October 21 – November 26th, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Little Connectome

 
 
 
 
Cut the Edge – – – Weave the Line
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
September 8 – October 20th, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Connectome
 
 
Crossing Generations: Past, Present & Future
Hoffman Gallery
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland
July 10 – August 6th, 2017
 
 
 
 

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Cerebral Touch: Lia Cook 1980-Now
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
San Jose, CA
January 20th – April 16th 2017
 

 

 

Presence/Absence Duo

 
 

Material Matters
Seager Gray Gallery
Mill Valley, CA
March 1st – 30th, 20 
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Threads of Connection

 

 

Threads of Connection
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
January 7th – March 31st, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 

identifyyourself

Mona Lia 

 

 
Identify Yourself
Honolulu Museum of Art
September 3rd – May 2nd, 2016

 

 

 

Lines that Tie

 

Lines that Tie: Carole Beadle & Lia Cook
Museum of Craft & Design
April 9th – August 7th, 2016

 

 

 

Lausanne-Spatial Ikat ii

Spatial Ikat ii

 
 

Tapisseries Nomades
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
March 25th to May 29th, 2016

 

 
 
 
 
 

Traces Past

 

 

 

Fiber Art Masterworks
Fresno Art Museum
May 20th – August 28th, 2016

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Making Our Mark
Richmond Art Center
September 13th – November 12th, 2016

 

 

 

 

Facing Touch

 

 

A Global View:
Recent Acquisitions of Textiles
The Art Institute of Chicago
2016