Lia Cook

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

Recent Exhibitions

Little Happy Accident, Bark Blake, Dot Spots

Cut From the Same Cloth: Textile & Technology
Palo Alto Art Center
Palo Alto, CA
January 18 – April 6, 2025
See More / Little Happy Accident,Bark Blake, Dot Spots / Intense & Questioning / Feature in The Almanac

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Crazy Too Quilt

Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery
Washington DC
May 24 2024 – January 5, 2025
Crazy Too Quilt / Collection / See More / Feature in Art and Object by Megan Robinson

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Triptych: Upstarts

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded
American Tapestry Alliance
Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University
Greencastle, IN
August 26 – December 8, 2024
Triptych: Upstarts / Exhibit Image A / Exhibit Image B / See More

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Presence/Absence: Barely

Ways of Seeing –  Impact: 20 Women Artists to Collect
Browngrotta Arts
Wilton, CT
September 21 – 29, 2024
Presence/Absence: Barely / Exhibit Image / Exhibit Info / See More

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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
Cindy Cloth  / See more 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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