Blair Treuer

Blair Treuer is a rural textile artist from Northern Minnesota. A storyteller who paints with fabric and draws with thread. After a decade of creating blankets for private Native American spiritual ceremonies she transitioned to creating portraits for public display in 2018. Since the debut of her first collection January 2020, her portraits have been included in nearly 50 gallery exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad, and have received several awards. She was also the recipient of a Minnesota Region 2 Arts Council 2021 Fellowship Award and a 2022 McKnight Fellowship Award, which is one of the largest fellowships for fiber artists in the United States.

Self Taught Artist

Solo Exhibitions:

Sept - October 2023: “Identity” The Atrium at the Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN U.S.A

July 1 - July 31, 2023: “Identity” The Edge Center, Big Fork, Minnesota U.S.A

May 18 -June 17, 2023: “Identity” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins MN U.S.A.

Jan 17- April 8, 2023: “Becoming Debut” The Textile Center Minneapolis MN U.S.A.

Jan 1- March 1, 2023: “Identity” Great River Arts, Little Falls Minnesota U.S.A.

Nov 1-Dec. 1, 2022: “Identity” Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot North Dakota U.S.A

March 25 - April 16, 2022: “Identity” The Whit Gallery, St. Cloud, Minnesota U.S.A

July 1-July 31, 2021: ”Identity” Macrostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota U.S.A

January 1- March 2, 2021: “Blair Treuer Textile Portraits” Marvelous Art Gallery Invitational Istanbul, Turkey

Oct. 6, 2020 - January 2021: “Identity”: Blair Treuer Portraits Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota U.S.A

January 10-March 28 2020: “Portraits” Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota USA

Joint Exhibitions:
April 1-May 1, 2022: “Becoming Preview” invitational Exhibition, Gallery 311, Raleigh North Carolina, U.S.A

Group Exhibitions:
TBD 2024-2027: “Birds in Art” SAQA (Studio Art Qu...