(You can find my full-length Curriculum Vitae as a PDF-file: cv-2023-06)
JURIED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Embracing Imperfections, Overcash Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, 2022
Alchemy of Resilience, Campbell House Galleries, Arts Council of Moore County, Southern Pines, NC, 2019
Peace of Mind, Allenton Gallery of the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 2017
Layers of Life, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2015
Looking Closely, Ella Fountain Pratt Legacy Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 2012
Artquilts – Emotions in Fiber, Herb Young Community Center, Cary, NC, 2008
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Insight, 3-Person exhibition with Paper Artist Audrey Pinto and Photo Sculptor Mar Hester, Eno Arts Mill Gallery, Hillsborough, NC, 2022
Winter Show 2017 - GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, 2017/2018
Filaments of the Imagination - A Group Show by Threads, Semans Gallery of the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 2017
Threads Connections – Exhibition of the Threads Textile Study Group, Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, 2014
ARTQUILTSrivers (juried invitational)
National Tainan Living Arts Center, Taiwan, 2012
Taichung County Culture Center, Taichung, Taiwan, 2012
East Carolina University, Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC, 2013
Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC, 2013
Here and Now – There and Then, Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2012 (juried invitational)
More Than Just the Sum, Featured Artist (juried invitational), Visual Art Exchange - Exchange Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2011
Brighten my Day, Office of the City Attorney of Durham, Durham, NC, 2011
Autumn Harvest, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC, 2011
Books II by the Threads Textile Study Group, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2010
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
UpstART Gallery: a Jim Lee Project, UpstART Gallery in conjunction with Pop Box Gallery and The Art Chose Me, Durham, NC, 2023
Scaffold Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2023
Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 2023
Textile Expressionism, Virtual Exhibition by the Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2022
Harmony, Broadway Galleries, Alexandria, VA, 2022
FRESH 2022, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2022
DAG's 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, 2021
Words Fail, Virtual Exhibition by the Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2021
Intertwined 2020: Contemporary Southeastern Fiber Art, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA, and Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA, 2020
The Art of Mental Health, Rubenstein Art Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 2019/2020
Sacred Threads, Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon, VA, 2019
Sacred Threads - Traveling Exhibition, various venues in the US, 2019 - 2021
Sacred Threads, Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon, VA, 2017
Contemplation and Compassion - Artwork by Meredith Bridges and Christine Hager-Braun, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC, 2017
62nd Annual Juried Exhibition of the Durham Art Guild, SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, 2016
Niche Awards Finalists Gallery, American Crafts Show, Washington, DC, 2016
2015 Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 2015
Material Matters, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, 2014
B14 – Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, 2014
Layers of Nature (2-Person Show), Gallery of the Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC, 2013
7Stitch: Contemporary Textile Art from Kentucky and Surrounding States, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, 2013
Art Quilt Elements 2012, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA, 2012
Texture and Pattern, Fredericksburg Center of the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, 2011
Wayne County’s 32nd National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, NC, 2011
Sixth Annual Fiber Arts Festival, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA, 2010
30 Small Works, Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC, 2010
Wayne County’s 31st National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, The Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, NC, 2010
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Reflections - Exhibition by VA and NC Members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Petersburg, VA, 2023
2023 Durham Art Guild Members' Showcase, Truist Gallery, Durham, NC, 2023
2017 Durham Art Guild Members' Showcase, SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, 2017
2016 Durham Art Guild Members' Showcase, SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, 2016
2015 Durham Art Guild Members' Showcase, SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, 2015
Living with Art: real art for real people (SAQA Regional Exhibition), Chantilly, VA, 2014
ARTQUILTSconnections, Curated Members Exhibition of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South, Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2014
2014 Durham Art Guild Members’ Showcase, SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, 2014
In.ter.face: Connections (SDA Members Exhibition), SaySi Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2013
ARTQUILTSfreezeframe, Curated Members Exhibition of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South, Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2013
Merge and Flow, SDA Members Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus, MN, 2011
No Fear, Curated Members Exhibition of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South, Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2010
Miniatures Exhibition, The Hillsborough Arts Council and Gallery, Hillsborough, NC, 2010
COMMISSIONS
3 Torah Covers and One Parochet for a Synagogue in Cary, NC, 2021
3 Torah Covers and One Silk Parochet for a Synagogue in Cary, NC, 2017
4 Art Quilts “Leaves of Trees Native to Minnesota” commissioned for St. Mary’s Hospital, in Rochester, MN, 2015/16
3 Art Quilts “Symbols of Longevity” commissioned for the Jacobson Building in Rochester, MN, 2013
Art Quilts for private collectors
AWARDS
Gallery Choice Award ARTQUILTSconnections, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, 2014
Award for 2nd place B14 - Wiregrass Biennial (juried), Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL, 2014
Award for 2nd place Texture and Pattern (juried), Fredericksburg Center of the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, 2011
Honorable Mention, Wayne County’s 32nd National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, NC, 2011
GRANTS
Artist Support Grant 2022-2023 presented by the Durham Arts Council and the NC Arts Council, 2023
Grant for Emerging Artists 2011-2012 presented by the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 2011
Grant for Emerging Artists 2007-2008 presented by the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, 2007
PUBLICATIONS
SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly, Issue No. 20, 2020
Catalog for Sacred Threads 2019
Catalog for Sacred Threads 2017
SAQA Journal, the Quarterly Journal of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Vol 26/1, 2016
Catalog for Art Quilt Elements 2012
Catalog for the Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2012
PRESS
"Insight featuring Audrey Pinto with guest artists Christine Hager-Braun and Mar Hester", video produced and published by the Orange County Arts Commission with videography by Bourne to Film, August 18, 2022, Hillsborough, NC
"Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, Features Work by Christine Hager-Braun", Carolina Arts Magazine, Issue August 2022, page 13
"Orange County Arts Commission in Hillsborough, NC, Offers Group Exhibit", Carolina Arts Magazine, Issue August 2022, page 27
"Rising Stars: Meet Christine Hager-Braun" VoyageRaleigh Magazine, online publication 08-24-2021
Arts Council Presents Fabric Art, Photography Exhibits, The Pilot, 09-04-2019, Southern Pines, NC
Art Quilts and Judy Keene's 'abstract windows', by art critic Blue Greenberg, Herold Sun, May 05, 2017 (online edition)
Carolina Arts Magazine, Issue March 2017, pg 41
“Fiber Finalist”, News & Observer, 12-20-2015, Raleigh, NC
UNC-TV's North Carolina Weekend, 10-10-2013, Research Triangle Park, NC
“Art Through a Scientific Lens”, Herold Sun, 03-23-2012, Durham, NC
PRESENTATIONS
Invited speaker for the lecture "Embracing Imperfection", Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, September 14, 2022
Invited speaker for the SAQA annual conference (initially scheduled for Toronto, Canada, then held as a virtual conference), March 21, 2020
Invited panelist for the discussion “The Art of Mental Health”, Rubenstein Art Center at Duke University, Durham, NC, December 6, 2019
Invited speaker at “A Light Within” Artist Salon, Arts Council of Moore County, Southern Pines, NC, September 12, 2019
Featured artist at “Salon: An Evening of Arts and Culture”, Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC, November 6, 2015
Layers of Life – Artist Talk for the Duke Campus Club “Art Adventures”
Lectures at various quilt guilds, 2015 – present
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Gallery and Gift Shop of the Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, NC, 2013 – present
Bull City Art and Frame Company, Durham, NC, 2018 – present
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
For the Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South:
Elected Vice President April 2014 - April 2015
Elected Board Member January 2013 - April 2014
Elected President April 2007 – April 2009
Acting President pro tempora February 2007 – April 2007
Vice President pro tempora Spring 2006 - February 2007
Curator for ARTQUILTSreflections, Members Exhibition of PAQA-South 2008
Member of the Exhibition Committee for ARTQUILTSwhimsy (2014), ARTQUILTSfreezeframe (2013), ARTQUILTSilluminations (2010)
For the Studio Art Quilt Associates:
Translation Liaison, 2014 - present
Member of the Membership Committee 2013 – present
Other:
Juror for the 2021 exhibition "Favorite Quotes" by the Art Quilt Association of Grand Junction, CO
Juror for Senior Games 2017, Category Heritage Arts, Durham, NC
Juror for Lazy Dayz 2014, organized by the Town of Cary, Cary, NC
Juror for Durham CenterFest 2013, organized by the Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Member since 2013
Durham Art Guild, Member since 2013
Hillsborough Arts Council, Member since 2013
Threads, the Textile Study Group of the Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, Member since 2008 (invitational)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany, magna cum laude, 1997
M.S. in Biology, University of Regensburg, Germany, 1994
