• CV

    Nicole Pyles-LeRoy
    NicolePyles.com l NicolePyles.com l 630.699.6480


    EDUCATION
    2018 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Fiber. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    2014 California College of the Arts, Textiles. Oakland, California

    EXHIBITIONS
    2023 Mending The Net, The Convent. Detroit, Michigan
    2023 Abstract Lunch, Lunchbox Gallery. Detroit, Michigan
    2023 Extended Limb, Flophouse Detroit, Royal Oak, Michigan
    2019 Brook Becoming, Atom Art. Ferndale, Michigan
    2018 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills,
    Michigan
    2018 Leftovers II, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    2017 Place[d], Spread Art Gallery. Detroit, Michigan
    2017 Leftovers, Forum Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    2017 Close to Comfort, Flophouse. Royal Oak, Michigan
    2015 From Back to Front, American Tapestry Alliance.
    americantapestryalliance.org/exhibitions/tex_ata/from-back-to-front/ Juried by
    Jessica Hemmings.
    2015 Verse and Vision, Feed. Kankakee, Illinois. Juried by Christina Loraine
    2014 Warped Exposure, Los Medanos College. Pittsburg, California
    2014 Fiber Tales, Garfield Park Art Center. Indianapolis, Indiana
    2014 11th Annual Artist Lofts Open House, Switching Station. Chicago, Illinois
    2014 Sleazy, Kitchen Space Gallery. Chicago, Illinois
    2014 Shades of Impact, Worth Ryder Gallery. Berkeley, California
    2014 Another Type of Arousal, College Avenue Galleries. Oakland, California
    2014 Textilities, Oliver Art Center. Oakland, California

    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    “A Process Uncontained: Cranbrook Fiber 2008-2019” Cranbrook Academy of Art. 2020
    "Nicole Pyles: Sleazy." The Visualist. June 15, 2014 thevisualist.org/2014/06/nicole-pyles-sleazy

    "From Back to Front” Jessica Hemmings, American Tapestry Alliance. 2015
    americantapestryalliance.org/exhibitions/tex_ata/from-back-to-front/
    “Nicole Pyles Weaves in Secret Code about Medical Misery” Dorothé Swinkles, Textiel
    Plus. 2019
    https://www.textielplus.nl/artikelen/nicole-pyles-weeft-in-geheimschrift-over-medische-
    misere/

    RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
    2023-Current Professional Development Sub-Committee Chairperson for Fiber Club* Detroit
    2023-Current Professional Development Sub-Committee Chairperson, Fiber Club* Detroit. Detroit, MI
    2021-2023 Art Teacher for grades k-8. SE Michigan
    2019 Creative Consultant, Arch Ravels by XYZ Game Labs. Chicago, IL
    2018 Studio Assistant, Margo Woloweic. Detroit, Michigan
    2017-2019 Studio Assistant, Detroit Institute of Art. Detroit, Michigan
    2016 Frame Loom Construction Workshop, Kingswood Academy at Cranbrook. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
    2012-2014 Studio Assistant, California College of the Arts. Oakland, California
    2013 Studio Assistant, KG Gnatowski. Chicago, Illinois