Curator Information

Unmatched by Jill Rumoshosky Werner

Curator Information

Jill Rumoshosky Werner
1751 N. Smarsh La., Wichita, KS 67212-1585
316-721-7538
jrwerner@cox.net or jill@wernerstudio.com
website - http://www.wernerstudio.com
blog - http://wernerstudio.typepad.com

Biography

Jill Rumoshosky Werner holds a Masters degree in audiology and once worked as a research audiologist for a Minnesota hearing aid manufacturer, where she published the first psychoacoustic research on in-the-ear hearing aids. After moving to Kansas, she switched to the computer field and worked for NCR Corp. as a software technical writer, writing reference manuals for retail computer systems. Then, for many years, she worked as a systems engineer for IBM, specializing in the manufacturing industry. In addition to being the primary technical support for customers, Jill was the mass marketing coordinator for the region, plus developed educational workshops and seminars.

In 1999, after five years of making traditional quilts and winning national and international awards, Werner switched to the artistic side of quilting. Since then, she has regularly exhibited her artwork in museums, art centers and galleries around the U.S. and abroad . Jill has been published in American Craft magazine, the Quilt Visions book and the Material Matters book. In 2008, she received a Mid-Career Fellowship in Fine Arts from the Kansas Arts Commission and previously served on the 2001 Mini-fellowship selection panel.

As co-founder and past president of the Kansas Art Quilters organization, she curated two travelling exhibitions. Her work is owned by the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection and the International Quilt Study Center.