Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2016 Dwelling - collaborative exhibit with Hassan Nor - Made Here MN - Represent, (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Minneapolis, MN
2015 Hey, Aren't You Somebody? - Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Shalom / Nabad - Traffic Zone Center for Art, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Portraits & Proverbs - Susan Hensel Gallery ~ [window]
2013 Simultaneous Portraits - Frank & Pamela Gaard, Made Here, Block E, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Collaborative Exhibit - Pamela & Frank Gaard - Dual Portraits - TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
Walker Art Center, (portrait) ~ Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy, Minneapolis, MN
2011 CO Exhibitions - portraits (in collaboration with Frank Gaard), Mpls, MN
2008 Frank and Pamela (Gaard) - Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2002 Two Person exhibit with James Michael Lawrence - Flatland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Two person exhibit with Cynthia Myerberg - West Liberty State College Gallery, West Liberty, WV
Select Group Exhibitions:
2015 Personal Best, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
Fight Like a Mother, Color Wheel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Self & Others, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Made Here - Somali Museum Pop-up Gallery, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
MN Creates, MN State Capitol, St Paul, MN
2013 Dream Weavings - Interpretations Through Collaborations - Sabes JCC, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Château de Tours Exhibition - Hennes Art Company, Minneapolis, MN
The Northside Remembered - Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN
The Arts of Community - Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Selichot, Temple Israel - Minneapolis, MN
Foot in the Door - Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 The Quilted Surface IV - QSDS Invitattional - Ross Museum of Art, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
2005 Textile 05 - Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
Art Quilt Art - Galerie Hori, Konstanz, Germany
MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Art Quilt Art - International Invitational Exhibition- University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Art on the Plains 7 – Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (catalogue)
2003 Textile Center of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Lore Degenstein Gallery, Sulinsgrove, Pennsylvania
University of Alaska Art Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 - 04 The Spirit of the Midwest in American Art, Art in Embassies Program, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 Visible Fringe, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Nothing New, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
University of Alaska Art Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
2000 Bead International, SE Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
1999 Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Materials Hard and Soft, The Center for Visual Art, Denton, TX
Curatorial:
2016 Third Place Gallery -- Hassan Nor, Kaaha Nasteexo, and Aishah Mohamed - a night of art and poetry, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Hennepin History Museum -- eight Somali elder weavers exhibit kebed weaving made in nomadic tradition.
Professional Affiliations:
Board of Directors - Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 2013- 2014
Board of Directors - TuckUnder Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2013- 2014
2016 Dwelling - collaborative exhibit with Hassan Nor - Made Here MN - Represent, (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Minneapolis, MN
2015 Hey, Aren't You Somebody? - Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Shalom / Nabad - Traffic Zone Center for Art, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Portraits & Proverbs - Susan Hensel Gallery ~ [window]
2013 Simultaneous Portraits - Frank & Pamela Gaard, Made Here, Block E, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Collaborative Exhibit - Pamela & Frank Gaard - Dual Portraits - TuckUnder Projects, Minneapolis, MN
Walker Art Center, (portrait) ~ Frank Gaard: Poison & Candy, Minneapolis, MN
2011 CO Exhibitions - portraits (in collaboration with Frank Gaard), Mpls, MN
2008 Frank and Pamela (Gaard) - Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2002 Two Person exhibit with James Michael Lawrence - Flatland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Two person exhibit with Cynthia Myerberg - West Liberty State College Gallery, West Liberty, WV
Select Group Exhibitions:
2015 Personal Best, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
Fight Like a Mother, Color Wheel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Self & Others, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Made Here - Somali Museum Pop-up Gallery, Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis, MN
MN Creates, MN State Capitol, St Paul, MN
2013 Dream Weavings - Interpretations Through Collaborations - Sabes JCC, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Château de Tours Exhibition - Hennes Art Company, Minneapolis, MN
The Northside Remembered - Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN
The Arts of Community - Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Selichot, Temple Israel - Minneapolis, MN
Foot in the Door - Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 The Quilted Surface IV - QSDS Invitattional - Ross Museum of Art, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
2005 Textile 05 - Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania
Art Quilt Art - Galerie Hori, Konstanz, Germany
MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Art Quilt Art - International Invitational Exhibition- University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Art on the Plains 7 – Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (catalogue)
2003 Textile Center of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Lore Degenstein Gallery, Sulinsgrove, Pennsylvania
University of Alaska Art Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
2001 - 04 The Spirit of the Midwest in American Art, Art in Embassies Program, Vilnius, Lithuania
2001 Visible Fringe, Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Nothing New, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
University of Alaska Art Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
2000 Bead International, SE Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio
1999 Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Materials Hard and Soft, The Center for Visual Art, Denton, TX
Curatorial:
2016 Third Place Gallery -- Hassan Nor, Kaaha Nasteexo, and Aishah Mohamed - a night of art and poetry, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Hennepin History Museum -- eight Somali elder weavers exhibit kebed weaving made in nomadic tradition.
Professional Affiliations:
Board of Directors - Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum, Minneapolis, MN, 2013- 2014
Board of Directors - TuckUnder Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2013- 2014
