INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS AND PROJECTS
Enduring Legacy May 30 - August 30, 2026
Decorative Art Center of. Ohio, Lancaster, OH. This invitational show features contemporary work
by artists from all over Ohio featuring rich traditions in clay glass, wood fiber and metal. The exhibit is
a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Decorative Art Center of Ohio. Works include:
Searching for Sweetness, Winter Feeding Frenzy and Trout Lily.
Conceptual Threads, May 13 - July 26, 2026
Presented by Art Quilters of the Lowcountry at Coastal Discovery Museum in Hilton Head , SC. . Quilts: Hiding in Plain Sight, Black Skimmer Nesting Colony, Coral Reef in Hot Water,
Shadow Dancers, Flight of Snow Geese, Beach Pebbles at Lake Michigan 2
It's an Honor to Be Here September 30 - December 31, 2023
An invitational exhibit of Ohio artists sharing their interpretations of nature.
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, OH.
The Gift, Cicada Love, Jack in the Pulpit, Hungry Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed.
ARTifacts Created at Home, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH, March - April 2021.
Equinox; After the Hurricane; A Sedge of Cranes
Jewelry Quilt Project 2009 - 2012
An international quilt project to portray artistic movements, history and ethnicity in through jewelry exhibited in Japan, France, and the United States.
The Awakening
Music Quilt Project 2004 - 2006
An international quilt project to portray musical genres, musicians and instruments. The project was exhibited in Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Reggae Singer
September 11 Quilts 2001 - present
An international quilt project for quilt artists and guilds to memorialize the events of September 11, 2001. The exhibit toured to Yokohama Quilt Week in Japan 2002. My quilt was chosen for the show poster. Exhibit toured throughout the United States in 2002-2003. The 94 quilts are now housed in the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. www.september11quilts.org
2021 Shown in "Never Forget" exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY.
Reflections
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITS
Ohio Forest and Garden, Inniswood Metro Garden, Westerville, OH, April 30-May 29, 2026.
Solo exhibit with art quilts by Marty Kotter featuring plants, birds and insects from Ohio.
Earth Up Close; Notice the Changes, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH, July 13-August 30, 2024.
Fiber art by Marty Kotter and Deb Baillieul illustrating a closer look at the natural world and the ecological changes that it is undergoing.
Sanctuary 2, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Columbus, OH, January 3 - February 29, 2024.
Fiber art by Marty Kotter and Deb Baillieul illustrating sanctuaries in the natural and human realms.
Sanctuary, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, Columbus, OH, May 4 - July 5, 2023.
Fiber art by Marty Kotter and Deb Baillieul illustrating sanctuaries in the natural and human realms.
Reconnecting to the Earth, Loft Gallery of the Columbus Cultural Arts Center, February 18 - March 26, 2022
Columbus, OH. 24 art quilts were shown reflecting landscapes, their inhabitants, and environmental
issues facing them.
JURIED EXHIBITS
Artist as Quilt Maker, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH. June 13 - August 2, 2026.
Hungry Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed
Best of 2026, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, May 3- July 3, 2026 and CVA Gallery at Kent State University
August 25 - October 7, 2026.
Life of the Saguaro
Bryn Du Art Show, 2026, Bryn Du Mansion, Granville, OH March 2026.
Swallowtail Symmetry
Maumee Park Lodge 2025 Juried Art Exhibition, sponsored by Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Oregon, OH, October 24, 2025 - January 16, 2026.
Prothonotary Warbler at Magee Marsh
Treasures of our Local Watersheds, sponsored by SAQA of Ohio and Pennsylvannia at the Cleveland
Botanical Garden Eppig Gallery, Cleveland, OH August 30 - October 31, 2025.
River Stones and Skyline
Best of 2025, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, May 4 - July 5, 2025, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
August 28 - October 25, 2025.
Trout Lily
Bryn Du Art Show, 2025, Bryn Du Mansion, Granville, OH March 2025.
Winds of Change
Best of 2024, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, May 4 - July 6, 2024.
Hungry Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed.
Bryn Du Art Show, 2024, Bryn Du Mansion, Granville, OH, March 1 - 23, 2024.
The Gift - Juror's Excellence Award
Best of 2023, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum May 5 - July 9, 2023,
Wassenberg Art Center, Van Wert, OH July 31 - August 31, 2023.
Bristlecone Pine 1.
Bryn Du Art Show, an annual exhibit of 2d and 3d works, Bryn Du Mansion, Granville, Ohio, March 3 - 25, 2023.
Lehman Cave Fantasy
Harmony, a collaboration with Sacred Threads, Broadway Gallery, Alexandria, VA, June 1 - August 31, 2022.
University of Chicago Medical Center, September 2022- April 2023.
Variations on a Theme
Best of 2022, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, May - June 2022, Kent State University, Aug-Sept. 2022.
The Gift - People's Choice Award
Centered 2022 - Student and Faculty Exhibit, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH. May 13- June 18,
2022.
Interconnections - 3rd Place Award
Best of 2020/2021, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, May - July 2021, Mansfield Art Center August - September 2021.
Lake Superior Beach Pebbles
Backyard Escape, 2020/2021, National Institute of Health Bethesda, MD. Sponsored by Sacred Threads. Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Circles and Cycles, Studio Art Quilting Association, Marathon Arts Center, Findlay, OH July - August 2020.
Equinox
Gems of the Ocean II, Polly Plumb Productions, Yachats, Oregon, February 2020,
Blue Giant
Best of 2019, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH May - July 2019, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, September - December 2019.
Tybee Island Birds
30 Years of QSDS, Art by Participants of Quilt and Surface Design Symposium, Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, May 24 - July 12, 2019.
Resting Place
Hypothesis: Art Inspired by the Many Worlds of Science 2018, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH.
Beach Pebbles Lake Michigan
See My Voice Exhibit 2018, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Ross Museum, Delaware, OH.
Blue Giant
Aullwood Audubon Center Annual Quilt Show Dayton, OH Quilts in this show reflect nature themes.
2017 Swallowtail; Blue Giant – Innovation Award
2016 Falling Petals
2015 Green Man I; Sunflower Woman – Viewers’ Choice Award
2014 Ladybug; View of Olentangy
Sacred Threads- quilts reflecting joy, inspiration, spirituality, healing, grief and peace.
2025 Indianapolis, Indiana. Six Years after the Strawberry Creek Fire
2015 Herndon, Virginia. Glimpse of Freedom
2009 Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Peggy Rising
2005 Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Safe Journey Home
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
January 22 - March 28, 2026, Grange Insurance Audubon Center, Columbus, Ohio.
April - May 2024, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California.
September - October 2022, Great Basin National Park, Nevada.
May- June 2022, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
August 2021, Allagash Wilderness Waterway State Park, Maine.
August 2019, Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
See Artist in Residence Gallery Page.
PUBLICATIONS
Marty Kotter, Leslie Sims and Amy Casey, artists, and Ilona Westfall, author. "Natural Selections" in Ohio
Magazine 5(8): 16-17 (Sept-Oct. issue) featuring the "Its and Honor to Be Here" exhibit at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Sept-Dec 2023. My piece Hungry Monarch Caterpillar on Milkweed was featured.
Martha Kotter, artist. Karen Bell, photographer. Tenth International Quilt Week Yokohama 2002 Poster. Published by Yokohama International Quilt Week, 2002. My quilt Reflections was the backdrop for the 2002 International Quilt Week poster.
Martha M. Kotter, artist. Vermont Threatened and Endangered Species Poster. Acrylic on Illustration board. Published by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. 1991.
EDUCATION
B.S. Biology and Human Ecology, College of Idaho.
M.S. Zoology, The Ohio State University.