Marie's work is available for sale
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CRAFT SHOWS AND
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
- The California Effect
Guild of Book Workers California Chapter Exhibition
October 4, 2025 - January 4, 2026
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 90803 Handbound and sewn with Paste Paper Cover, endpapers and pages.
2025 abecedarian ©2025.
Four Letter Words For 2024 ©2024. - HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 53nd ANNUAL EXHIBIT. May 17-Aug 23, 2025 at American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco. Handbound and sewn with Paste Paper Cover, endpapers and pages.
2025 abecedarian ©2025. - HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 52nd ANNUAL EXHIBIT. June 1-Aug 18, 2024 at San Francisco Public Library. Handbound and sewn with Paste Paper Cover, endpapers and pages. Four Letter Words For 2024. ©2024.
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 51st ANNUAL EXHIBIT. Aug. 7- Oct 1, 2023 at The Arion Press Gallery. San Francisco. Handbound and sewn with Paste Paper Cover, endpapers and triangular cut offs from making books. Cutting Corners ©2023.
- Grolier Club, NYC. Exhibition Jan. 18-Apr. 8, 2023. "Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960's to 2000's" The Paper Legacy Project collection. Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 50th ANNUAL EXHIBIT. Sept 17, 2022-Jan 8, 2023 at San Francisco Public Library. Handbound and sewn with Paste Paper Cover and endpapers. Tools added. Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books. London Centre for Book Arts. ©2017.
- Book Art ARTIFACT
Guild of Book Workers California Chapter Exhibition. June 11-Aug 28, 2022. San Francisco Center for the Book. SFCB.org Paste Paper Patterns Volume IX © 2020. - HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 49th ANNUAL EXHIBIT. Aug. 21, to Oct. 30, 2021 at The American Bookbinding Museum in San Francisco, CA. Paste Paper Patterns Volume IX © 2020.
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 48th ANNUAL EXHIBIT. July 13, 2020-Oct. 16, 2020 at Arion Press. The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129 IN THE AGE OF DARKNESS © 2020 LIFE SIGNS © 2019.
- The Artful Book
Guild of Book Workers California Chapter Exhibition
October 4, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 90803
LIFE SIGNS © 2019. Designs in Textures © 2018 Designs in Shapes © 2017 - HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 47th ANNUAL EXHIBIT. Paste Paper covered Books. June 8-Sept. 2 2019 at San Francisco Public Library, Skylight Gallery SF, CA
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA 46th ANNUAL EXHIBIT. Designs in Textures © 2018 Sept. 11-Nov. 1, 2018 at American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St. SF, CA
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT. Designs in Shapes © 2017 and Questionable Authority - A Trump Tape Treatis © 2017 August 28-Dec. 8th, 2017 at Mills College - F.W. Olin Library. Oakland CA 94613
- GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS CALIFORNIA CHAPTER EXHIBIT. Designs in Dots 2013, Designs in Lines 2014, Paste Paper Patterns Vol. VIII. Sept. 6-Oct. 16, 2016 at Geisel Library, UCSD, LaJolla, CA
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT. Paste Paper Patterns Vol. VIII and Broken Records June 18th -Sept. 3, 2016 at San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
- BOOK ARTS LA. Holiday Festival and Sale. Nov. 28, 2015. Mar Vista, CA
- The Whole9 Gallery. Culver City, CA The Peace Project participant/finalist for "Centering". Sept.-Dec. 2015 and Standing up for Peace (flower blooms) 2017.
- Los Angeles PRINTERS FAIR October 2015.
- HAND BOOKBINDERS OF CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT. Designs In Dots June 23rd - September 13, 2015 at American Bookbinding Museum
San Francisco, CA 94103 - TEN WOMEN GALLERY on Montana Ave.. Full member Mar. 2015+ www.tenwomen.org
- Montana Avenue ART WALK
in Santa Monica JULY 16, 2015
- BOOK ARTS LA. First Annual Holiday Festival and Sale. Nov. 29, 2014. Mar Vista, CA
- FULL-CIRCLE POTTERY 2nd Annul Festival. Nov. 22-23, 2014, Mar Vista, CA
- SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK San Francisco CA 94103
Hosted HBC 42nd Annual Exhibition
June 13-Aug. 24, 2014. Exhibited:
ScrapWorks ~ Paste Paper Oranges © 2013. - SEGBW 2013 Annual Exhibit - Patterns University of Alabama - Gorgas Library.Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Dec. 2013-Jan. 2014 Exhibited: ScrapWorks: Paste Paper Oranges
- The Whole9 Gallery. Culver City, CA The Peace Project participant/finalist for All Together Right Now. Sept.- Dec. 2013-2014
- Affair of the Arts. Culver City, CA Sept. 2013
- The Word Is Art. Gallery in Culver City. Nov. 2012-June 30, 2014
- Los Angeles Printers Fair. 2012, 2014. International Printing Museum.
- The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon. Group exhibit. “UN-SPEAK-ABLE”. March 4-April2, 2011. Exhibited: History Repeats: Word by Word ©2005 and Questionable Privilege – A Ticker Tape Treatise © 2007.
- Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Group exhibit. The Book: A Contemporary View. Dec. 22, 2010-Apr. 17, 2011. Exhibited :From Paper Book to e Book, 2010.
- Papergirl-SF Art Exhibition and mail-art and delivery system. Paste Paper sheets and placemats rolled up and thrown from bicycles to passers-by on the streets. Oct. 3, 2010.
- Exhibiting Member of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery. 3489 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. 2007-2012
- BookWorks Gallery exhibition. Asheville, North Carolina. “Marbled and Paste Papers in Action”. July1–August 31, 2010. Exhibited Paste Paper Creations ~ By the Ocean and Paste Ppaer Patterns, Volume VI.
- Minnesota Center for Book Art’s juried exhibition “Quantified Aesthetics”. March 12-June 20, 2010. Exhibited THE DJIA in Numbers and Emotions 1900-2009.
- Thoreau Gallery in the Presidio of San Francisco. Expressions of the Bay Area juried group SFWA show. “Wave Watching” and “In Flight” framed art works. March 19-May 28, 2010.
- Marin Society of Artists. Ross, CA. Third National Exhibition. August 2-30, 2009. Artwork Transcendental Meditation chosen for group show.
- Hand Bookbinders of California. Annual Exhibitions.
- Book Arts Jam exhibitor sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College, in Los Altos Hills, California. 2009-2011.
- Celebration of Craftswomen in San Francisco (1990-2011)
- KPFA Crafts & Music Fair
- Studio 333 in Sausalito, CA. Group Gallery Show. Marie Kelzer “Art Works”. Acrylic painting on paper. March 1-Apr. 15, 2007.
- San Francisco Open Studios. 2002, 2006-2008.
- Invitational artist for The Line-Up: Up Against the Wall at ARCH, San Francisco. Sponsored by Pacific Center for the Book Arts. Oct. 2-21, 2006
- An altered book exhibited in the Reversing Vandalism show at the San Francisco Public Library. 2004.
- The American Craft Council show in San Francisco
- Pacific Center for the Book Arts: Book Arts & Printers’ Fair. The Calendar Show. San Francisco
- San Francisco Center for the Book: Road Works Street Fair
- The Society of Arts and Crafts. Boston, MA (1992-2003).
- Art and Licensing shows. SURTEX (2004-2008). PRINT SOURCE (2007) in New York City.
- Roy Helm’s Contemporary Crafts Market in San Francisco and Santa Monica, California 1994-2012
PROFESSIONAL WORK RECORD
- MARIE KELZER DESIGNS, Sole Owner, 2004 to present
- PAPER ARTS Sole Owner, 1988 to present
- BOOK ARTS LA. Teacher, Paste Paper Workshop. 2015.
- MAKE ART IN LA. Teacher, Paste Paper Workshop. 2014.
- SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, San Francisco, CA Preservation Department Head. 1995 to 2004
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA Conservation Technician, 1987 to 1995 Bookbinder, 1983 to 1986
- ARTISAN BINDERY, Oakland, CA. Bookbinder, 1982 to 1983.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
- CAPRICORNUS SCHOOL OF BOOKBINDING, Berkeley, CA, 1988-1990
- COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT, St. Joseph,MN, Bachelor of Arts, Social Work 1976
- Self trained with the help of workshops, seminars and conferences on bookbinding, decorative paper and paper related topics
Licensed designs to
Westminster Fibers, Inc
21 collections with 5 colorways each. 2005-2006.
Westminster Fibers, Inc
21 collections with 5 colorways each. 2005-2006.
Public Collections of Marie Kelzer's Handbound Books
Asheville BookWorks, NC
Baylor University, Crouch Fine Art Library
Waco, TX
California State at San Bernadino, CA. Pfau Library.
Denison University, Doane Library.
Lafayette College, Skillman Library, Easton, PA
Marianne Hinkle & Sons Printing Office, San Francisco, CA
Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE
Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Ringling School of Art+Design, Sarasota, FL. Kimbrough Library. Weiler Collection.
St. John's University Library, Collegeville, MN
San Francisco Public Library, Book Arts & Special Collections. San Francisco, CA
San Jose State University Library, San Jose, CA
Scripps College, Ella Denison Library. Claremont, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Thomas J. Watson Library. New York, NY
Texas A&M University Libraries. Drs. Sidney Berger and Michele Cloonan collection. College Station, TX
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Special Collections. Topeka, KS
University of California at Davis, CA. Special Collections.
University of California at Los Angeles, CA. Young Research Library.
University of California at San Diego, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz, CA McHenry Library
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
University of Delaware Special Collections, Newark, DE
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IO Special Collections.
University of Southern California (USC) Libraries. Los Angeles, CA. Doheny Memorial Library Spec. Coll.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Marriott Library.
University of Washington, Special Collection Libraries. Seattle, WA
Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library,
New Haven, CT
Baylor University, Crouch Fine Art Library
Waco, TX
California State at San Bernadino, CA. Pfau Library.
Denison University, Doane Library.
Lafayette College, Skillman Library, Easton, PA
Marianne Hinkle & Sons Printing Office, San Francisco, CA
Oak Knoll Books, New Castle, DE
Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Ringling School of Art+Design, Sarasota, FL. Kimbrough Library. Weiler Collection.
St. John's University Library, Collegeville, MN
San Francisco Public Library, Book Arts & Special Collections. San Francisco, CA
San Jose State University Library, San Jose, CA
Scripps College, Ella Denison Library. Claremont, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Thomas J. Watson Library. New York, NY
Texas A&M University Libraries. Drs. Sidney Berger and Michele Cloonan collection. College Station, TX
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Special Collections. Topeka, KS
University of California at Davis, CA. Special Collections.
University of California at Los Angeles, CA. Young Research Library.
University of California at San Diego, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz, CA McHenry Library
University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
University of Delaware Special Collections, Newark, DE
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IO Special Collections.
University of Southern California (USC) Libraries. Los Angeles, CA. Doheny Memorial Library Spec. Coll.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Marriott Library.
University of Washington, Special Collection Libraries. Seattle, WA
Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library,
New Haven, CT
PUBLICATIONS 2020+
- 2025 abecedarian ©2025 Deluxe Edition of 2. Open Edition Notebook. Artist Books.
- Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Suntup Editions. Lettered Edition. Paste Paper endpapers by Marie Kelzer ©2024
- Four Letter Words For 2024 ©2024 Edition of 2. Artist Books.
- Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson. Suntup Editions. Lettered Edition. Paste Paper endpapers by Marie Kelzer ©2024
- A Bonsai-Shaped Mind & Postures of the Heart by Mixolydian Editions and Nawakum Press. Slipcase Edition. Paste Paper Book Cover sides by Marie Kelzer ©2024
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Suntup Editions. Paste Paper endpapers by Marie Kelzer ©2023
- Stepford Wives by Ira Levin. Suntup Editions. Lettered Edition. Paste Paper endpapers by Marie Kelzer ©2023
- Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books. London Centre for Book Arts. ©2017. Bound and sewn from sheets with Paste Paper cover and endpapers by Marie Kelzer. Tools added on cover. ©2022
- THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood. Suntup Editions. Paste Paper sides for enclosure by Marie Kelzer. Numbered edition of 250. ©2022
- 1984 by George Orwell. Suntup Editions. Full Paste Paper cover by Marie Kelzer. Numbered edition of 250. ©2021.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume IX. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers painted from 2017-2019 with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2020.
- In the Age of Darkness © 2020
One of a kind artist book.
PUBLICATIONS 2010-2019
- Life Signs © 2019 One of a kind artist book.
- Designs in Dots © 2014
Designs in Lines © 2015
Designs in Shapes ©2017 Designs in Textures © 2018
4 unique books are part of the Paste Paper Pattern Series. Use paper weaving and cutting techniques to illustrate 4 of the Elements of Design in 25 years of paste paper making. By Marie Kelzer - Questionable Authority - A Trump Tape Treatise. © 2017. Edition of 6. 64 pgs. Verbatim quotes by D.J. Trump before the 45th Presidency.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume VIII. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers painted from 2013-2015 with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2016.
- "Paste Papers: A Timeless Art Form" by Marie Kelzer. Page 52-57.
Cloth Paper Scissors® Jan/Feb 2016 - ScrapWorks ~ A Paste Paper Pattern Series ~ A Limited Edition of 5. (Blacks, Blues, Greens, Oranges, Reds). Same format~different color patterns for each book. By Marie Kelzer © 2013.
- Artist book “It Is What It Is! Is it What It is?” by Marie Kelzer included on page 115 in the publication “500 Handmade Books Vol. 2” by Lark Crafts, 2013, Julie Chen-juror.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume VII. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2013.
- Artist book “Paste Paper Stripes” by Marie Kelzer included on page 70 in the publication “1000 Artists' Books” by Quarry Books, 2012, Sandra Solamony with Peter & Donna Thomas.
- Beginnings Endings. An artist book represented by painted paste paper of ocean waves overlaid with poetic verse. Limited edition of 3. Hand bound concertina binding with cover-pleat spine. 6 ¼”H x 9 ¼”W x ¾”D closed. ©2012.
- Beyond Apps. Artist book looking beyond 100’s of Apps available in the shape of a smart phone. Limited edition of 3. 5 ¼”H x 3 ½”W x ¾”D. ©2012.
- Perhaps Another Day. Artist book hand lettering on black paper declares in these times ”When Will We Ever Learn War Is Not Peaceful Perhaps Another Day”. A flutter book with a case binding. Paste Papers laced through accordion folded pages. Limited edition of 12. 48 pages. 5 1/4” x 3 ½” 1”. ©2011.
- It Is What It Is! Is It What It Is? Artist book on the meaning of the phrase “it is what it is”. “French Doors” structure. Limited edition of 10. 48 pages. 6 1/8” x 9 ½” ½”. ©2011.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume VI. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2010.
- THE DJIA in Numbers and Emotions 1900-2009. Artist book exploring how market forces are determined by emotions not just raw data. Fold out graph and emotions chart. Limited edition of 5. ©2010.
- Collaboration with George Ritchie. Bound manuscripts photo postcard books with original paste papers on cover by Marie Kelzer. 2008-2014.
PUBLICATIONS 2000-2009
- Between the Lines. Commissioned Artist Book of 13 sets of monoprint-like paste papers representing lines revealed beneath the surface. Artist Book. Limited edition of 2. 13.5” x 21.25” x ¾”. ©2009.
- Paste Paper Creations ~ By the Ocean. Commissioned Artist Book of Paste Papers. Artist Book. Limited edition of 4. 10.5” x 12.5”. ©2009.
- Seven Deadly Sins ± Seven Heavenly Virtues. Lessons from the Financial Crisis of 2008. Artist Book. Limited edition of 7. ©2009
- Collaboration with George Ritchie. Bound manuscripts photo postcard books with original paste papers on cover by Marie Kelzer. 2008-2015.
- 6th And Howard - The Hugo Hotel. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 5. Featuring pictures and text chronicling the artist Brian Goggin’s project (Defenestration) in San Francisco at the Hugo Hotel. Consists of pieces of furniture attached to the outside of the hotel. 26 pages in a flutter book design. 8.5” x 6/75”. $85.00. ©2008.
- Artist book “Year 2000 Mass Media Mania” ©1999 by Marie Kelzer included on page 361 in the publication “500 Handmade Books” by Lark Books, 2008.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume V. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2008.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume IV. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2007.
- Questionable Privilege – A Ticker Tape Treatise. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 3. Questionable Authority/Executive Privilege text throughout in ticker taper fashion representing signs of these times. 96 pages. 8.5x6.75. Original Paste Papers. ©2007.
- Paste Paper Stripes. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 2. 76 stripes of original paste paper adhered between folded pages and at foredges to form stripes. 2 ⅝” x 2 ⅝” ©2007
- Featured in The Crafts Report- Book Art/Paper: Artist to Artist Insight section. “One Thing Leads to Another”. Paste Paper design #4/19. April 2007.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume III. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. 50 original Paste Papers. ©2005.
- Featured in The Crafts Report- Book Art: Artist to Artist Insight section. “Decorated Paste Paper Design #4/21”, September 2005.
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume II. Signed and numbered edition #1-28. Copies #1-17 (50 original Paste Papers). Copies #18-28 (50 Scanned and Printed Papers). ©2003.
- Featured in The Crafts Report Book Art: Artist to Artist Insight section. “Keepsake Shell Book”, February 2003 issue.
- Paste Papers article by Marie Kelzer with Original Paste Paper tipped in. PCBA publication The Ampersand resource guide Vol. 20 Nos. 1&2. 2002
- Paste Paper Patterns Volume I. Signed, lettered and numbered edition A-C (50 original Paste Papers). Copies #1-25 (50 Scanned and Printed Papers). ©2002.
- Journal with ties (design 51) and Keepsake book with inlaid leaf are displayed in the "Blank Books" gallery section, pg. 13, of the book "Making Journals By Hand" by Jason Thompson, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2000.
Publications 1989-1999
- The Paper Book 1999 The Electronic BOOK 2000, signed and numbered edition of 18, ©1999. The book is a dos à dos binding to signify the transition from the hand written or machine printed text to the electronic readable text in the age of the Internet. THE PAPER BOOK 1999 is an essay, "Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge", is an adaptation of an essay written by R.J. Heathorn in 1962.
- Paste Paper designs # 45 & 51 are featured in the chapter on "Paste Paper" in the book titled "Creative Paper Art" by Nancy Welch, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1999.
- Article published in Archival Products News: "Judging a Book by Its Cover: Academic Institutions vs. Public Libraries - A Preservation Viewpoint by Marie Kelzer" (Fall, 1996).
- Hand decorated paste paper cover and hand bound limited edition of 250 titled "My Alphabet Book" by Lila Wahrhaftig, 1993.
- San Francisco Examiner, December 22, 1992. Featured in the article "The art that binds; Bookbinders keep pages turning".
- Paste paper design used on the cover of Linda Dackman's book titled "Affirmations, Meditations, and Encouragements for Women Living with Breast Cancer", HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.
- Article published in The Abbey Newsletter:Bookbinding and Conservation: "Construction of Brass-Edged Press Boards" (vol. 13, No. 4, 1989).