Quinn Zander Corum grew up on a farm in Minnesota. After high school she joined the Peace Corps and raised chickens in India. She finished her B.A. in Cultural Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and then lived for two-and-a-half years in Brazil with her husband, Kenton. Their two sons, now adults, were born in Tennessee. Quinn has made Oregon home for the past 24 years.

Quinn did her first embroidery in school at age five, she used a sewing machine for the first time at age seven, and she has sewn ever since. She has focused primarily on art quilts since 1987. Though she uses many of the same sewing techniques that women in her family have always employed, and though it’s important that her work maintains the technical integrity of fine needlework, she no longer limits herself to traditional patterns, materials, techniques, clothing or bed coverings.

Quinn has work in private collections throughout the United States and in British Columbia. Her work has been reviewed or referenced in several publications including The Oregonian and Art/Quilt Magazine; in the book Speaking in Cloth: 6 Quilters, 6 Voices;  in catalogs, including Portfolio 12 and 13 (SAQA Professional Artist Members), On the Wall: SAQA & Colorado Springs (Gallery of Contemporary Art, U of CO, 2006), Layers of Meaning – The Art Quilt 2005 (Contemporary Crafts Gallery, 2005), Oregon Biennial Catalog (Portland Art Museum, 1991), and the Tactile Architecture 1991 Catalog. One of her pieces was the cover art for the University of Oregon’s 1995/96 Freshman Seminars Booklet and another piece was featured inside the booklet. An Artist’s Statement and Resume of selected exhibitions are included elsewhere in this site.