Press

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Society of Bookbinders International Competition 2011

Venues: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. September 5 - October 31, 011. Others to be announced.

Scott Kellar's binding of 'Neverwhere'. Winner of the Harmatan & Oakridge Award for Forwarding.

Online catalog of the Society of Bookbinders International Competition 2011


The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Chicago Public Library, 'One Book Many Interpretations: Second Edition'

Venue: Special Collections Exhibit Hall, 9th floor, Harold Washington Library Center. August 27, 2011 - April 15, 2012

Click here for online catalog

Scott Kellar's binding of 'The Long Goodbye'.


The Thread that Binds, Lone Star Chapter, Guild of Book Workers

DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

Venues: Opening reception Friday, June 3, 2011 with a reception and remarks by the author, Pamela Leutz. The exhibition will travel to the Museum of Printing History in Houston after its Dallas venue. The Houston venue opens with a reception on Thursday, September 29, 2011, and will be on exhibit to January 14, 2012.

Scott Kellar's binding of The Thread That Binds featured in the exhibit. A catalog is available.

Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2009
Oxford, England: Bodleian Library until August 1, 2009

USA venues:
Boston Public Library, Boston Mass.: Friday 18 Sept to Sunday 13 Dec, 2009
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco: Friday 12 Feb to Saturday 6 Mar, 2010
Grolier Club, New York: Wednesday 19 May to Saturday 31 Jul, 2010

Scott Kellar’s binding of Water (an anthology of poems) featured in the exhibit. A catalog is available.


CBBAG The Art of the Book ’08
Canadian venues viewable at the above website

Scott Kellar’s binding of A Sense of Time Left by Maureen Morehead, winner of the FINE BINDING J. HEWIT & SONS LTD. AWARD

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9eme Biennale Mondiale de la Reliure D'Art
September 15 – 22, 2007
St. Remy Les Chevreuse, France

mother goose

Scott Kellar's binding of Les Contes de Ma Mere L'Oye (Tales of Mother Goose), winner of the 'Coup de Coeur' Prize from the Parc Naturel de la Haute Vallee.


One Book, Many Interpretations
September 30, 2006 – April 15, 2007
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street, Chicago IL

Scott Kellar's binding for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (above) is featured in the exhibit and received an AWARD FOR BEST BINDINGS; see pg. 32 of the catalog (PDF download).


The Book of Origins: A Survey of American Fine Binding
January–May 2007

Syracuse University Library
222 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY

Shown:The Book of Origins by André Ricard.Binding by Scott Kellar

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Exhibit featuring design bindings by Scott Kellar in 2005

The Design Bindings of Scott Kellar
January 14 - March 11, 2005

Book Arts Program, Rare Books Division of Special Collections
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112