Exhibitions
2009 Solo Show, Manhattan Theater Source, New York, NY
2009 Invasive Crochet, Art in Odd Places, New York, NY
2009 On the Fence, PS 122, New York, NY
2009 Water Pod Project, New York, NY
2009 Yarn Theory, PS 122, New York, NY
2008 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
2008 Sheddings, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Night of 1,000 Drawings, New York, NY
2007 The Lace Curtain, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 The Women’s Center Art Show, The Buzz Coffee Shop, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Fibers Show, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Foundation Lisio, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2005 Ink People, Eureka, California
2004 Redwood Art Association, Eureka, California
2004 Annual Student Exhibition, Eureka, California
Awards, Scholarships, and Residencies
2010 Vermont Studio Center
2009 Chashama North
2007 Hand Weavers Guild of America Scholarship
2007 Ina McClung Scholarship in Fine and Applied Arts
2006 Neil D. Blackman Scholarship
2004 Best in Division Fiber, Humboldt Fair, California
Publications
Peak, Nancy. “HGA and Dendel Scholarship Recipients for 2007.” Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot. Fall 2007: 10, 11.
Hamm,Caroline. “LaVerne KrauseGallery to Feature Mix Media.” Oregon Daily Emerald 5 November 2007: 6.
Affiliations
Women’s Artist Salon, New York
Ink People Studios, Eureka, California
Redwood Art Association, Eureka, California
American Tapestry Alliance
Hand Weavers Gild of America
Education
2008 Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Department of Fiber Arts
2005 Associates of Art, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California, Department of Art
2006 Foundation Lisio, Florence, Italy
2003 Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California, Department of Fashion Design
2004 Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, California
2004 Tierra Wool, Los Ojos, New Mexico
Artist Statement
The rhythm of making and the repetition of stitches create a harmony within my art practice. Thread, lace, metal, and wood
are the props of both individual domesticity and collective social networks. I join together the points where individual and
social systems overlap, and where issues of sexuality, vitality, and death construct meaningful relationships, and find
release.
Guerilla crochet projects around New York City involve ideas of graffiti, urbanization, and woman’s work. I use organic webbed
shapes and materials combined with hand work to take back the urban landscape. My art challenges gender assumptions by weaving
feminine lace work into the crevices and spaces of masculine urban landscapes, such as the fire-retardant metal of a fire escape, the
hard wood of a park bench, and the chain link fences attached to bridges. The web highlights the unique and man-made nature of
both structures.
Other pieces use detailed hand work to focus on the skin and healing by mending. Cotton burnt in a traditional lace motif are
patched and re-patched repeatedly in a mending process that never heals. Delicate emptiness, patterns, layers, and veils discuss ideas
of lace that conceal and reveal simultaneously.
2009 Solo Show, Manhattan Theater Source, New York, NY
2009 Invasive Crochet, Art in Odd Places, New York, NY
2009 On the Fence, PS 122, New York, NY
2009 Water Pod Project, New York, NY
2009 Yarn Theory, PS 122, New York, NY
2008 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
2008 Sheddings, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Night of 1,000 Drawings, New York, NY
2007 The Lace Curtain, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 The Women’s Center Art Show, The Buzz Coffee Shop, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Fibers Show, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2007 Foundation Lisio, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2005 Ink People, Eureka, California
2004 Redwood Art Association, Eureka, California
2004 Annual Student Exhibition, Eureka, California
Awards, Scholarships, and Residencies
2010 Vermont Studio Center
2009 Chashama North
2007 Hand Weavers Guild of America Scholarship
2007 Ina McClung Scholarship in Fine and Applied Arts
2006 Neil D. Blackman Scholarship
2004 Best in Division Fiber, Humboldt Fair, California
Publications
Peak, Nancy. “HGA and Dendel Scholarship Recipients for 2007.” Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot. Fall 2007: 10, 11.
Hamm,Caroline. “LaVerne KrauseGallery to Feature Mix Media.” Oregon Daily Emerald 5 November 2007: 6.
Affiliations
Women’s Artist Salon, New York
Ink People Studios, Eureka, California
Redwood Art Association, Eureka, California
American Tapestry Alliance
Hand Weavers Gild of America
Education
2008 Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, Department of Fiber Arts
2005 Associates of Art, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California, Department of Art
2006 Foundation Lisio, Florence, Italy
2003 Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California, Department of Fashion Design
2004 Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, California
2004 Tierra Wool, Los Ojos, New Mexico
Artist Statement
The rhythm of making and the repetition of stitches create a harmony within my art practice. Thread, lace, metal, and wood
are the props of both individual domesticity and collective social networks. I join together the points where individual and
social systems overlap, and where issues of sexuality, vitality, and death construct meaningful relationships, and find
release.
Guerilla crochet projects around New York City involve ideas of graffiti, urbanization, and woman’s work. I use organic webbed
shapes and materials combined with hand work to take back the urban landscape. My art challenges gender assumptions by weaving
feminine lace work into the crevices and spaces of masculine urban landscapes, such as the fire-retardant metal of a fire escape, the
hard wood of a park bench, and the chain link fences attached to bridges. The web highlights the unique and man-made nature of
both structures.
Other pieces use detailed hand work to focus on the skin and healing by mending. Cotton burnt in a traditional lace motif are
patched and re-patched repeatedly in a mending process that never heals. Delicate emptiness, patterns, layers, and veils discuss ideas
of lace that conceal and reveal simultaneously.
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