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Mark
2004
Linen, Horsehair & Metal foil
36” x 36”
$6000
Mark, detail
FIVE WINDOWS
2005
Linen, Metal foil
29” x 60”
$8000
FIVE WINDOWS, detail
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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Education
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1963
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Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1960
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1955
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BS, Pharmacy, University of Havana, Cuba
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Professional Experience
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1995
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Professor Emeritus, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
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1972-95
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Professor and Chair Fiber Area, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, PA
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1991-92
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Visiting Professor, Chairperson Textile Area, San Francisco State University
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1968-70
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Artist in Residence, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
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Awards
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| 2006
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Flintridge Foundation Award Recipient
One of five California artists recognized whose work "demonstrates high artistic merit and a
distinctive voice for 20 or more years."
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Selected Exhibitions
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1998
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"Modus Operandi: A Survey of Contemporary Fiber", Snyderman/Works Galleries,
Philadelphia, PA
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"Defining Fiber", Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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"Fabricated from Flax", Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
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1997
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"Weaving Metaphors", Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
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1992
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Asheville Art Museum, Inqugual Exhibition, Asheville, NC
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Baylor University, Textile Invitational, Waco, TX
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1991
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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1986
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"Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical", American Crafts Museum, NY and traveling
nationally for two years
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1982
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Jacquard Textiles, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
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Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, NY
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Selected Public Collections
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Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
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Johnson Wax Collection, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY
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Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Indianapolis, IN
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E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. Wilmington, DE
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My current work reflects my interest in coded messages and record keeping as it
pertains to memorials. I am dealing with ideas, but I am also responding to the
immediate tactile involvement of doing. I am interested in both process and materials
as ways to build up an image and to encourage others to connect.
It is my intention to externalize both process and materials and their interaction in order
to transcend the theoretical and create a richer surface that is the focus of the work.
These works are made up of fine linen woven strips sewn together. Horsehair is
inserted as part of the woven structure to add stiffness and create an illusion of
movement and space. Paints and inks are used by direct application to the warp
threads prior to weaving or to the finished woven cloth. Thin strips of lead (recycled
from wine bottles) are cut and stitched to the strips in order to build up the surface and
to suggest language and written records.
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