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LEXICON
2000
Shibori resist dyed and pieced silk pique
42" x 65"
$3800
LEXICON, DETAIL
OSCILLATIONS
2000
Shibori resist dyed and pieced silk pique
45" x 68"
$3400
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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Education
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Born
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Indiana
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Education:
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1966-7 Kyoto Art College, Kyoto, Japan; ceramics studies
1965 BA Mills College, Oakland, CA
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Travels:
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Visited major textile centers in Southeast Asia, India,
South America. Textile research in Japan.
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Exhibitions
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Solo:
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1999 Galerie Smend, Köln, Germany
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Group:
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1999 "Converging Cultures," Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1998 "Art of Wear: The Body Adorned," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1997 "The Fabric of Life: 150 Years of Northern California Fiber Art
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
1996 "The Kimono Inspiration," The Textile Museum, Washington D.C.
1993 "Recent Acquisitions," American Craft Museum, New York
1990 "Color, Light, Surface," Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York
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Selected Collections
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M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
American Craft Museum, New York
Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, New York
Takeda Kahei Shoten, Arimatsu, Japan
Aichi Shibori Research and Study Archive, Nagoya, Japan
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ARTIST STATEMENT
I think of fabric as conversation. It can be subtle, bold, witty, seductive. The shibori
resist dye techniques create intricate patterns which may be perused as a language or
script. I hope my own dialogue with the process, color and piecing will ultimately speak
to the viewer.
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