Born:
Germany, 1962
Education:
Fachschule für Sozialpaedagogik 1984
Travel experience:
- China
- Bahamas
- Israel, traveled extensively and purchased hand spun yarn form Nomads in the desert which I knitted into a pillowcase( never got rid of the strong odor) 1984
- Indonesia, taught german children and fell in love with batik 1985
- Singapore, witnessed an interesting mix of western fashion and beautiful batiks you could buy at local markets 1985
- England, I mostly knitted with local yarns form shops and visited wool mills in Scotland 1986
Artistic training:
Weaving and Design classes, Southwest School of Art 2010- 2012
Weaving classes, Southwest School of Art & Craft 1992-1995
Spinning and dying workshops, San Antonio Handweavers Guild 1993-1994
Art classes during high school and college 1976-1982
Exhibitions:
go dot art crazy, SaySi small scale auction, San Antonio, 2012
Fiberwerkes, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Juried, Ingram, 2012
Texas Museum of Fiber Artist, Juried, Austin, 2011
Interwoven III / 18 Hands Gallery, Juried, Houston 2011
Fiber Artists of San Antonio Annual Exhibition, Juried, San Antonio 2011
Art Guild of Rural Texas, Juried, Fayetteville 2011
United in Textiles, Juried, Butridge Gallery, Austin 2011
All School Exhibition", Southwest School of Art, Juried, San Antonio 2011
All School Exhibition", Southwest School of Art, Juried, San Antonio 2010
Celtic Show, Juried, San Marcos Community Center 2009
Awards and honors:
All School Exhibition", Southwest School of Art, Juried, Best of Fiber 2010
Publication:
"Touching Fiber Arts" by Carol Ikard and Jacque Smith
"Having returned to weaving after a long absence, I find myself inspired by Bauhaus Weavers. Most of these women entered the Bauhaus Community thinking they would produce art like the men using glass, metal and all the media we associate with the Bauhaus period. They were forced into weaving and having taught themselves how to weave, created from it beautiful and unique works of art.
Most of the materials I normally use are hand dyed or hand spun. This yields an individuality to a medium traditionally bound by uniformity." |
