Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
lany @ lanyeila.com
Handwoven tapestry is a three-dimensional construction of individual threads into endless combinations of structure, texture and color. With it I seek to bind the particularity of the physical world with deeply rooted metaphor, and the spirits of fabric, sculpture and painting with the abstracting pixilation of digital media.
2011 | Small Tapestry International 2: Passages. Weaving Southwest, Taos, New Mexico, Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, and Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, Virginia. Juror: Kay Lawrence |
2010-2011 | American Tapestry Biennial 8. Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, and American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. Curator: Rebecca A. T. Stevens |
2010 | Dialogues: Tapestry and Human/Nature, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque New Mexico. Exhibit reviews by Mary Lane and Ellen Ramsey. |
2010 | Enchanted Pathways – Small Format Tapestry Exhibition, William and Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
2009-2010 | Connections: Small Tapestry International, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Juror: Jane Sauer |
2008-2009 | American Tapestry Biennial 7. Scarfone Hartley Gallery, Tampa, Florida and Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky. Juror: Susan Warner Keene |
2008 | 2008 Small Expressions, Handweaver’s Guild of America Convergence, Tampa, Florida |
2008 | Woven Gems - Small Format Tapestry Exhibition, TECO Building, Tampa, Florida |
2008 | Desert Tapestry Weavers, online exhibit |
2006-2007 | American Tapestry Biennial 6. Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bellevue Arts Museum, WA, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, California. Jurors: Shelly Goldsmith and Lotus Stack |
2006 | Grand Ideas - Small Format Tapestry Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan |