Thoma Ewen "Offering at the Spider Rock
Thomas Cronenberg - "Fernweh"
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Krystyna Sadej - "Red Spider Dance" Ixchel Suarez - "Man of a thousand faces" |
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| Ewa Bartosz-Mazus - "Beside Each Other" |
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| Monique Lehman - "Mattew Stepanek the American Hero" |
Woven Bridges demonstrates the very strong connection between Canadian, American and European artists who share the same interest and love of tapestry weaving. This exhibition comprehensively demonstrates the dynamic field of contemporary woven textile art, in which a rich variety of materials, diverse techniques and experimental forms can produce works of striking diversity and originality, combining humour and seriousness, recycling, and reflections on the nature of everyday life.
Thoma Ewen ~ has been exhibiting her tapestries nationally and internationally for more than 35 years. She designs and weaves site-specific tapestries for residential and public spaces, directs Community Tapestry Projects and Artist-in-the-Schools projects, and teaches tapestry workshops at Moon Rain Centre, in Val des Monts, Quebec.
Thoma recently directed The Vision Weave Project for the City of Ottawa’s Albion-Heatherington Community Centre.
Thomas Cronenberg ~ is one of the leading contemporary tapestry artists in Europe today. His works are autobiographical memoires and technical masterpieces. A many time recipient of awards and prizes, Thomas has exhibited all over Europe and the United States, and is also the English language editor of the renowned Textile Forum Magazine, and a director of the European Tapestry Network.
Monique Lehman from Pasadena, USA, shows her sensational contemporary tapestries of landscapes, people and nature. She is an established artist who won numerous art awards. She exhibited her tapestries in many individual and group Art Shows in US, China, and in Europe.
Ewa Bartosz-Mazus ~ creates extraordinary two and three-dimensional tapestries which are personal expressions and reflections of her life. Ewa is an established international tapestry artist and an art teacher who exhibits in Europe, Canada and the US.
She lives in Zakopane, Poland.
Krystyna Sadej ~ is an accomplished contemporary tapestry artist whose unique experimental work incorporates a dynamic range of textures, designs, colors and materials. Her use of recycled materials transcends art activism, creating beauty out of environmental waste. Krystyna’s works of woven art have been exhibited in Korea, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Canada and the US. She lives in Navan, Ontario and teaches at the Ottawa School of Art’s Orleans Campus.
Ixchel Suarez ~ exhibits dramatic woven art, remarkable in color and form that is giving a flamboyant impression. She is a talented art weaver, a lecturer, workshop leader and teacher who originally came from Mexico. She is a docent at the textile Museum of Canada and Founder of Oakville Tapestry and Painting Studios. Ixchel participated in numerous art shows in Mexico, Canada, Poland, France and US.
Thoma, Krystyna, Ewa, Monique, Ixchel and Thomas display a lively woven language out of soft and rough textural structures. Together, their work presents an energetic dialogue of cross-cultural vision that communicates possibility and an open-ended approach to experimental woven art.
