World of Threads Festival

Solo Shows: Part 2

2016 Exhibition: Artwork

With this exhibit we entered a world where variety, innovation and sustained vision had the upper hand. Featuring the work of 19 artists from very different aesthetic and cultural traditions.

 

Artists in Solo Shows Part 2:

Katia Bulbenko, Sung Ja Kim Chisholm, Roxanna Kantarjian, Frances Keay, Lindsey Marshall, Hannah P Rotchild and Gerri Spilka.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Gerri Spilka

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Installation view.
Installation view.
Installation view.
Installation view.
Interactions #28, detail, 2015, 92” H x 96” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #28, detail, 2015, 92” H x 96” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #26, Pairing, detail, 2015, 86” H x 80” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #26, Pairing, detail, 2015, 86” H x 80” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions, detail 2015, 86” H x 80” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions, detail 2015, 86” H x 80” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #23, Sonambulance, detail, 2015, 91” H x 71” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #23, Sonambulance, detail, 2015, 91” H x 71” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #11, detail, 2015, 40” H x 40” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #11, detail, 2015, 40” H x 40” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #27: Head to Head, detail, 2015, 92” H x 90” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.
Interactions #27: Head to Head, detail, 2015, 92” H x 90” W, cotton commercial and hand-dyed fabric, cotton and wool batting. Machine pieced quilt designed and machine pieced by Gerri Spilka; quilting is denoted by Gerri Spilka; machine quilting by Marina Baudoin.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate

  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

  • Canada: Ontario: Ancaster: Hana Pinthus Rotchild, Toronto: Sung Ja Kim Chisholm, Roxanna Kantarjian.
  • England: County Durham: Durham: Frances Keay, Shopshire: Shrewsbury: Lindsey Marshall.
  • USA:  New Jersey: Weehawken: Katia Bulbenko.  Pennsylvania: Philadelphia: Gerri Spilka.

Katia Bulbenko

Weehawken, New Jersey, USA

Wink, 2015, 30 H x 22 W x 5 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, machine stitching, hand sewn glass beads. Technique: painted and sewn assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Wink, 2015, 30 H x 22 W x 5 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, machine stitching, hand sewn glass beads. Technique: painted and sewn assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Zephyr, 2015, 22 H x 22 W x 4 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Zephyr, 2015, 22 H x 22 W x 4 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Lush, 2015, 28 H x 30 W x 4 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Canvas mounted on stretchers.
Lush, 2015, 28 H x 30 W x 4 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Canvas mounted on stretchers.
Glade, 2015, 31 H x 22 W x 6 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, inkjet print on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Glade, 2015, 31 H x 22 W x 6 D cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, inkjet print on silk. Technique: painted assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Source, 2015, 40 H x 28 W x 5 cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, inkjet print on silk, paper, hand stitching, machine stitching. Technique: painted and sewn assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.
Source, 2015, 40 H x 28 W x 5 cm, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood, silk dyes on silk, inkjet print on silk, paper, hand stitching, machine stitching. Technique: painted and sewn assemblage. Mounted on stretchers.

Gallery

  • The Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.

City

  • Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

  • Oct. 29 - Nov. 27, 2016

Hannah P Rotchild

St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada

Instllation view.
Instllation view.
Cocoons, 2016, Medium: thread. Technique: thread molding and thread weaving.
Cocoons, 2016, Medium: thread. Technique: thread molding and thread weaving.

Roxanna Kantarjian

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"Out of the Indigo Sky", 2015, 7 ft. sq. x 7 ft. sq., 100 % cotton, machine pieced, machine quilted.
"Out of the Indigo Sky", 2015, 7 ft. sq. x 7 ft. sq., 100 % cotton, machine pieced, machine quilted.
Out of the Indigo Sky, detail.
Out of the Indigo Sky, detail.
Installation view.
Installation view.
Out of the Indigo Sky, detail.
Out of the Indigo Sky, detail.

Sung J Kim Chisholm

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster.
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Pages from Life's Journey, detail.
Installation view.
Installation view.
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster.
Pages from Life's Journey, Date: Fall 2015 / Spring 2016 Dimensions: 18" x 24" (all are same size), Medium: Mixed - Plaster & Fabric Technique: Sculpturing of Fabric by use of Plaster.
Installation view.
Installation view.

Frances Keay

Durham, England

Abu Dhabi Flowering, group: pink, yellow, navy blue, sky blue. Wool blanket, recycled, procian dyes, embroidery silks, batik wax, canvas cotton, procian dyes, cotton thread.
Abu Dhabi Flowering, group: pink, yellow, navy blue, sky blue. Wool blanket, recycled, procian dyes, embroidery silks, batik wax, canvas cotton, procian dyes, cotton thread.
Abu Dhabi Flowering, yellow, detail.
Abu Dhabi Flowering, yellow, detail.

Lindsey Marshall

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Resinous Dazzle, 2015, 4 panels - each panel 181 H x 25 W x 0.2 D (total width 160cms with spacing between panels), linen/cotton warp, mixed weft including: cotton, linen, wool, silk, metallic thread, technique: haute-lisse woven tapestry.
Resinous Dazzle, 2015, 4 panels - each panel 181 H x 25 W x 0.2 D (total width 160cms with spacing between panels), linen/cotton warp, mixed weft including: cotton, linen, wool, silk, metallic thread, technique: haute-lisse woven tapestry.
Left: Red Onion KIss. Centre: Night Light. Right: Sensual. Haute-lisse woven tapestries.
Left: Red Onion KIss. Centre: Night Light. Right: Sensual. Haute-lisse woven tapestries.

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Authors