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World of Threads Festival

2018 Solo Shows Part 3: Artwork

With this exhibit, we entered a world where variety, innovation and a sustained vision had the upper hand. Featuring the work of 20 artists from very different aesthetic and cultural traditions. Solo Shows was the festival's largest exhibit.

 

Artists in Solo Shows Part 3:

Marie Bergstedt, Mitch Chalifoux, Lisa Flowers, Sun Young Kang, Stewart Kelly, Jane LowBeer, Victoria Potrovitza, Paulette Sauve and Sarah Waters.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artwork

Sarah Waters

New Forest, Hampshire, England.

Sarah Waters: Monolith l, 2017, 220H, 90W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted. 
Monolith lV, 2017, 132H, 65W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith l, 2017, 220H, 90W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted. Monolith lV, 2017, 132H, 65W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, 2017, 203H, 80W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Monolith V, 2017, 245H, 83W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, 2017, 203H, 80W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted. Monolith V, 2017, 245H, 83W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith ll, 2017, 172H, 83W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted.
Monolith Vl, 2017, 190H, 80W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith ll, 2017, 172H, 83W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted. Monolith Vl, 2017, 190H, 80W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: installation view.
Sarah Waters: installation view.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, 2017, 203H, 80W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, 2017, 203H, 80W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, detail.
Sarah Waters: Monolith lll, detail.
Sarah Waters: Monolith l, detail.
Sarah Waters: Monolith l, detail.
Sarah Waters: Monolith l, 2017, 220H, 90W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted. 
Monolith lV, 2017, 132H, 65W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith l, 2017, 220H, 90W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted. Monolith lV, 2017, 132H, 65W, 2D cm, wool & cellulose, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith Vll, 2017, 192H, 78W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith Vll, 2017, 192H, 78W, 2D cm, wool, felted, mounted.
Sarah Waters: Monolith Vll, detail.
Sarah Waters: Monolith Vll, detail.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

  • Canada: Alberta: Edmonton: Mitch Chalifoux. Ontario: Dundas: Lorraine Roy, Manitoulin Island: Judy Martin, Richmond Hill: Melanie Siegel, Toronto: Jane LowBeer. Quebec: Chelsea: Carmella Karijo Rother, Montreal: Sarabeth Trivino, Vercheres: Paulette Sauve.
  • Netherlands: The Hague: Aliza Thomas. 
  • Sweden: Uppsala: Lis Korsgren. 
  • UK: Hampshire: New Forest: Sarah Waters. Kent: Tunbridge Wells: Anne Kelly. Manchester: Manchester: Stewart Kelly. 
  • USA: California: Berkley: Teddy Milder, Lancaster: Victoria Potrovitza, San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt. Idaho: Boise: Lisa Flowers Ross. Minnesota: Plymouth: Linda Kollofski. New Hampshire: Stratford: Wen Redmond. Tennessee: Memphis: Paula Kovarik.

Paulette Marie Sauve

Vercheres, Quebec, Canada

Paulette Sauve: Lake Dwellers and Lieu Sacre.
Paulette Sauve: Lake Dwellers and Lieu Sacre.
 Paulette Sauve: Lake Dwellers.
Paulette Sauve: Lake Dwellers.
Paulette Sauve: Lieu Sacre, detail.
Paulette Sauve: Lieu Sacre, detail.

Gallery

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

City

  • Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

  • Oct. 13 - Nov. 25, 2018

Jane LowBeer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jane LowBeer: The Morning, Happy Thing; 2016; 127 cm x 17.8 cm; drypoint printed on washi and rag paper, sewn collage; machine sewing and hand stitching; mounted on wood.
Jane LowBeer: The Morning, Happy Thing; 2016; 127 cm x 17.8 cm; drypoint printed on washi and rag paper, sewn collage; machine sewing and hand stitching; mounted on wood.
Jane LowBeer: The Morning, Happy Thing, detail.
Jane LowBeer: The Morning, Happy Thing, detail.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.
Jane LowBeer: Going to the Country; 2017; 86.5 cm x 15.25 cm; drypoint printed on washi and rag paper, sewn collage; machine sewing and hand stitching; mounted on wood.
Jane LowBeer: Going to the Country; 2017; 86.5 cm x 15.25 cm; drypoint printed on washi and rag paper, sewn collage; machine sewing and hand stitching; mounted on wood.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.
Jan LowBeer: installation view.

Victoria Potrovitza

Lancaster, California, USA

Victoria Potrovitza: Bridge Over the Silver Island.
Victoria Potrovitza: Bridge Over the Silver Island.
Victoria Potrovitza: Bridge Over the Silver Island, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: Bridge Over the Silver Island, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: No Exit.
Victoria Potrovitza: No Exit.
Victoria Potrovitza: Narrow Passage.
Victoria Potrovitza: Narrow Passage.
Victoria Potrovitza: Open Exit, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: Open Exit, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: Inside the Maze, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: Inside the Maze, detail.
Victoria Potrovitza: Twin Cities.
Victoria Potrovitza: Twin Cities.
Victoria Potrovitza: Crossing the Playground.
Victoria Potrovitza: Crossing the Playground.
Victoria Potrovitza: installation view.
Victoria Potrovitza: installation view.
Victoria Potrovitza: Complicated Exit.
Victoria Potrovitza: Complicated Exit.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 19.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 19.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 19, detail.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 19, detail.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 20.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 20.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 10.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 10.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 21.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 21.
Lisa Flowers: installation view.
Lisa Flowers: installation view.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 28.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 28.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 28, detail.
Lisa Flowers: Leaf Stack 28, detail.

Sun Young Kang

East Amherst, New York, USA

Sun Young Kang: Freezing Moments in Time 4
Sun Young Kang: Freezing Moments in Time 4
Sun Young Kang: installation view.
Sun Young Kang: installation view.

Marie Bergstedt

San Francisco, California, USA

Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, detail.
Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, detail.
Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, installation view.
Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, installation view.
Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, detail.
Marie Bergstedt: Breathe, detail.

Mitch Chalifoux

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mitch Chalifoux: Argyle
Mitch Chalifoux: Argyle
Mitch Chalifoux: Plaid
Mitch Chalifoux: Plaid
Camouflage
Camouflage
Mitch Chalifoux: installation view.
Mitch Chalifoux: installation view.
Mitch Chalifoux: installation view.
Mitch Chalifoux: installation view.

Artwork

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