World of Threads Festival
Festival Artwork Greatest Hits
Get to know the World of Threads Festival through a curated selection of some of the most memorable and noteworthy gallery shows and artworks from Festival in 2018 to 2007. This includes highlights from all our major exhibitions, solo shows and installations. Over the decade we have exhibited thousands of artworks by hundreds of artists from around the world. Click the buttons to see the full exhibitions and all artworks and artists.
Photography by Gareth Bate
Flow, 2018
Installation view: Flow Exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Installation view: Flow Exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Tina Struthers, Untamed, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Tina Struthers, Untamed, detail, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Ragnhild Monsen, Defragmentation White and Black, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Installation view: Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Helena Schaffer, Black Crow Blues, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Hazel Bruce, Space Pattern, Place 2, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Mary-Anne Wensley, Nets, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Elise Vazelakis, Repetitive Stillness, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Suzy Martins, Waking Dream, Tea Bag Dress, Flow exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Synchronistic Curating
Something that's different about World of Threads Festival is that we let the art guide us. Festival curators Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman don't have predetermined curatorial ideas or impose our concepts on the artists. Each new festival is a blank slate. Shows develop entirely out of the submissions we receive.
To find our main exhibitions we look for connections and common themes between thousands of artworks. These works were made by hundreds of artists from around the world. Often artists seem to be on the same wavelength during a particular period. Over time, through many hours of sorting through artworks, the exhibition themes just emerge and become clear to us. This method has been very successful and resulted in compelling and unique exhibitions.
Quiet Zone, 2012
Installation view: Quiet Zone Exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Installation view: Quiet Zone Exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Catherine Dormor, Shimmer, Quiet Zone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Yael Brotman, Teardrop, Quiet Zone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Maggie Tchir and Kathleen Hill, Earth Nest, Quiet Zone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Saidhbhin Gibson, Woven Bars Underbelly, Quiet Zone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Rochelle Rubinstein, House of Learning, Quiet Zone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Amorphous, 2023
Installation view: Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deborah Kruger, Devotional, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Deborah Kruger, Devotional, detail, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Gretchen Jankowski, Midwest, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Sonja Czekalski, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Melanie Siegel, Burning Earth, detail, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Melanie Siegel, Burning Earth, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Hannah Rothschild, Whispers of Faraway Places, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Kate Sellar, Woven Fortress series, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Gretchen Jankowski, California Dreaming, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Elaine Whittaker, Between Us, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Darilyn Bennett, Cascade, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Darilyn Bennett, Cascade, detail, Amorphous exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
The Red and the Black, 2014
The Red and the Black Exhibition, installation view.
Christine Mauersberger, Timelines, The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Denise Lithgow, Tracks, Pebbles, Rocks, The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Installation view: The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Mary Grisey, Cradling in Ruins, The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Xiaojing Yan, Wave 4, The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Miriam Medrez, untitled, The Red and the Black exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Cosmic Geometry, 2016
Installation view: Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Gwen Lowery, Corona II, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Elaine Whittaker, Tethered, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Heather Macali, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Robert Davidovitz, Wave 9, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Frances Solar, Vessels, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Kristina Daukintyte Aas, Engine Pattern, Cosmic Geometry exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installations Part 1: 2023
Installation view: artwork in the Display Area Gallery, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installation view: artwork in the Display Area Gallery, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Bonnie J Smith, Pacific Ocean, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Brigitte Amarger, Etoffe de la Peau, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Theda Sandiford, Blackity Black Blanket, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Installations Part 2: 2023
Judith E Martin, Time, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Boisali Biswas, Diaphanous Illusions, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Elaine Whittaker and Kelley Aitken, Filamentos, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Elaine Whittaker and Kelley Aitken, Filamentos, detail, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Judy Major-Girardin, Flow, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Barbara Cook, Cycles of Life, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorna Livey, Safety in Numbers, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Barbara Cook, Cycles of Life, detail, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Lorna Livey, Safety in Numbers, detail, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Memento mori, 2009
Installation view: Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Lisa Brunetta, The Fisher, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Camilla Geary-Martin, Shrouds, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Lllly Otasevic, Spring, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Megan Bostic, The First Year of Grief, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Nicole Collins, Cohobate, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Wendy O'Brien, Guardian 2, Momento mori exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things), 2012
Installation view: De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things) Exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Emily Jan, Durer's Rhinoceros, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Jodi Colella, Receptor, What Looks Like and Elephant, and Marrow, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Emily Jan, Dikdik Ghost Dikdik, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Jillian MacLachlan, The Anatomical Self, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Ixchel Suarez, Scars from Nature, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Ixchel Suarez, Memories of a Birch Tree, De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
In Between Presence and Absence, 2023
Sun Young Kang, In Between Presence and Absence exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Sun Young Kang, In Between Presence and Absence exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Late in the Season, 2016
Penelope Stewart, Cleave a Path in the Wilderness, Late in the Season exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Eszter Bornemisza, Late in the Season exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Solo Shows, 2023-24
Installation view: Current Conditions series, BR Goldstein, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Robin Wiltse, Fear Fate and the Twelth Labour of Hercules, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Svetlana Turov, Sundown Regatta I, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Loretta Faveri, Captured Moments blue, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Suzanna Paquette, Fracture, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Roxanna Kantarjian, Mysterious Veil I, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2023-24.
Solo Shows, 2018
Lorraine Roy, Call of the Heart, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Sarabeth Trivino, Constellation II, detail, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Paulette Sauve, Lake Dwellers Sacred Cove and Lieu Sacre, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Paula Kovarik, Chaos Ensues, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Judy Martin, My Open Heart, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Anne Kelly, Corali, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Linda Kollofski, Pink Hibiscus, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Solo Shows, 2016
Installation view: Gerri Spilka, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Sung Ja Kim Chisholm, Pages from Life's Journey Series, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Carol Eckert, Palampore for a New Century, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Indigo, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Hotchkis, Rust Rose, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installations, 2016
Line Dufour, Fate, Destiny and Self Determination, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Marianne Kyryluk, Within Our Grasp, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Solo Shows, 2014
Maggie Scott, Towards the End, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Maggie Scott, Towards the End, detail, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Dorothy McGuinness, Octahedron and Tetrahedron, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Dorothy McGuinness, Icosahedron, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Liz Pead, Louis Riel The Church at Batoche, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Liz Pead, Louis Riel The Church at Batoche, detail, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Gwen Lowery, Shaw Storm, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Louise Lemieux Berube, installation view, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Barbara Schneider, installation view, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Leslie Pearson, Diary of My Mind, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
THREADSpace: Threading the 3rd Dimension, 2012
Installation view: THREADSpace, Threading the 3rd Dimension exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Catherine Dormor, Becoming, THREADSpace exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Camilla Geary-Martin, String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, THREADSpace exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Marie Bergstedt, French Connection, THREADSpace exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Judy Michelle Young, Box 1, THREADSpace exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Installations, 2014
Judy Martin, Not to Know but to Go On, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Judy Martin, Not to Know but to Go On, detail, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Melanie Siegel, Winter, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Jacqueline Treloar, Corono Magan Puer, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Karen Goetzinger, A State of Transparency, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2014.
James Arendt, installation view, Solo Shows, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Myth Making, 2012
Installation view: Maximo Laura, Myth Making exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Maximo Laura, Cosmos Interior, Myth Making exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Noelle Morical, Time Doesn't go Anywhere, Myth Making exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Maximo Laura, Armonia en el Hagar, Myth Making exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Installations, 2018
Eszter Bornemisza, You Are Here, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Hannah P Rotchild, Stav, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Installation view: Sarah Waters, Solo Shows World of Threads Festival 2018.
Cas Holmes, Trees, Installations, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Botanical Realm, 2023
Ellen Ramsey, Satori, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Installation view: Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Rosemary Pucholt, English Garden, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Ragnhild Monsen, Butterfly Days, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Leisa Rich, In Search of Eden, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Sandra Dammizio, Reimagined, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Susan Moran, Incantation, Botanical Realm exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Judith Scott, 2016
Installation view: Judith Scott, Judith Scott exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Judith Scott, detail, Judith Scott exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Material Connections, 2012
Xiaojing Yan, Cloudscape, Material Connections exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Installation view: Material Connections exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
The Last Supper, 2012
Carmelo Arnoldin, The Last Supper, The Last Supper exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Carmelo Arnoldin, The Last Supper, detail, The Last Supper exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Variegated Threads, 2012
Marie Bergstedt, Mikey of Mallory, Variegated Threads exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Marie Bergstedt, Mikey of Mallory, detail, Variegated Threads exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Micaela Fitzsimmons, The Road Home, Variegated Threads exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Cat Walk II, 2016
Vinitha Sara John, Botanically Inspired Coat, Cat Walk II exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Marijke van Welzen, Still Life, Cat Walk II exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Pat Burns-Wendland, Lyric's Garden, Cat Walk II exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Insook Kim: Korean traditional wedding dress, 90x50 inch, embroidered on silk, 2013.
Insook Kim: Coronet for Wedding, 7x6x6 inch, embroidered on silk and decorated. 2013.
Strung out and undone, 2016
Amanda McCavour, Neon Field, Strung Out and Undone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Jacquelyn Royal, Detroit 3, Strung Out and Undone exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2014.
Quiet Zone II, 2016
Leisa Rich, Chrysalis unknown, Quiet Zone II exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Olena Chornohuz, Wind, Quiet Zone II exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, Quiet Zone 2 exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Shoko Fukuda, Reversal of Spiral, Quiet Zone 2 exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died? 2016
2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sharon Moodie, White Collar Boys, Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died? exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Emily Martin, Shoes, Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died? exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Asun Sanchez, Amy Winehouse, Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died? exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Fibre 3D, 2018
Melanie Chikofsky, Going Around in Circles, Fibre 3D exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Julia White, Water Temple 4 and 3. Fibre 3D exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Eva Ennist, Nesting Continue, Fibre 3D exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2018.
Common Thread International Part 3, 2009
Installation view: Common Thread International exhibition Part 3, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Keith W Bentley, Cauda Equina Common Thread International exhibition Part 3, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Common Thread International Part 1, 2009
Installation view: Common Thread International exhibition Part 1, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Rasma Noreikyte, Metis, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Fuyuke Matsubara, A Phase of Light, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Kazumi Shinomiya, The Spirit, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Ulrikka Mokdad, Honours Victim, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Threads That Bind, 2009
Dawne Rudman, Samurai Sewdoku, Threads That Bind exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Judith Tinkl, Mother Nature, Threads That Bind exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2009.
Common Thread Exhibition, 2007
Dagmar Kovar, Evolution of Silence, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2007.
Installation view: Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2007.
Christine Mockett, Tree Prosthetic, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2007.
Christine Mockett, Tree Prosthetic, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2007.
Wendy Durfey, Rhythm 'n Blues, Common Thread exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2007.
