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Artist: Gwen Samuels
Medium: Textile
Wall Flowers
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The flowers in this installation are hybrids of other flowers. I liked the idea of creating my own flowers and being able to arrange them in different ways depend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Textile Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Transitioning
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Transitioning is part of my sculptural dress series. I was interested in experimenting with open and closed spaces and colors transitioning from yellow to pink. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Textile Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Pattern Bias
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This dress was is an early piece when I was beginning to make dresses and was learning about shaping them. I was also using a camera for my imagery not my 1-phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Textile Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Lip Service
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Lip service came about during sheltering in place. While visiting with my grandchildren it broke my heart that they could not see me sm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Textile Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Suspenders and Leggings
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Suspenders and Leggings is my most recent piece done while sheltering in place. While looking thru my reformatted imagery patterns I came across some buildings I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Textile Sculptures
Materials
Wire
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I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure.
Resume:
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Bard College 1986
Bachelor of Science in Art History
State University College at New Paltz 1977
Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons)
Columbia University, School of Architecture
Women’s Studio Workshop
TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie,NY
Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present
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Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent,
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Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition”
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999
First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95”
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995
Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994
Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition”
University of Bridgeport, CT 1993
Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture
Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93
Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture
Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91
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Textile sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Textile sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of pink, red, blue, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Ak Jansen, Lucy Sparrow, Ethan Meyer, and Gwen Samuels. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Textile sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available
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