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1. Downtown Reflections, 2008, embroidery on damask, 3" x 4"
2. St. Anne’s, 2008, embroidery on cotton and silk appliqué, 3" x 4"
3. Fishtown Rec, 2008, embroidery on cotton appliqué, 3" x 4"
4. Berks & Girard, embroidery on cotton appliqué, 3" x 4"
5. Cabot & Montgomery, embroidery on cotton appliqué, 3" x 4"
6. Penn Treaty Park, embroidery on cotton and silk appliqué, 3" x 4"
7. Delaware Ave, embroidery on cotton and silk appliqué, 3" x 4"
8. Thompson Street Mural, (cityscape detail), embroidery and acrylic on cotton
and linen appliqué, 6" x 10"
9. Cityscape Installation, The Art Shop at Moore, November 2008, central image 22
panels, acrylic, embroidery on cotton, silk, and linen appliqué, 28" x 22"
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Water, Water Everywhere Installation
10. Water, Water Everywhere bedroom installation, embroidery on netting, embroidery
on silk, embroidery and screenprint on cotton
11. Catastrophe, bedhanging detail, embroidery on netting
12. A Deadly Miasma, bedhanging detail, embroidery on netting
13. Water, Water Everywhere breakfast room installation, silk, screenprint, crochet,
beads, embroidery on silk
14. Water Main Break, table centerpiece, metal pipe, silk, beads, screenprint
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Artist Statement
Water, Water Everywhere Installation at The Physick House Museum, Landmarks Contemporary Projects, The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, February 2008
This installation was created in response to the history of the house, its inhabitants, and events in Philadelphia history. The bedroom installation explores the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, a tropical disease that was carried up from Haiti by French colonial refugees and spread throughout Philadelphia by mosquitoes. The four-poster bed is hung with netting embroidered with text, “mosquitoes”, and a linear map of North America. The settee is adorned with a pillow screenprinted and stitched with a molecular image of the yellow fever virus. On the wall hangs an embroidered image of clouds.
The downstairs breakfast room installation brings us to present-day catastrophes. A cascade of silk and beads floods the room through the window, with crocheted and beaded foam trickling over the floor. The table is set with a broken water main pipe, sending another cascade onto the floor. On the wall is an embroidered map of Philadelphia, showing all of the former waterways that crossed our city.
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1. Mr. Hutchinsons’ Neighborhood, 2006, embroidery on cotton, 8” x 8”
2. Luxury Townhouses Coming Soon, 2006, embroidery on chenille, 8” x 8”
3. Fethiye, 2006, embroidery on cotton, 8” x 8”
4. Air, 2005, embroidery and transfer on taffeta, 8" x 8"
5. Mercury Poisoning, 2006, embroidery and transfer on silk, 8” x 8”
6. Delsea Drive, 2002, embroidery and acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"
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I work in embroidery for several reasons. I stitch everywhere:
on the train, on my lunchbreak, in front of the TV, even during
the sermon at church. The portability of embroidery makes
it possible for my art to be an integral part of my everyday
life. I do not have to save my ideas for when I have time
to be in the studio. The rhythm of stitching is meditative
and calming. Each stitch you see is evidence of my hand and
of my time, a precious commodity in this frantic age of technology.
As a traditionally female occupation, embroidery strengthens
my connection to my maternal ancestors. However, my use of
embroidery for fine art challenges the preconceptions associated
with the materials and techniques.
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| Education
2000
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, 2D Fine Arts major, Textile Design minor
Magna cum laude
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Professional Experience
2007-present
Instructor, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Residency Artist, Arts Bridges, Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, Philadelphia, PA
2001-present
Women’s
Caucus for Art
2001-2003
Philadelphia WCA Chapter Treasurer
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Collaborations
2008
Infinite Thread, a collaborative book with Michelle Wilson, handmade silk and cotton paper, letterpress, screenprint
2007-2008
The Rubia Quilt, a 40-panel quilt made in response to the work of Afghani women in collaboration with the Rubia Foundation and 25 women artists from around the country and the Women’s Caucus for Art. The quilt project was organized and assembled by Marie H. Elcin, and has traveled to exhibitions in NJ, PA, DE, DC, FL, OR, and MO.
2005
A Conversation With the Tree of Knowledge, collaborative
fiber and print installation with Michelle Wilson, exhibited at Highwire Gallery, Grace Episcopal
Church Merchantville Art & Faith Space, and Central Orlando
Baptist Church, Orlando, FL
2003-2004
Journey Book, collaborative book mailed repeatedly between
Michelle
Wilson in Philadelphia, and myself in Istanbul, Turkey
2003
Who We Are, collaborative book with 15 Philadelphia
WCA artists, book design by Marie H. Elcin, held in the collections
of the Sherman Art Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH:
the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt; The Free Library,
Philadelphia, PA; and the Bibliograph Collection, Montreal,
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Bibliography
2008
Rosof, Libby "Marie H. Elcin's Stitching Hour at Random Tea Room", artblog, Oct 19, 2008
Rosof, Libby "A fab fiber four: the first stitch", artblog, March 19, 2008
2007
“Art on the Avenue”, The Spirit vol 4 no 2, January 10, 2007
2006
Fallon, Libby “Put a Stitch in your Time - Philly Fiber Arts Month 2006”, artblog, April 20, 2006
2004
“Philadelphia WCA Chapter Exhibits Collaborative Book
Handmade Book ‘Who We Are’”, Philadelphia
Arts Writers Magazine, volume 2 issue 2, April 2004
2002
“Shiny and New”, Philadelphia City Paper,
Nov 21-27, 2002
“Moore Money”, Philadelphia Weekly,
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Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2008
Cityscape, window installation, The Art Shop at Moore, Philadelphia, PA
The Stitching Hour, The Random Tea House, Philadelphia, PA
Water, Water Everywhere, Physick House Museum, Landmarks Contemporary Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Quince, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Art & Faith Space, Grace Episcopal Church, Merchantville,
NJ
2001
Camden County Library, Voorhees, NJ
Group
2009
Women and Environment, Florissant Valley Contemporary art Gallery, St Louis, MO
Plastic at the Plastic, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
On the Fringe of Fiber, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Environmental Distress, The Redding Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Tension, Alumnae Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Stitch: Contemporary Fibers, B Square Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber Arts Philadelphia #5, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Birds, Art and Faith Space, Grace Episcopal Church, Merchantville, NJ
Fiber Arts Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Lewis Knauss, 2nd Prize
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial,
Philadelphia, PA
Sustenance: Creative Process & Dialogue, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Curator:
Graham Watson
Small Worlds, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Small Works show, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Diorama, Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Dress Project, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Fiber Artists, Da Vinci Art Alliance,
Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Kathryn Pannepacker
Light, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia,
PA
Alumnae Exhibition
Beginnings (Philadelphia WCA), Holy Family University,
Philadelphia, PA
Fiber Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia,
PA
Juried Exhibition
2005
Dissonance (Philadelphia WCA), Philadelphia Fringe
Festival, various locations
Exhibition Coordinator
Philly Books, Philly Women, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ
Making History: Here and Now (Philadelphia WCA),
Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project, a traveling
artist book exhibition throughout the United States and Canada
2003-2004
Art on Main, Bristol, VT
2003
Documenting Women’s Lives (D.C. WCA), Greenbelt
Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
Juried Exhibition
2002-2003
Grass Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002-present
The Art Shop, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia,
PA
2002
Small Worlds, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition, honorable mention
Art Cards, Alumni Deck of Cards and auction, Moore
College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Not so Pretty (Philadelphia WCA), Stedman Gallery,
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Creative Transitions: Connecting Art and Life (D.C.
WCA), Graffiti the Art Place, Kensington, MD
Juried Exhibition
Members Only (Philadelphia WCA), Cherry Street Tavern,
Philadelphia, PA
2001
Prospects, thesis presentation, Moore College of
Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Emerging Fiber Artists, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia,
PA
1997
Markheim Art Center, Haddonfield, NJ
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