48hh QUO VADIS wool 86" X 98", 1998 $45,000

58hh TAPESTRY CHROCHET I wool 41” x 41”, 2008 $36,000

Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (solo exhibition); Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York; Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan. American Craft Museum, New York, New York (Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical). Recipient: Medal, American Institute of Architects Craftsmanship; Prins Eugen Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Art, Sweden; Fellow: American Craft Council.

59hh SWEDISH FOREST, wool, 2.26m x 3.3m; 7.2’ x 10.8’ 2008, $120,000

Statement: For over 40 years, my aim has been to create tapestries for large public spaces. I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best architects and designers in the world. Large tapestries excel in architectural settings where the warmth, scale and texture of a strong tapestry can single handedly fill the need for the finish in a lobby. Simple solutions are often mutually beneficial. Working on commission, I find it stimulating to be part of a team that creates an overall feeling of a space. My challenge is to create a design that responds to the space, but is also guided by the needs of the client and the user of that space. In my experience, scaling up, inventing suitable weaving technique combinations, and developing the appropriate spun and dyed wool yarns, has served to contribute a lasting form of textile art, which also addresses a client’s specific architectural direction.                                                                                                             Helena Hernmarck

51-53hh TRUCK STUDIES, wool, linen and cotton, 15” x 14” x 7” each, 2000, $2,400

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