Deborah Valoma
Born: 1955, Robinsdale, Minnesota
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21dv TWELVE TEARS
crocheted, river rock cotton string
16" x 16", 2002
$3,200 |
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18dv YAEL
copper wire, wove, patinated
60" x 35," 1998
$4,200
19dv MEDEA
copper wire, wove, patinated
60" x 35," 1998
$4,200
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17dv MY BLACKENED HEART
coiled, stitched, paper, India ink
waxed linen, wax, charcoal
8Ó x 10Ó x 8Ó, 2001
$1,700 |
Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues:
Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Made in California: 1900-2000); De Young Museum of Art, San Francisco, California; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Iowa (Needle Art, a Postmodern Sewing Circle – traveling exhibition); Gulbenkin Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Oliver Art Center, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland (Drop/Add); North Carolina State University Museum, Raleigh; Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland; Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan; Montclair State University, New Jersey (Art of Substance); Chair: Textile Program, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California. |
26dv Pebble Drop
paper, wire, india ink, wax, charcoal, twined
11.5Ó x 13Ó x 10Ó
2007
$1,800 |
Statement
I first learned to knit in Jerusalem from a Polish refugee of the Holocaust. I learned to stitch lace from my grandmother, descendant of Armenian survivors of the Turkish massacres. I learned to twine basketry from one of the few living masters of Native American basket weaving in California. These dedicated women tenaciously pass the threads of survival forward. When their memory fails, my hands remember. My hands trace the breathless pause when I teeter on the sharp edge of sorrow and beauty.
Deborah Valoma |
 22dv Detail THE SURGE |
To purchase the artwork of Deborah Valoma
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
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