Merja Winqvist
Born: 1949, Finland
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6mw BLUE ONE
paper, glue, shellac,
cotton yarn
5« x 1«-1«« x 7««
$9,400
3mw CAPSULE
paper, glue, shellac,
cotton yarn in plexibox
11” x 8” x 8”
$1,500
5mw HORN
paper, glue, shellac, cotton yarn in plexibox, 6Õ x 16Ó x 4Ó, $5,000 plus shipping
Selected permanent collections:
Church of Finland Art Collections: Laajasalo Church Helsinki; Paper Art Museum, Fredericia, Denmark; Finnish Embassies in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Berlin, Germany and Moscow, Russia; Ministries of Foreign Affairs Art Collection, Helsinki, Finland; Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Marketing Institute: Helsinki, Finland; Jyväskylä Provincial Archives; Finnish State Collections of Art: Ministry of Environmet, Helsinki, Finland, University of Joensuu, Savonlinna, Finland.
Awards:
Textile Artist of the Year 2003 (TEXO); Three-year grant for artistic work 2001-2003; First Prize Design Competition Savonlinna District 1996; Honour Diploma in Finland Designs Exhibition 1991; First prize, Textile Art Competition, Union Bank of Finland, 1987.
7mw ELF, paper, glue, shellac, cotton yarn, 7« x 11«« x 5«, $5,500
Cloth and Culture NOW
January 29, 2008 -
June 1, 2008Sainsbury Centre
for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ UK
T: 01603 593199
http://www.scva.org.uk
/planyourvisit/gettingtous/Whitworth Art Gallery,
University of Manchester
Autumn 2008
(additional venues in 2009)4mw BRIDGE
paper, glue, shellac, cotton yarn, 20Õ x 16Ó x 12ÓThe exhibition Cloth & Culture NOW brings together 35 artists from Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania and the UK, including Agneta Hobin, Merja Winquist and Sue Lawty. Textile has played an important role in the cultural identity of these countries and each of the artists is using that textile history to investigate the importance of specific cultural identity and trans-cultural influences in their work.
Most of the selected artists have made new work for the exhibition, reflecting the social, political and utilitarian history of textile within the context of shifting experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative based textiles, decorative textiles.g experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative-based textiles, decorative textiles.A 180-page book, Cloth and Culture NOW, has been published to accompany the exhibit. Order at http://www.clothandculturenow.com/book.html.
Tom Grotta
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