"My work reflects my concerns about the world we live in – a world fraught with the results of inequities, beset by senseless violence in the name of a "greater good", people in pain, the degradation of the environment, and our increasing psychological isolation from one another. I draw on my Jewish heritage, old family photos, the mystical side of world religions, and my personal experiences to develop an iconography to express my passionate concern.  The familiarity and non-threatening nature of textiles allows me to seduce the viewer into taking a closer look at preconceived assumptions and, perhaps, to make changes."

For a list of exhibitions at public institutions featuring Barbara Heller's works, click here