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Barbara Heller
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"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
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| Biography |
1969 BA Magna Cum Laude in Psychology, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
1975 Teaching Certificate in Art Education, the University of British Columbia
1979 Opened Fibre Art Studio on Granville Island, Vancouver
1990 Attended master classes with Muriel Nezhnie and with Archie Brennan
1993 Organized an international tapestry symposium, Making a Place for Tapestry, and produced
publication of the same name
1995 Founded Canadian Tapestry Network and began publishing quarterly newsletter
1998 Organized travelling exhibition Weaving Between the Lines
1999 Edited publication, Weaving Between the Lines: B.C. Tapestry on the Edge
2001 Co-curated the exhibition, Erosion, as part of Artropolis, an exhibit of contemporary B.C. art
2002 Organized American Tapestry Biennial 4, opening in Richmond and travelling to the U.S.
SOLO EXHIBTIONS:
2007 Dreams, Visions, Memories, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Comox Valley Art Centre, Comox BC
2006 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie AB
2005 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Alberta Crafts Council, Edmonton, AB
Cover Ups and Revelations, Fiber Art Center, Amherst MA
Cover Ups and revelations, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, CA
Cover Ups and Revelations, Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar, BC
2003 Cover Ups, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey
2002 Cover-ups and Revelations, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver
1995 Barbara Heller / B.C. Stars, University Women's Club, Vancouver
1992 Palimpsests, Voices from the Past, The Gallery at Temple Sholom, Vancouver
Broken Promises, Craft House Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1987 Inner Visions, Faculty Club Gallery, University of B.C., Vancouver
1984 Cats, Cradles, and Other Fascinations, Muttart Gallery, Calgary AB
1983 Cats, Cradles, and Other Fascinations, Shalom Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1977 Looking West, Unitarian Church, Vancouver
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Canadian Tapestry, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON
Narrative Tapestry, Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO
Work Over Time online exhibit at www.Americantapestryalliance.org
“Canadian Tapestry, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON
2006 Tzedakah, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Tapestry On the Edge Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle WA
2005 American Tapestry Biennial 5, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN
Weave Me This; Stories in Fiber, The Children’s Hospital, Denver Colorado
Karpit Two, Budapest, Hungary
Demise of Democracy, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
Findinghome, Canadian/Australian invitational travelling exhibition of tapestry
postcards touring Australia, and Canada in 2006
2004 Friends Across the Water: Canada/US/Japan, Yufuin Station Art Gallery, Japan
Synopsis@10, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ
The Artist as Shaman, international online symbolist art, www.dracoblu.com
Six of One…, The Assembly Gallery, Denver, CO
American Tapestry Biennial 5, Denver CO, and Guild, New Hampshire
2003 Thirty Years of Circle Craft, Vancouver, B.C.
2002 International Biennial of Contemporary Tapestry, Beauvais, France
Small Expressions, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
2001 Threads of Life, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver
Half-passed 12: Moments in Tapestry, The Fine Line Center, Saint Charles, IL
Artropolis, exhibition of contemporary B.C. art
2000 American Tapestry Biennial III, Cincinnati, OH and Denver, CO
Contemporary West Coast Tapestry, Seattle, WA
ITNET 2000: Tapestries at the Millennium – on-line juried exhibition
1999 Weaving Between the Lines, Alberta Crafts Gallery, Edmonton, AB
The Woven Image: 20th Century Tapestry, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Pacific Edge, Mendocino Art Center, CA and Coos Art Center, OR
Remembrances Toward Peace, St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church, Van.
1998 Weaving Between the Lines, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, and travelling
Tapestry Weavers West, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
Made by Hand – Silver Edition, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver
The Soft Wall, Winnipeg, MB
1997 Fiberart International '97, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
17th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
Canadian Craft Collection 1997, The Atrium, Hong Kong Bank, Vancouver
Weaving Between the Lines, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
1996 Passages: Tapestries of the Northwest, Oregon History Museum, Portland, OR
Strands of Time, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
High Fibre Diet, West Vancouver Ferry Building
1995 Destination tapisserie 1995, curated by M. Marois, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Ste. Foy, PQ
Vancouver Tapestry, Unitarian Church, Vancouver
A New View of Jewish Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Contemporary Tapestry: 1990 to the Present, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Tapestry Visions, international exhibit for Convergence 94, Saint Paul, MN
1993 1993 National Tapestry Invitational, N. Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
Northwest Tapestry 1993, Seattle WA, Portland, OR, and Richmond, BC
Fiberart International '93, Pittsburgh, PA
Making a Place for Tapestry, a show of Canadian tapestry, Granville Island, Vancouver
Contemporary Tapestry at the Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, CA
1992 Northern Lights, Signature Gallery, San Diego, California
Fibreworks '92, The Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario
1991 Tapestry from the Western Edge, Kelowna, Victoria, and Castlegar, BC Grande Prairie, AB
Human Presence, Human Absence, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
The Age of Chivalry, Anchorage Museum History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Human Shelter, four-person show, Center for Tapestry Arts, New York
Fiberart International 1991, Pittsburgh, PA
1990 International Tapestry Network (ITNET) First Exhibit, Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK
and travelling to other venues in the US
A Fine Line, miniature tapestries, OSAC, Portland, and the Center for Tapestry Arts, New York
Tapestry from the Western Edge, travelling to Prince George, B.C. and Toronto, ON
from the Western Edge: Four B.C. Artists, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver
Tapestry Now, Lukenbach Mill Gallery, PA
1988 Fibreworks 2, juried Canadian show, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge ON
Contemporary Artefacts, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
Small Expressions '88, miniature textiles, Sunday Afternoon Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Small Expressions '87, juried show of miniature textiles, San Jose, CA
A Canadian Collection '87, invitational show, Calgary, AB
Fibers Unlimited, exhibition Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA.
Out of Context, invitational show, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver BC
International Textile Fair '87, Kyoto, Japan
1986 Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary
Tapestry Canada, Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, and Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Panorama of Tapestry, juried show, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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