Karin Birch :: Embroidery

Contemporary hand embroidery and painting. A record of exhibitions, new work, available work and works in public/ private collections.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Excerpt from the review of "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery " in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter 2007/2008

Posted by Karin Birch at 12:34 PM

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Work In Permanent Collections

Boston Museum of Fine Art
Tashkent Embassy
Renwick Gallery, Washington DC

About the Artist

Karin Birch: works in a hybrid medium combining hand embroidery and hand stitched beadwork with acrylic paint as a medium for making art for over three decades. The act of hand stitching thread and beads is a slow and repetitive process that affords the space for uninterrupted thought. The act of painting is spontaneous, in the moment, physical movement. Combining these two opposite states gives form to endless exploration into the mystery of being. I work intuitively, mining personal experiences, energy, movement, nature and the occasional external interruptions of politics. I use this medium of minutiae as a practice for connecting with the vastness.

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Links to Articles about Karin's Work

A Force of Nature, Home and Design Magazine Summer 2011
Fiberarts Magazine by Pat Goslee (Jan/Feb 05)
American Craft Magazine (Dec 04/Jan 05)
Surface Design Journal (Winter 2001) by Bonnie Lee Holland

links to Reviews of Karin Birch's work

Modern Reston, Bead review.
Washington Post's review of "BEAD"
"Extreme Embroidery @ MAD" White Hot Magazine of Contemporary Art (Feb 08)
"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery" Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot (Winter 2007/2008)
"Painting with Thread" The Purl Bee (March 07)
"2006 International Fiber Biennial" PaMdora's Box (April 06)
"Seeds: Energy Born of Opposites", Washington Post Review (Dec. 05)
"Divine Synthesis" The Philadelphia Inquirer (Feb 05)
" Art that Works" Washington Post Review (Jan. 05)
"Delicious Garden" at MAP, Baltimore City Paper (June 02)

links to more work

Maryland State Arts Council
Arts in Embassies

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Surface Tension, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD

2021
A Way Home, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Speaking to the Sky, NOMA Gallery, Frederick MD.

2019
Stillness, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA.
2018
Embroidered Truths, NOMA Gallery Frederick MD
2017
Abstract Embroideries, Volt Restaurant , Frederick, MD.
2016
Weather, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD.
2014
Recent Works, Artique Underground, Frederick MD
2011
Meaning in Abeyance, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC
2007
Advance & Retreat, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. Review, News Journal of Delaware, July 3.
2005
Transition, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA. Review. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11.
2002
Delicious Garden, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD. Review Baltimore City
Paper, June 26.
2000
Arranging Space, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel MD. Review Surface Design Journal, Winter 2001 issue.
1998
Winter Cycle, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville MD. Review The Gaithersburg.
Gazette, January 28
1994
XXO, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD. Review Carroll County
Times, November 5.
1993
Threads and Beads, Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery, Frederick Community
College, Frederick MD. Review The New Paper, April 21.

Group & Two Person Exhibitions

2024

Maryland Muse: A Tapestry of Inspiration, curated by MSAC and Art in Treasured Spaces, Maryland Treasury, Annapolis, MD

National Juried Exhibition, Curated by Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD.

Ephemeral//Enduring, Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD

2023
Warp & Weft, Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Columbia, MD
2023 MSAC Triennial, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2022
No Limits, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD.
Sisterhood: Fine Craft, The Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD.
Remembering: Karin Birch and Linda Popp, Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD.
Handcrafted, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg MD.
2021
Micro Gallery: Karin Birch and Lisa Sheirer, Y Arts Center, Frederick MD.
Maryland Regional Virtual Exhibition Series #1 Capital Maryland, Maryland State Arts Council.
Bloom, Curated by Rula Jones, Gallery 115, Frederick, MD.
2020
Material Women, curated by Shanti Norris, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
2019
Strictly Painting 12, curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA. Honorable Mention.
Artists' Invitational 2019, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD
2018
Textures & Textiles, Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD
2017
Birch, Mickey, Sheirer : Thread, Clay, Pixel, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD.
Slant Light, Poets & Artists, 505 North Gallery & Studio, Frederick, MD.
2015
Bead, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston VA
2014
Transformations: from one thing to another McLean Project For The Arts, McLean VA
What A Stitch, Garvers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Artomatic@Frederick, Frederick MD
Threads: Contemporary Embroidery, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, NY
2012
Hillyer Art Space, Auction Gala & Alumni Retrospective
Washington, DC. Catalog
7th Annual Bead Invitational, Pismo Fine Art Glass Gallery
Denver,CO
8th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery
Philadelphia, PA. Part of FiberPhiladelphia2012
2010
Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman Works Gallery
The Art of the Stitch Invitational, Visions Art Museum
San Diego, CA
SOFA New York, Synderman- Works Gallery
7th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2009
SOFA New York, Snyderman -Works Gallery
2008
Philadelphia Meets Baltimore: Concepts and Preceptions, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University.
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery
SOFA New York, Snyderman-Works Gallery
6th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
2007
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts & Design, NY, NY.
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery, www.sofaexpo.com
Landscape & Nature: A View from Maryland, Maryland- Kanagawa Anniversary Exhibition Maryland Sister States Program.
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, American Embassy in bujumbura, Burundi
2006
MAP @25, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.
International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Philip Barlow: Karin Birch, Kebedech Tekleab, Elizabeth L. Morissete, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, washington DC
2005
Seeds: works by Karin Birch and Gail Gorlitzz, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA. Review, Washington Post, December 16.
Fiber- A New World View, National Gallery of the Craft Council of Ireland, Kilkenny Ireland.
State of the Arts, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. Reviewed, Washington Post, January 21.
The Evocative Surface, 4 person show, Glenview Mansion, Rockville MD.
SOFA NYC, Snyderman-Works Gallery
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery
2004
Explorations, Maryland State Arts Council Gallery, Baltimore MD.
100 Doves, Invitational, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown MD.
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
SOFA NYC, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, American Embassy in Sri Lanka.
Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
2003
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
SOFA NYC, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
Couplets, poet/ artist collaboration, SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO. Review, Kansas City Pitch.
Maryland Women in the Arts, Karin Birch, Joyce Scott & Joyce Michaud, exhibition/ lecture, Hood College, Frederick, MD.
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, American Embassy in Ghana.
2002
“SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
SOFA NYC, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
Stitched Paintings: Embroidery in the 21st Century, DCCA, Wilmington, DE. Reviewed, Philadelphia Inquirer January 31 & Surface Design Journal, Fall 2003.
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, American Embassy in Brunei.
The Audacious Bead, The Bead Museum, Washington DC.
Survey 2002, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA. Catalog. Reviewed, Surface Design Journal, Winter.
2001
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery.
Fiber Reflections, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson MD.
All Media Juried Exhibition, Arlington Art Center, Arlington VA
2000
Uncommon Threads, invitational, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington MD, Catalog. Reviewed, Washington Post, Oct. 26.
Beadwork International, The Dairy Barn, Athens OH, traveling, catalog.
Beadwork in America, invitational, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln NA, traveling, catalog. Reviewed, Lincoln Journal Star & World- Herald, Feb.
Craft National 34, Zollar Gallery, State College PA.
All Media Juried Show 2000, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington VA. Reviewed Washington Post, Feb. 4.
1999
Fiber Internation'99, Pittsburgh PA. Catalog
1998
Beaded Dreams, Future Visions, The Goldstein Gallery, St Paul MN. Review, Beadwork Magazine , Summer
1997
James Renwick Alliance Fall Studio Tour, Frederick County MD
Corcoran Alumni Hemicycle Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Fiberarts International'97, Pittsburgh PA
Craft National 31, Zollar Gallery, State College, PA
1996
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
SeedDreams, Beaded Visions, The Goldstein Gallery, St. Paul MN
1995
12" x 12" x 12", Rockville Arts Place, rockville MD. Reviewed, Articulate Magazine, Jan/Feb
Karin Birch & Andrea McCluskey, The Artist's Gallery, Frederick MD. Reviewed, Koan Magazine, Washington D.C.
1994
Craft Collection 1994, Strathmore HallArts Center, Rockville MD
Mid-Atlantic Craft Exhibition, Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State University, Towson MD

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