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Karin Birch Fiber Art

Experimental Hand Embroidery, A record of exhibitions, new work and works in public/ private collections. For day to day goings on, follow the link to KarinBirch::Sewn

Monday, January 21, 2008

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

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Heading to the "6th International Fiber Biennial"

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Labels: "Sea Wall" c. 2007 Karin Birch
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links to other Karin Birch stuff

  • Karin Birch :: Sewn
  • Karin's Etsy Shop
  • Transition Series Note Cards
  • Pen & Ink note cards by Karin Birch

Available Work

About the Artist

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Karin Birch
has been using hand embroidery and hand stitched beadwork combined with acrylic paint as a medium for Art making for twenty years. 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 in to 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

  • Fiberarts Magazine by Pat Goslee (Jan/Feb 05)
  • American Craft Magazine (Dec 04/Jan 05)

links to Reviews of Karin Birch's work

  • "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 related Reviews

  • "Not Your Grandma's Needle Work", Smithsonian.com (April/08)
  • "Art: Stretching 'fiber' to the max", Philadelphia Inquirer (March 08)
  • "Fiber Art in growth Mode", Philadelphia Inquirer (March 08)
  • "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery" Art News (Feb.08)
  • "MOMA has no Monopoly on Art" the Wall Street Journal (Feb 14, 08)
  • "Pricked" American Craft Magazine (Feb/March08)
  • "Pricked" Studio International, UK (Jan. 08)
  • "Pricked" New York Times Review (Jan. 08)
  • "Pricked" Village Voice (Nov. 07)
  • "Pricked" Greenjeans, blog (Dec. 07)

links to more work

  • Maryland State Arts Council
  • Snyderman-Works Gallery
  • Arts in Embassies

Work in Public/ Private Collections

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Blog Archive

  • ►  2009 (2)
    • ►  October (1)
      • New Work
    • ►  March (1)
      • "The Marriage"
  • ▼  2008 (8)
    • ►  September (1)
      • New Work at SOFA CHICAGO 2008
    • ►  June (1)
      • Invitation for summer show in Baltimore
    • ►  May (1)
      • New Work on view at Towson University, July 10 - A...
    • ►  March (1)
      • Fiber Philadelphia March & April 2008
    • ►  February (2)
      • "6th International Fiber Biennial" invite
      • New Work at the "6th International Fiber Biennial"...
    • ▼  January (2)
      • Excerpt from the review of "Pricked: Extreme Embro...
      • Heading to the "6th International Fiber Biennial"
  • ►  2007 (3)
    • ►  November (1)
      • Museum of Art & Design invite
    • ►  September (2)
      • Shown at SOFA Chicago 2007
      • at the Museum of Arts and Design 2007/2008 in "Pri...
 

Solo Exhibitions

2007
"Advance & Retreat", Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. Review, News Journal of Delaware, July 3.
2005
“Transition” Solo Exhibition, 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.

Select Group Exhibitions

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
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” and “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” and “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” and “SOFA NYC”, Snyderman.
”Couplets” poet/ artist collaboration, SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO. Review, Kansas City Pitch.
“Maryland Women in the Arts”, 3-person exhibition/ lecture, Hood College, Frederick, MD.
“Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State”, American Embassy in Ghana.
2002
“SOFA Chicago” and “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.


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