Kathyanne White
October 17-19, 2008
The textile assemblages of artist Kathyanne White have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States and abroad. White’s work has been shown in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana; the Snyderman Gallery in Philadelphia; the Vale Craft Gallery in Chicago; the Obsidian Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; the Eklecticos Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and the Nickle Art Museum, in Calgary, Alberta Canada.
In New York alone, White’s work has been shown at the Museum of Art and Design, the Museum of American Folk Art and the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, her artwork is in numerous private, public and corporate collections, including those of The Museum of Art and Design, New York City; J-Tron, Inc. in Anaheim, California; the Los Abrigados Resort in Sedona, Arizona; and the St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois.
White has been featured in a variety of arts publications including Fiber Arts, Surface, American Style, Folk Art Magazine, The Metropolitan Spirit, and Log Home Design Ideas. She has been named a “trendsetter” in Art Business News. White has also authored articles for American Quilter Magazine and Threads Magazine.
For more than 20-years, White has conducted workshops sponsored by professional arts organizations including the Quilters Surface Design Symposium in Columbus, Ohio; Maine Quilts; the Off the Wall Fiber Art and Wearable Guild in Atlanta, Georgia; Quilt Auckland and The Auckland Quiltmakers in New Zealand.
“My work is about opening up and going forward with the wealth of possibilities that flow from within. The interplay of the shapes and hand dyed colors are endless; the process of exploration leads me on unpredictable journeys.” Kathyanne White