Sheila Hicks
[5] Born during the Great Depression in Hastings, Nebraska, Sheila Hicks spent much of her early life on the road, with her father seeking work where he found it.Extensive experiences traveling, living, and working around the world continue to advance her exploration of textiles, the pliable and adaptable medium with which she is most closely associated.Captivated by structure, form, and color, she has looked to weaving cultures across the globe to shape her work at varying scales, from small hand-woven works called Minimes and wall hangings; to sculptural fiber piles like The Evolving Tapestry: He/She (1967–68); to monumental corporate commissions, among them Enchantillon: Medallion (1967), a prototype for an installation at New York’s Ford Foundation.More recently, Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column (2014) demonstrates Hicks’s intense fascination with experimental materials: a whirling structure of multicolored synthetic fibers cascades from the ceiling, as if breaking through from the sky above.A couple of years ago, I received an honorary doctorate from my school — I went to Yale in the '50s — and it made me very happy because it validated my choice to work and live as an artist.On April 13, 2023, Alison Jacques announced plans to expand the gallery's presence in London with a new location at 22 Cork Street – the new space will open with a solo show of new work by Sheila Hicks.These include transparent noodles, pieces of slate, razor clam shells, shirt collars, collected sample skeins of embroidery threads, rubber bands, shoelaces, and Carmelite-darned socks.
Guerrero, MexicoHastings, NebraskaYale School of ArtJosef AlbersRico LebrunBernard ChaetGeorge KublerGeorge Heard HamiltonVincent ScullyHerbert MatterNorman IvesGabor Peterdipre-IncaicJunius BirdTaxco el ViejoNational Autonomous University of MexicoMathias GoeritzLuis BarragánRicardo Legorreta VilchisRolleiflexFélix CandelaIrma BoomBard Graduate CenterThe Mint MuseumWomen in AbstractionCentre PompidouEnrique ZañartuFulbright ProgramAmerican Institute of ArchitectsAddison Gallery of American ArtThe Art Institute of ChicagoCentre Georges PompidouCleveland Museum of ArtCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumInstitute for Advanced StudyThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtMint MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonMuseum of Modern ArtMuseum of Nebraska ArtNational Crafts Museum (Japan)National Gallery of ArtNational Museum of Modern Art, KyotoPérez Art Museum MiamiPhiladelphia Museum of ArtSmart Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumStedelijk MuseumTate MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumWadsworth AtheneumYale Art GalleryFiber artTapestrySculptureAmerican Craft Council College of FellowsAdda Husted AndersenDorothy MeredithEd RossbachFrans WildenhainHarvey LittletonLenore TawneyLili BlumenauPeter VoulkosSam MaloofToshiko TakaezuTrude GuermonprezFrancis Sumner MerrittRudolph SchaefferCharles LolomaElse RegensteinerJohn Paul MillerKaren KarnesRonald Hayes PearsonRuth PeningtonAnna Wetherill OlmstedLloyd Kiva NewAlice Kagawa ParrottDaniel RhodesDon ReitzJohn PripMary Caroline RichardsRamona SolbergRobert C. TurnerAileen Osborn WebbAlma EikermanBob StocksdaleDominick LabinoJack Lenor LarsenL. Brent KingtonMary Walker PhillipsRudolf StaffelRudy AutioEugenia Campbell NowlinArline FischGeorge NakashimaGerry WilliamsHans ChristensenKatherine WestphalJoan MondaleMargery AnnebergRose SlivkaBernard KesterMargret CraverMary NyburgTage FridWarren MacKenzieEudorah MooreDouglass Morse HowellF. Carlton BallMary Ann ScherrRuth DuckworthSusan PetersonJohn MasonKay SekimachiMarianne StrengellMaurice HeatonSydney ButchkesDale ChihulyKenneth FergusonWendell CastleBeatrice WoodClaire ZeislerDominic Di MareHeikki Seppä