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Laura Wasilowski is a textile artist, author, teacher, and creator of hand dyed fabrics and threads. She has an undergraduate degree in Costuming from the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN and a Master of Art degree in Fiber from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. She is owner of ARTFABRIK.
See a PDF of Laura's photo and statement here.
Artists’ Statement
I combine vivid fabrics and whimsical stories to make pictorial art quilts. My colorful, hand-dyed fabrics inspire me, as do stories of my family, friends, and home. These pieces often chronicle my life. Each wall piece I make is of my own design, of fused appliqué, and machine quilted.
Museum and Gallery Representation
Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL
Illinois Artisan Shop, Chicago, IL
Illinois Artisan Shop, Whittington, IL
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
See On Exhibit for current exhibits of Laura's art work
See the on-line Galleries to purchase art work
2009 Exhibits
Quiltscapes, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
A Sense of Humor, Studio Art Quilt Associates, traveling exhibit
SAQA@20: Art and Excellence, Studio Art Quilt Associates traveling exhibit
Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show, traveling exhibit
Repurposed, Renewed, Reborn Quilt Project 2009, Southern Illinois Artisan Center, Whittington , IL
Transformations '09: Reflections, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England
2008 Exhibits
New Focus 08, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Fine Line Inspirations, Fine Line, St. Charles, IL
Breaking Boundaries: The Art of the Quilt, Gallery Fifty, Traverse City, MI
Women Packing Irons, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
Terra Suava, St. Petersburg College Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, FAVA, Oberlin OH
Charged Sites, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Transformations 2008: Icons and Imagery, traveling exhibit
ArtQuilt Elements 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2007 Exhibits
On the Road Quilts at the Whistler, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
Garden Inspired, Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL
Parade of Quilts, Illinois Artisan Center, Whittington, IL
Give and Take: Education and the Quiltmaker, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Celebrate Spring, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL and Houston, TX
Fine Lines, Kavanagh Gallery, St. Charles, IL
TransFORMations, Studio Art Quilt Associates, international traveling exhibit
Imagine That! Husqvarna Viking Gallery
of Quilt Art, international traveling exhibit
Art Takes Shape, Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art, international traveling exhibit
Nature of the West: Contemporary Quilts, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker OR
Expressions: The Art Quilt, traveling exhibit
Women of Biblical Proportions, traveling exhibit
Solo Exhibits
Asociacion Espanola de Patchwork Special Exhibit, Sitges, Spain, 2009
Quilts 2009 Lake Metroparks Farmpark Featured Artist, Kirkland, OH, 2009
Be.Creative Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium, 2008
Expo Quilt Magic, Lyon, France, 2006
Fiber Dye It: Art Quilts by Laura Wasilowski, Tavern Club, Chicago IL, 2005
Art Quilts: Laura Wasilowski, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey MI 2003
Select Exhibits
Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schwinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, 2006, 2008
Layers of Meaning, Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland, OR, 2005
Masterpieces: Color, Couleur, Colore, Kulör!, Husqvarna Gallery, international traveling exhibit, 2004
Masterpieces: Spirit and Strength, Husqvarna Gallery,international traveling exhibit, 2004
Feel Free, Husqvarna Gallery, Husqvarna Gallery,international traveling exhibit, 2002
Consuming Passion , Richard M. Ross Art Museum , Delaware , OH, 2003
Circle Quilts: Rounder and Rounder, Nagoya Japan Quilt Carnival, 2002
Mediterranean Odyssey: Art Quilts, Patchwork and Quilt Expo VIII, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
Material Images: Contemporary Midwestern Quilts, Illinois State Museums, 2002
Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival , Tokyo , Japan , 2002
Colors of the Seasons, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, 2002
Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts, traveling exhibit, 2001
Quilt 21: American Art Quilts for the 21st Century, traveling exhibit, 2000
Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, Illinois State Museums, 2000
Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Quilts: Crossing Boundaries, Quilt Expo VII , Strasbourg , France April, 2000
Hands All Around 2000, 2001, 2002 International Quilt Festival
Tactile Architecture Traveling Exhibits 1998 - 2006
Yeiser Art Center’s 9th, 11th, 12th and 14th Invitational 1996 - 2001
Quilt Expo Europe V, VI, VII, VIII, IX 1996 - 2004
Television Appearances
Quilting Arts Television, episode #303
Quilting Arts Television, episode #306
Quilting Arts Television, episode #401
The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, online, episode 303.
The Art of Quilting: Chicago School of Fusing, PBS, Wisconsin Public Television
Fortune Cookie Challenge, Simply Quilts, HGTV, episode QLT 1102
Garden of Eden Art Quilt, Simply Quilts, HGTV, episode QLT 1124
Abstract Shuffle Quilt, Uncommon Threads, DIY, episode DUCT 113
Frankenbodice, Uncommon Threads, DIY, episode DUCT 146
World's Fair of Quilts: For the Love of Fabric, PBS, KBTC Public Television
Books and DVD's
Fuse and Tell Journal Quilts, Laura Wasilowski, C&T Publishing, 2008
Laura Wasilowski Teaches You to Create Art Quilts DVD, C&T Publishing, 2008
Fusing Fun: Fast, Fearless Art Quilts, Laura Wasilowski, C&T Publishing, 2005
Other Publications
The Quilting Arts Book, Patricia Bolton, Interweave Press, 2008
Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Judith Trager and Heidi Krakauer Row, Donning Company Publishers, 2005
Contemporary Quilt Making, Cindy Walter and Stevii Graves, KP Books, 2005
Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter, Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett Barker, C&T Publishing, 2005
I Remember Mama, Karoline Patterson Bresenhan, Primedia, 2005
American Quiltmaking 1970 – 2000, Eleanor Levie, American Quilter’s Society, 2004
Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts! American Quilter's Society
American Art Quilts: Quilt 21/2000 Quilt 21 Press, 2000
Fabulous Fabrics Sterling Publishing, 2000
FiberArts Book Six Lark Books, 1999
The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997
Machine Quilting with Decorative Threads by Noble and Hendricks
Dyes and Paints by Elin Noble, Fiber Studio Press1998
Color: The Quilter’s Guide by Christine Barnes, That Patchwork Place, 1997
New Quilts from Old Favorites Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Museum of the American Quilter's Society, 1996
Visions ‘96 Quilt San Diego, 1996
Quilt National: Contemporary Designs in Fabric Lark Books, 1995
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