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Jill Ault
Fiber Art Collage
Statement
Working primarily with fiber in some of its many forms, I’m interested
in pattern -- pattern as a repetition of a motif. In nature’s patterns,
I love how a motif is repeated identically at first glance, but on examination
is a little different with each copy. Think of waves, of pine boughs. I work
with pattern produced by the hand, not by mechanical means. I love catching how
pattern changes subtly as the hand does its best to produce identical iterations.
Bridget Riley’s optical patterns appear to be perfectly straight lines,
twisting and vibrating in space. But if you approach to the drawing or painting,
you’ll notice that the edges waver just a bit – a pattern made by
hand, not by software.
I use patterns that echo each other -- waves and tree bark and mokume shibori
dye patterns. I love patterns with unexpected elements -- a formal toile pattern
composed not of Baroque maidens on swings, but of insects. I play patterns against
each other, varying scale and tone, finding the repetition in the variation.
Resume
Educational Experience
Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Professional Experience
Lecturer, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Juror Manager, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Lecturer, Ann Arbor
Women Artists
Lecturer, C.A.M.E.O. Quilt Guild, Troy, MI
Lecturer, Artists Among Us, Saline District Library, Saline, MI
Exhibition Record
2005 Lure of the Local, Great Lakes Region Juried Exhibition,
River Gallery, Chelsea,
MI, received Chelsea Business award
Transparent Quilts, Woven Art Gallery, East Lansing, MI
Mixed Media Quilts, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
2005 Jackson Area Show, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
Current Fiber, Women’s City Club, Ann Arbor, MI
2004 Transparent Quilts 2004, Pfizer Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Letter Quilts, American Folk Art Museum, New York
New Fiber 2004, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA
Michigan Fine Artists Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center,
Birmingham, MI
Form Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2003 Crafts National 2003, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
CraftHouston 2003: National, Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts,
Houston, TX
Sculpture and Fine Crafts, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO
Fiber Directions, Witchita Center for the Arts, KS
2002 Quilt Visions 2002, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2001 Fiber Directions, Witchita Center for the Arts, KS
2000 The Print 2000, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, received Best of
Show award