Judith Quinn Garnett
Lives & works in Portland, Oregon
My work has explored a diverse range of media, yet I always return to painting for my core inspiration. A few years ago I felt that my paintings were calling for something more. So I cut some unsatisfactory paintings from their frames and began to stitch them with my sewing machine.
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There were plenty of blunders, broken needles, broken machines, as well as tears and fears. But I trusted I would find my way to what I was looking for... to use stitch as a drawing tool, mark making, a way to move to a new level of texture, color and incorporate the geometry I love.
I still launch every work with a painting of some sort but it’s just a beginning of an adventure of which I can’t fully see the end. Through a cycle of gesture, paint, stitch, pattern and repetition, and the addition of post-consumer waste, this adventure arrives at finished pieces that are far richer a more expansive than I ever expected five years ago.
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I am thrilled beyond measure - Quilting Arts Magazine printed an "Artist Profile" on me written by the very fabulous, Susan Brubaker Knapp. SPRING 2022 pg. 10-14 available on newstands now!!
Selected Exhibitions
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10th Annual Juried Exhibit, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Introspection / Retrospection,
Jurors; Sienna Brown, and Jared Ledesma, Exhibition Dates: March 25 – May 6, 2022
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Light the World, (Juried Group SAQA Global Exhibition) Juror, Jan Myers-Newbury
Sep 21, 2021 thru Dec 31, 2024 • Various venues:
European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France: September 16-19, 2021
14th International Quilt Show Brno, Czech Republic: April 22-24, 2022
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Visions Art Museum, Interpretations 2021, October 2021 - January 2022 - Award for Color Artistry
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Yellowstone Art Museum, North x Northwest Exhibition: Women’s Work, Summer & Fall 2020 - Peoples Choice Award
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FACE of Fiber in the Rockies; Art Center of Estes Park, Juried Invitational June 12 - July 18 2020
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Habitat: SAQA Oregon Region: touring 2020-2021
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Quilts=Art=Quilts 2019, juried by Claire Benn and Petra Fallaux, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, Oct 26, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020
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Interpretations 2019: Rhapsody, Jette Clover, Gloria Loughman, Mary Pal, jurors,
Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, October 19 - January 5, 2020
Edge: A Sum Of It’s Parts - Curator, Sharon Bass, Juror, Maria Shell. The Sunderland Gallery is part of the Cathedral Arts Project in Omaha, Nebraska., September 8 – October 7, 2019
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Quilt National 2017, Quilt of Fantastical Things,
European Patchwork Meeting in Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France, September 12 – 15, 2019
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International World Poet & Author Challenge Quilt 2019, Invitational, various venues in Japan, France, and the United States
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Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth, Seven SAQA Pacific Regions, touring 2019-2021
On The Edge - SAQA Oregon Region Oregon Historical Society May 3 - August 15, 2019
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Quilt Visions 2018: Connections, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA - Oxidation -
Award for Excellence
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Quilt National 2017, Diary Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio - Quilt of Fantastical Things,
FRCQ Juried Members Portfolio 2018 - Online Exhibit, We… and Carbonated
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Front Range Creative Quilter (FRCQ) Diversity Exhibit - Fall 2017
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado - We...
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2017-2019 SAQA Oregon Regional Traveling Exhibit, Bridge - Dimensional Drift
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October 2016 - Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA - Day Shift
Invitational exhibit by authors Wendy Hill & Pat Pease
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2016-2017 SAQA Oregon Regional Traveling Exhibit, Blending Poetry & Cloth
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