Fiber Art

Archived Work

Contact Information

2 Vine Street, #1
Montpelier, VT 05602
tel: 973-948-5801
e-mail:
www.karenhendersonfiber.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.
Please write ‘InLiquid’ in the subject line.

Artist Statement

In my work, I am interested in the connections between self, place, emotion, and time. Seasons, atmospheres, and the time of day intrigue me. I try to recreate these natural occurrences by evoking emotions that I associate with them through the use of color, line, and texture.

I use different dye techniques (batik, shibori, color removal) as well as sewing with my weavings and fabric pieces. I draw lines by stitching with thread. Dimension is added with tucks, layers, or other manipulations of fabric. The lines suggest landscape or other aspects of nature. Most of the techniques I choose to use are very contemplative, thereby encouraging introspection; other processes are spontaneous and unpredictable. I try to find a balance between the two approaches.

Education

1996
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Textile Design

Honors and Awards

1996
Valedictorian, summa cum laude, Moore College of Art and Design

International Textile Market Association Design Award, Honorable Mention

Textile Department Award for Excellence, Moore College of Art and Design

1995
Emily Sartain Travel Fellowship Award, Moore College of Art and Design

Fashion Group Education Foundation of Philadelphia Scholarship Award

Textile Department Award for Excellence, Moore College of Art and Design

1994
Textile Department Award for Excellence, Moore College of Art and Design

Professional Experience

2002 – present
Fiber Artist/Textile Designer, self-employed, Montpelier, VT and Layton, NJ

2002 – 2008
Department Head, Fiber, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ

1998 – 2002
Textile Designer, York Wallcoverings, Inc., York, PA

Bibliography

2010
Salamony, Sandra and Gina M. Brown, 1,000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts, and Wearables, Quarry Books, May 2010, pages 211-213

2008
“Selvedge Recommends”, Selvedge Magazine, April 2008, Issue 22, page 82

“Fiber Art”, The Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art 5, Feb 2008, pages 287, 295, 319

2007
“Samplings”, Fiberarts Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007 issue, page 34

“Exposure”, Surface Design Journal, Summer 2007 issue, page 62

Other

2010
Three pieces (Pink Barn Sunset, Notice, and First Frost with Fog) were used on the set of “Black Swan”, the feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder and Mila Kunis.

2009
Open Studio Tour, Vermont Crafts Council, Montpelier, VT

Selected Exhibitions

Solo and Two Person Shows

2011
Ephemeral Landscapes: Woven Paintings by Karen Henderson, CVMC Gallery, Berlin, VT
Curator: Maureen O’Connor Burgess

2010
A Sense of Place: Fiber Landscapes by Karen Henderson & Ann Brauer, Blue Stone Gallery, Milford, PA
Curator: David Greenbaum

2009
Rock, Fiber, Scissors, Langdon Street Café & Gallery,
Montpelier, VT
With sculptor Jim Gallagher

2005 – 2006
Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2010
Craft Forms 2010, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror: Jane C. Milosch

Good Fibrations / Fiber Survey 2010, T.W.Wood Gallery & Art Center, Montpelier, VT
Juried Exhibition

Forever Fiber: A Gathering of Fiber Artists, Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, VT
Juried Exhibition

simply irRESISTible, some things looming Gallery, Reading, PA
Juried Exhibition

More Than Fiber, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
Juror: Warren Seelig

2009 – 2010
Fiber! It’s Good for your Art, Fiber Artists Collective Group Show at Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Juried Exhibition

2009
The 33rd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2008
32nd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

15th Annual Westchester Craft Show, Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY
Juried Exhibition

Living with Beauty: Handwoven Textiles for the Home, BAC Hagnauer Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
Juror: Betsy Blumenthal

The Natural World: Through an Artist’s Eyes, Goggleworks, Reading, PA
Juror: Robert P. Metzger

Contemporary Repetition: Soft-Sculptural Media, LBIF Gallery, Loveladies, NJ
Invitational

Fiber Artists: Philadelphia #5, Da Vinci Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Kathryn Pannepacker

Stitch: Contemporary Fiber Art, B Square Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

2007
31st Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

20th Annual Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Juried Exhibition

The Philadelphia Furniture & Fine Furnishings Show, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

Peters Valley Exhibit, Gallery 31, Glen Gardener, NJ

The Tactile Palette: Expressions in Contemporary Fiber Art, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Invitational

2006
30th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

The Woven Image, Grounds for Sculpture’s Toad Hall Gallery, Hamilton, NJ
Invitational

Exhibit 4, InLiquid at the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Peters Valley Group Show, Blairstown Academy of Art Gallery, Blairstown, NJ

Interlocked, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
Invitational

2005
Wax Eloquent, World Batik Conference, Massachusettes College of Art, Boston, MA
Juried Exhibition

Common Thread, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Jurors: Jason Pollen and Jan Myers Newbury

Fiber for the Future, A.I.R Gallery II, New York, NY
Juror: Matilda McQuaid

transformations, Woven Fiber Art House, West Chester, PA
Juror: Leesa Ann Hubbell

2004
Fiber Arts 2004, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, St. James, NY
Juror: Patricia Malarcher

Art from the Loom 2004, Sangre de Christo Art & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
Juror: Diane Fabeck

Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Greensberg, PA

15th New Jersey Small Works Show, Old Church Cultural Center School of Art, Demarest, NJ
Juror: Anthony Grant

2003
Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Juror: Holly Hotchner

2002 – 2003
From Head to Toe: Art to Wear Invitational, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ

Summer Instructor Shows 2002 & 2003, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ

2000
Bread, Coffee, Art: One-woman show of fabric collage, Big Sky Gallery, York, PA

Emerging Fiber Artists, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1999
37th Annual Open Art Awards Show, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

1996
Emerging Artists, Artforms Gallery, Manayunk, PA

Prospects: Graduating Senior Show, Paley-Levy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1995
Selected Works, Student Show, Joshibi College Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Fellowship Awards Show, Moore on Second, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Student Show, Paley-Levy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Annual Student Show, Paley-Levy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA