Here we celebrate designers, artists, practitioners or researchers working with textiles who have otherwise been under-represented within curriculums, the history of textiles, and are likely to be rarely mentioned in classrooms.
Please take time to get to know them and be inspired by their diverse approaches to textiles and textile processes.
Liz Collins is a published multi-media artist who has exhibited internationally.
An artist and Professor of Art History at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
South African visual artist working with lace and other mediums to express representation, appropriation, and queer culture.
Raisa Kabir is an artist, lecturer and writer whos work addresses topics including nationhood, textile identities and national borders. Kabir has
Judith Scott (May 1, 1943 – March 15, 2005) was an American artist who worked with fibre, yarn and sourced objects to create highly expressive
Mahama crates large scale textile art pieces by delicately stitching sacks imported by the Ghana Cocoa Board and reused by charcoal sellers. His
Born in Harlem, New York, Faith Ringgold is a painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, writer, teacher and lecturer known for her painted
Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska (20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish fiber artist of Tartar descent known for creating woven sculptures