Upcoming Exhibitions

_{January 28 - May 10, 2025}

_{Don Russell Clayton Gallery & Malinda Jolley Mortin Gallery}

_{Image credit: Family Affair (Series), 2020. Print. Photo by Dan Meyers, modeled by Mara Meyers.} 

About the Exhibition

Annet Couwenberg: Sewing Circles features an overview of ten years of cultural research, digital experimentation, and finished artifacts which Couwenberg has completed as part of her studio practice and in partnerships with cultural institutions throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. These artistic projects presented in this exhibition highlight the expanding technological parameters related to textiles and fabrics and their specific application in the arenas of scientific research, fashion and interior design, and contemporary social issues. The exhibition explores Couwenberg’s depth of research as well as the multiple intersections that are revealed between established disciplines and fields of knowledge. Annet Couwenberg: Sewing Circles is curated by Lori Rubeling and the traveling exhibition is organized by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC with support from Maryland State Arts Council. 

About the Artist

Born in The Netherlands, Couwenberg moved to the United States to receive MFA degrees at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has worked internationally including in South Korea, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland and The Netherlands with one-person shows at the Center for Art Design and Visual Culture in MD, Textiel Museum in The Netherlands, Baltimore Museum of Art, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA and the City Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Group exhibitions include shows at the Museum of Art and Design in NYC; the 11th From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale Exhibition, 10th Craft Biennale; Gyeonggi MoMa and HOMA , Seoul; the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; the Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AK. She has received individual artist awards from the Maryland State and Ohio State Art Councils.  First monograph of her work has been published by Telos Art Publishing and second called Annet Couwenberg, Sewing Circles, distributed by D.A.P. Couwenberg’s work has been reviewed by and featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Le Monde, Crafts Magazine, BmoreArt, National Academy of Science Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, Sculpture Magazine, Fiberarts, Surface Design, Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, Howl NY. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Baltimore Museum of Art; Nederlands Textielmuseum, NL; Museum de Kantfabriek, NL; Gyeonggi Creation Center, Yeosu City Center and Jinnam Art and Culture Center, Korea; and numerous private collections. 

For more information: www.annetcouwenberg.com