About The Juror
THECOLORG
THECOLORG is an interdisciplinary artist and professional arts administrator based in Philadelphia, PA. They received their MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and their BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Through soft sculpture, installation, and painting,
THECOLORG’s work reflects the bridge between childhood memories and adult experiences, using objects and materials that evoke a sense of familiarity and introspection.
Feature Image: Kristina Bickford, Brain Cart, velvet, silk, thread, novelty yarn, shoddy, sawdust, nylon, acrylic, shopping cart, $2,500.
Exhibiting Artists
Nini Adelsberger
Bren Ahearn
Jen Ahearn
Margery Amdur
Tithi Arekar
Lucy Beizer
Kristina Bickford
Gail Biederman
Lynda Grace Black
Brooke Cassady
Genevra Daley
Kabita Das
Valerie Dillon
Hyunsuk Erickson
Korissa Frooman
Elena Gans-Pfister
Valerie Goodman
Heidi Jensen
Lena Kolb
Kelly Lawler
Jeanine LeBlanc
Krystle Merchant
Amanda Milz
Liz Quay
Maddie Rodriguez
Teresa Shields
Jacquelyn Strycker
Rachel Blythe Udell
Kathryn Jenson White
Flora Wilds
Julie Woodard
To Be, 2022
Wool, dye
$2,000
“ Many people often perceive the time it takes to create my work as a challenge, but for me, it’s one of the most rewarding aspects.”
Lena Kolb
Rachel Blythe Udell
SS26, 2022
Vintage, heirloom, and salvaged fabrics, painted vintage lace, embroidery floss, beads with mixed recycled fiber stuffing
$3,000
“We use the language of textiles to describe forms of connection throughout human experience, i.e. threading or knitting concepts together...stitching together pieces of time, memory, history, etc... The actual work that results from the enactment of these terms can evoke or strengthen memories, express emotions, and help one to work through life’s most difficult challenges.”
Kabita Das Age, 2023
Photography on recycled fabric
“Fiber arts, to me, is immediate recognition. Viewers have ingrained connections and understandings of the material because fabric is a part of our everyday lives; our clothes, our curtains, bed sheets. Without touching the work with their hands, viewers already understand what it feels like. This instant connection creates a familiarity through which they can easily see themselves in the work.”
Genevra Daley
Drag (1), 2021
Nylon, satin, polyfil, pearls, horsehair
$250
Genevra Daley
Drag (2), 2021
Nylon, satin, polyfil, pearls, horsehair
$250
“My work is forever repeating themes on the relationship between bodies and the fabrics and objects we use and wear, almost ritualistically, in our everyday lives.”
Jacquelyn Strycker Dream House, 2023
Sewn risographs on cotton stuffed with polyfill $4,800
“ Referencing source material suggestive of domestic interiors– vintage wallpapers, textile patterns, ornamental architecture, I use a RISO duplicator to create patterns and symbols that I flip, shift and reconfigure. The resulting compositions, reminiscent of quilts, become artifacts celebrating handicraft traditions while simultaneously destabilizing assumptions about the handmade versus the mechanical.”
Elena Gans-Pfister
Hides Collection: Sugared Violet Hide, 2021
Pleather hand sewn with coloured latex $120
“Fiber
art ‘runs through my veins’ and has been a means by which I can express myself and who I am without any words, just with the visual language of what I make.”
“My appliqué quilts inspired by nature, nostalgia and conservation, focus on the ever changing state of memory and dreams. My work has deep roots in interpersonal connection and mysticism, with surrealist elements that allow the viewer to build their own interpretation of the image.
Building on the theme of preservation, my practice heavily utilizes found and reused objects as well as natural dyes and recycled fabrics.”
Lucy Beizer
Heirloom, 2024
Teresa Shields
Appendages, 2020
Felted wool, embroidery, magnets, wood mount
$1,500
“I have been around fabric and stitching my whole life. I am a maker. I love things that have a human touch. I look at nature-plant forms, geometry, cell structures, bones, antlers, wings--to see the underlying connections these things have in common.”
Gail Biederman
Lost 2 (Katonah), 2017
Handmade felt, yarn, nails
$1,000
“While I once was defensive about my materials being too associated with craft and women’s handiwork, I now appreciate that history. I have come to particularly value artists and designers who move beyond the expected and use traditional materials and methods in unconventional ways”
Hyunsuk Erickson
Thingumabob Community, 2023
Synthetic fiber, poly-fill, PVC pipe, paper roll, wood
“ My work often explores themes of excess and waste, particularly focusing on synthetic materials like plastic bags and packaging strings. This transformation of discarded materials into something meaningful and beautiful invites complex conversations about the relationship between consumerism, value, and art.”
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