Norma Minkowitz

Statement: 

"Despite the repeated use of the same basic stitch, no two are exactly alike. This conveys the intimacy and imperfection of the human hand while creating a movement akin to the cross hatching of a pen and ink drawing. The interlacing technique that I use makes it possible for me to convey the fragile, the hidden, and the mysterious qualities of my work, in psychological statements that invite the viewer to interpret and contemplate my art. I am still drawing, but with fiber."

Selected collections and exhibition venues:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement; permanent collection); Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, permanent collection); De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin (FibeR/Evolution); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada (Anthropomorphism, permanent collection); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania (permanent collection); Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (Traditions/Transitions/The Changing World of Fiber Art, permanent collection); LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts (permanent collection); Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin; Denver Art Museum, Colorado (Sleight of Hand, permanent collection); Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan (permanent collection); Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (permanent collection); Kyoto International Conference Hall, Japan (A Proposal for a New Century); Kwang Ju Museum, Korea (permanent collection); The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan (Weaving the World, Contemporary Art of Linear Construction); Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt, Germany (Corporal Identity-Body Language, 9th Triennial for Form and Content); Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, (permanent collection). Recipient: Award, Master of the Medium, James Renwick Alliance; Visual Arts Fellowships, American Crafts Council; Grant, National Endowment for the Arts.