Libby Chaney
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Fabric has personalities; I like interacting with their patterns and colors. Scissors are ancient hand tools; I like cutting out shapes -- fitting and scrunching them into my evolving composition. My Great Grandmother, Rose Kulas, ironed clothes for Dr. Crile’s family; I like to use power hand tools. Engines are powerful, expanding our capabilities in time: I like sewing machines and drive them like sports cars. One piece at a time is a form of single-taskizing; I like slowing down and composing in this way. Cloth is supple and alive; I like seeing the edges of the pieces soften during my
process. My work begins and ends as cloth and thread---flexible, soft, and still alive. Libby Chaney is currently working on an exhibition for Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. It will be composed of 4 sections, each over 9’ tall and 22’ wide. Inspired by the building and its stained glass windows, Libby is working with the theme of the four seasons. Her work will be installed in January of 2015. -Libby Chaney 2013 SELECTED SHOWS
2010 O’Hanlon Center, Mill Valley “The Elements” Juried, featured artist 2007 Mill Valley Art Commission, One Woman Show 2006 Mill Valley Art Commission, One Woman Show 2004 Mill Valley Art Commission, One Woman Show 2000-2002 “Women of Taste” Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition, opening at Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California. Catalogue. Interview in Oakland Museum newsletter 1998 Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley California (juried) 1992-98 Mill Valley Art Commission, City Hall Gallery, Annual Quilt Show (invitational) 1997 “Trilogy: Two Quilters and a Weaver – George-Ann Bowers, Robin Cowley and Libby Chaney Waszink”, American Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA. Robin Treen, Curator 1996 Voices in Cloth, East Bay Heritage Quilt Guild, Oakland, California “New Quilts of Northern California, American Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose California “Beyond the Block”, Thimble Creek, Walnut Creek California 1994 “The Marin Art Scene” Artisan’s Gallery, Mill Valley California (invitational) Marin Needlework and Quilt Show, San Rafael California (Honorable Mention) “Summer Show” Artisan’s Gallery, Mill Valley California (Juror’s Award) 1993 Pacific International Quilt Show, Burlingame California (Juried) 1992 “25th Anniversary Exhibit” Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles California 1976 Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1970 Comsky Gallery, Beverly Hills, California 1967 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Juried (Piece Sold) SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS Fetzer Vineyard, Hopland California, Lobby of new administration building Improvisational Theater Project, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles, California Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California Jennifer and Robert Spangler, Columbus Ohio Lorena and Harold Doolittle, Westport, Connecticut Mr. and Mrs. William Block, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bill and Camille Cosby, Beverly Hills, California Bill Wood, Los Angeles, California Eric Orr, Venice, California Becky Jennings and Walter Mann, San Francisco, California PUBLICATIONS 1998 Women of Taste, A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs, Edited by Jen Bilik, C&T Publishing Inc. Concord California 1998 Fiber Arts Magazine 1998 Featured artist, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland California, museum calendar publication 1995 Quilter’s Newsletter, “Quilting with Children” by Lynn Richards 2008 Sisters Singing, Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poet ry and Sacred Stories by Women, Edited by Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Wild Girl Publishing, Santa Cruz, California, 2009. “Ohio” and “Mama on the Street”. Writing. EDUCATION Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware Ohio, B.F.A 1965 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle Maine, 1964 and 1966 Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland Ohio 1966 Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles CA 1978 College of Marin, Kentfield California 1999, 2001, 02, 03, 04, 05 Numerous workshops |
In 2011, Tregoning & Company exhibited Libby's work during a solo exhibition titled, I | TRAVEL | EYE.
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