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Libby Chaney


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
Picture
City Winter, 2013 Fabric Assemblage 62.5 x 34.5 inches
Picture
Little Red House in a Fairy Tail, 2011 Fabric Assemblage 11 x 9 inches

In 2011, Tregoning & Company exhibited Libby's work during a solo exhibition titled, I | TRAVEL | EYE.
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