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International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art

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International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art is hosted by the World Textile Art Organization (WTA) based in Miami, Florida.[1] It is colequially known as the WTA Biennial.

The World Textile Art Organization (WTA) was started by Colombian textile artist Pilar Tobón in 1997, and its headquarters are in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Its stated objective is the development and exhibition of textile art through biennials and special events.[2] Along with the International biennial of contemporary textile art, the WTA hosts simposia, seminars, classes, and fairs within the genre of textiles. It has members in every continent, and in over 75 countries.[2]

8th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art: Sustainable city[edit]

September 17 to November 19 in Madrid, Spain
Venues were the Costume Museum, the Complutense Art Center, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Museum of the Americas and the Royal Botanical Garden.[3]

The Sustainable City is that which is constructed according to ecology, educational, and justice. It manages resources in equilibrium such as producing its own elecrity and re-using waste material. It accounts for green space for pleasure, health and food within the urban landscape.[4][5][6]

The Museo de América had three exhibitions: a modern take on ponchos; a video installation of artists different use of textiles; and an exhibition that looks at homelessness curated by Sergio Bazán featuring artists Valeria Budasoff and Myriam Jawerbaum.[7]

It was organized by the World Textile Art Organization (WTA), in partnership with the association ID Arte, Innovation and art Development, www-idarte.org, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, State Museums of Spain, City of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid UCM, Embassies of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. This was the first biannual in Europe.[8] The director was Maria Ortega and her Executive Director Amalia Campos.[2]

Awards[edit]

Large Format Textile Art Salon- Indoors[edit]

1st Place: Malou Zryd, Switzerland
2nd Place: Ceci Arango, Colombia
3rd Place: Anastasiia Podervianska, Ukraine

Large Format Textile Art Salon- Outdoors[edit]

1st Place: Lucía Loren, Spain
2nd Place: Greta Kardisiute, Lithuania
3rd Place: Carmen Imbach Rigos, Argentina-Uruguay

Small Format Textile Art Salon[edit]

1st Place: Makiko Wakisaka, Japan
2nd Place: Laura Tabakman, USA
3rd Place: Gabriele Wehrmeyer, Germany

Photography Textile Image Salon[edit]

1st Place: Txaro Otxaran, Spain
2nd Place: Nanon Morsink, Norway
3rd Place: Claire Barber, UK

Video Textile Textile Art Salon[edit]

1st Place: Lourdes de la Cal Montoya, Spain
2nd Place: Maite Izquierdo, Chile
3rd Place: Cristina Gámez, Spain

WTA Award[edit]

Beatrijs Sterk, Germany

Aurelia Muñoz Award[edit]

María Muñoz, Spain

Judith Scott Award[edit]

BÁRBARA G. F. MURIEL

Participating Artists[edit]

Anneke Klein Cyndy Barbone Cathy Gatley Consuelo Walker Dominika Krogulska-Czekalska
Atsuko Sasaki Isabel Barbuzza Edith Mizue Hashimoto Ceci Arango Ignacio Netzahualcoyotl Nava
Elena Martínez Frédérique Breuille Juan de la Cruz Sánchez Krista Leesi Magdalena Kleszyńska
Sui Park Korea Asuncion Espada Velasco Toshie Takahashi Ana María Casnati Anastasiia Podervianska
Benthe Ibsen Cristina Vallejo Llopis Denise Blanchard Malou Zryd Baiba Osite
Maite Travé Sara Corenstein Woldenberg Caron Frowein Constantino Laura Taboada Cristina Colichón
Katrin Knape Soile Hovila Alejandra Rinaldini Amandine Bouet Ana Atanasio Dolder
Zilovic Brankica Elizabeth Starčević Grethe Sørensen Marie Bergstedt Anne Henriksen
Lucía Loren Ruth Peche Monique Lehman Verônica Benévolo Lopes Filipak Virginia Calvo
Carmen Imbach Rigos Eva Sobán Donna Cleveland Graciela Miller Rosa María Castillo Cortés
Gabriele Wehrmeyer Makiko Wakisaka Andrea Noeske-Porada Asuncion Espada Velasco Felipe Maqueira
Minako Watanabe Dorota Taranek Luciana Rabih Laura Tabakman Sofía Ramírez
Angelina Voskopoulou Jelke Hulse Stella Redruello Christine Rummel Livia Ugolini
Macarena Crisóstomo Caldera Maciej Mesznik Phoebe Wang Kenji Sato Marcela Gutiérrez Arreguín
Mie Vaale Noddeland Ana Foos Andrea Bustelo Estela Halpert Francesca Di Girolamo
María Villares Toshie Takahashi Carolina Raggio Connie Strayer Mami Idei
Javiera Montenegro Krisztina Vigh Maria José Antelo Alessandra Sequeira Ann Goddard
Ceci Arango Greta Arlet Alcántara Matías Krista Leesi Amelia Tarditti Cécile Meraglia
Gladys Ahumada Mazuranich Txaro Otxaran Elizabeth Koning David Catá Mathieu Christine
Chung Chiung Yi Montserrat Gual Rodríguez Yoshiko Sashida Kae Newcomb Claire Barber
Beatriz Oggero Francesca Piñol Torrent Juan Ojeda Alejandra Domic Rojas María Paz Lira Eyzaguirre
Cristina Gámez Ligia Maria Eça Negreiros Francisca Prado R. Rodolfo Enrique Salmerón Gutiérrez Mariana Eça Negreiros
Adriana Gragnani Ariane Garnier Elena Caja Jimena Villaseca María de los Ángeles Viar
Fátima Gómez Arroyo Ana Rita de Albuquerque Joedy Marins Robert Burton Lee Yunkyung
Silvia Beatriz Guiducci Francesca Piñol Torrent Tim Gregory Maite Izquierdo Lourdes de la Cal Montoya
Cesc Biosca Soler Francisco Ríos Araya Birnur Karatimur Çutsay Mónica Urquijo Ana Celia Martínez Hernández
Greta Kardisiute Carolyn Halliday Rosana Machado Rodríguez Carmen Gloria Rodríguez Salgado Yoshiko Sashida
Juliana Uribe Villa Anna Astapova Blanka Sperkova Ceci Arango Colombia June Lee
Francisca Henneman Ying-Ting Chen Ludwika Zytkiewicz – Ostrowska Tereza Albano Heather Beardsley
Tina Struthers Ayako Matsumura Gerda Schimmel Nanon Morsink Reyhan Polat
Consuelo I. Zori Miñana Greta Kardisiute Yolanda Lalonso Cristina Gámez Beatriz Martín López
Rocío Gómez Germán-Palacios

Participating Collectives[edit]

Elvan Ozkavruk Adanir & Jovita Sakalauskaite
Beatriz Schaaf-Giesser & Andrea Noeske-Porada
CritTeam (Eugenia López Reus y Miguel Jaime)
Taller Textil, Centro Cultural “El Parque”
Association Potakin

7th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA: DIVERSITY[edit]

Montevideo and Punta del Este, Uruguay October 2–15, 2017
The concept of diversity was the theme.[9] It took place at the National Museum of Visual Arts, the Solis Theater, the Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art, the Cultural Center of Spain, and the Esplendor Hotel Cervantes.[9]

Jurors[edit]

Beatrijs Sterk – Netherlands, Silke – Argentina/Austria, Lin Lecheng – China, Hiroko Watanabe – Japan, Biret Tavman – Turkey, Máximo LauraPeru, Antonio E. De Pedro – Spain, Enrique Aguerre – Uruguay, Ricardo Ramón Jarne – Uruguay

Participating Artists[edit]

Alejandra Del Castillo Gabriela Fernanda Moscato Susana Molina Borquez Ligia Maria Eça Negreiros Rachel Yuhaniak Pila Acuña Rocha
Mami Kawai Elvira Del Carmen Imbach Vicky Mella Maria Cristina Rios Iñiguez Mónica Súnico Lewin Rosemary Golcher
Colectivo OS3 Tiziana Tateo Julieta Maldonado Marina Btesh Maria Gabriela Alonso Nilda Frenkiel
Ana Maria Mores Gloria Fiorelli Renéee Terra Renata Meirelles Papaterra L. Maria Muñoz Torregrosa Zulay Malavé Alcázar
Soledad Santisteban Villanueva Slawomira Chorazyczewska Elizbieta Cios Mabel Beninati Gunay Atayayer Dorothee Fichter
Sylvia Denburg Ana Maria Poggi Adriana Gatti Mirta Zak Nadiya Sobolewska Maria Ines Nouzelles
Solange Cobos Bruggen Marcial Mora Anan Mazzoni Yen-Yu Tseng Ana María Giuffrida Connie Joann Stayer
Carla Grisel Beretta Marion Cozette Coleman Marcella Alarcón Garino Estela Halpert Blanca Villamil Greta Muuri
Isabel Lucía Sánchez Mariela Gotuzzo Lampariello Daniela Meneses Contreras Patricia Gladys Pereyra Silvia Conte Mac Donell Hortensia Silvia Guzman
Isanbel Ditone Jimena Ortiz Walter Vera Gabriele Wehrmeyer Vera Van de Casteele
Claudia Fischer Christine Rummel Susanne Weigand

Participating Collectives[edit]

Colectivo: Alejandra Paniagua, Adela Medina, Alicia Laborde, Beatriz Morreno, Viviane Rosenburg, Grisel Ambiela & Taller Silvia Umpierrez
Colectivo Varinnia Jofré: Olga Del Valle Tissera, Juana Rosa Quintero & Susana Noemí Fernández
Grupos Syz: Ana María Benítez, Helena M. Ceretti, Graciela Foradori, Irene Fuertes & GabrielaMattoni
Georgina Toussaint & Anan Karen Allende
Rodolfo Toussaint & Karen Allende
Colectivo Mariana Accornero, Carola Rossetti, Fabiana García & Marcela Mambrinni
Sabina Wicki & Flora Sutton
Colectivo Alejandra Rinaldi, Cecilia Widmer & Maria Alica Galanena Maria Silvia Rodriguez & Oscar Silva
Maria Del Milagro & Lucia Moran Bilboa
Colectivo Achilata

6th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA: Air[edit]

three cities in Mexico: Mexico City, Oaxaca and Xalapa

The theme for this biennal was Air. The Venues were: Museo Diego Rivera- Anahuacalli, Museo de Artes y Ciencias- UNAM, Museo de Arte Popular (MAP), Museo Franz Mayer Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Museo Casa Azul de Frida Kahlo, Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa, Museo CASA de Oaxaca, Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli -Galería La Fuente, Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli - Galería Tonalli, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Centro Cultural Isidro Fabela / Museo Casa del Risco[10]

The biennial received mixed reviews from three different writers in the Textile Forum Journal as having a mixture of exceptional and non-expectational works within the large solons and having some poor curatorial choices.[11]

Awards[edit]

  • The Olga de Amaral Prize: Androna Linartas
  • the Xalapa Seat, Universidad Veracruzana granted the Sheila Hicks Award for Pioneering Work in Textiles to the House Ix’Putalama World of Cotton of Takilhsukut, located in the Totonacapan Region, Veracruz,

References[edit]

  1. Sterk, Beatrijs (2009). "The 5th biennial of Textile Art in Buenos Aires". Hanover: Textil-Forum-Service (2): 24–25. ISSN 1431-3529.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ABOUT WTA". www.wta-online.org.
  3. Sterk, Beatrijs. "The 8th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA – Textile Forum Blog". Textile Forum. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. "About the Biennial – Bienal Madrid 2019".
  5. Madrid, Creadores Textiles de. "VIII Bienal Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporáneo WTA". creadorestextiles (in español). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. "VIII Bienal de Arte Textil Contemporáneo". Museo del Traje. 2019. Retrieved 25 Sep 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "VIII Bienal Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporáneo WTA". mueo de America (in español). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. D'Amico, Emanuela (28 January 2019). "The 8th WTA International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art". ArteMorbida.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Mares, Alicia (1 October 2017). "La VII Bienal Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporáneo llega a Montevideo". FashionNetwork.com (in español). Fashion Network. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  10. "6th Biennial - Mexico 2011". www.wta-online.org.
  11. Taber Avila, Susan; Kirk, Valerie; Kallenborn, Carolyn (September 2011). "the 6th World Textile art (WTA) Biennial in Mexico". Textil-Forum-Service, Hannover (3): 16–18. ISSN 1431-3529.


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