Rocks In My Head | encaustic wax, reclaimed packing foam, rayon embroidery thread, avocado shells, leechee nut shells, 3' x 10' x 7"
Take THAT, Mrs Connor | rayon embroider thread, bondaweb, pearl pigment, 52" x 52"
Blood Moon Thru Trees | rayon embroidery thread, bondaweb, pearl pigment, 52" x 52"
Renewal | Rayon embroidery thread, Tyvek, watercolor, water soluble stabilizer 38” x 36” plexiglass framed
Phoenix | Rayon embroidery thread, Tyvek, watercolor, water soluble stabilizer 38” x 38” plexiglass framed
Encaustic | Beeswax, pigment, rayon embroidery thread, water soluble stabilizer, wood shavings, Keurig coffee filters, wood chips, watercolor, packing material, 32”H x 24”W x 4”D
Encaustic | detail
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Happy | Felted sweaters, buttons, wool batting and backing 47” x 67” x 3”
Happy | side view
Those Pesky ‘Shrooms | detail
Nature's Ball | Rayon embroidery thread, Keurig coffee filters, Keurig coffee pods, lint, ribbon 25” x 12” x 2”
Solace | Rayon embroidery thread, water soluble stabilizer, Tyvek, watercolor, Keurig coffee filters, 32” x 16” plexiglass framed
Secrets of the Caribbean 1 | Rayon embroidery thread, water soluble stabilize, 4” x 4” x 5”
Homage to Weaving | pulled and woven glass, rayon embroidery thread 5” x 20” x 15”
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Storm Clouds Brewing | Rayon embroidery thread, lint 19” x 28” plexiglass framed
Those Pesky ‘Shrooms | Rayon embroidery thread, water soluble stabilizer. Each 4” in diameter and 3” in height
Secrets of the Caribbean 2 | Rayon embroidery thread, water soluble stabilizer, 5” x 8” x 4”
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Member Portfolio

Carla J Fisher

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

I am in awe of artists’ ability to share feelings in such an intimate, expressive way. Throughout my life, color, texture, shape, and most importantly, nature, have been magnets. Little did I know after the death of my husband that art would be the healing therapy that would bring renewed meaning and joy to my life. My life and career had been entrenched in financial services for 25 years, not art!
With loss comes a sense of aloneness, worthlessness, hollowness, and uselessness. At the intersection of those emotions and an overpowering basal need to express those sentiments creatively, my artwork is born. I use thread and throwaways to symbolize how even the tired, used, and totally spent can experience new life. Through free motion machine embroidery, I seek the viewer’s visceral response of surprise as they realize the sculptured material is simply thread. It’s the reminder and the confirmation that one little strand — or woman — truly can do seemingly impossible things when challenged to do so.

Education

2015 - 2016
University of the Arts, Philadephia, PA
Craft and Material Studies, Fiber Arts
1983 - 1985
Columbia College University, Columbia, MO
Business Finance
1973-74
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Journalism
1972
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO

Awards & Honors

2020
Recipient, Leonardo Da Vinci International Prize for Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
Recipient, UNESCO International Women in Art, Rome, Italy
2018 - 2020
Artist in Residence, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
2016 - 2017
Artist in Residence, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography

2017
SDA Exhibition in Print, Winter 2017
2016
“On Display," Cover art for juried show brochure Making It, September 2016

Publications
2020
Women’s Essence, Fifth edition, Rome, pages 101-104
2019
Reclamation Act, May 2019
GRID Magazine
Life’s Curves, March 2019
Hand Eye Magazine
2018
Public Opinion
Transitional Artist, August 27, 2018
Top International Artists To Watch in 2018, Summer 2018
Art Tour International Magazine

Collection

Commissions
2017
The Colors of Breezy Point
Untitled private commission

Affiliation

Professional Artist
Surface Design Association
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association)
TAFA (Textile and Fiber Art)

Professional Experience

Studio Artist
Arbitrator for FINRA (dispute resolution arm of SEC)

Exhibitions

Solo
2017
Discarded, Lieberman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group
2021
Red Dot-Spectrum, Art Basel, Miami, FL
ArtExpo NYC, New York, NY
2020
MUSA International Women’s Essence Show, Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy
Fluid Transitions, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2019
ArtExpo NYC, New York, NY
2018
earth, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
PAM Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2017
On the Verge, Alice C Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Making It, Hamilton Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wax Poetic, Fabulon Gallery, Charleston, SC
Orange is the New Black, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
Scythia Mini Textile Art, 8th International Exhibit, Kherson, Ukraine
International Fiber Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
Juried Exhibition
2016 - 2017
Making Marks, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition
2016
Art Unleashed, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
International Embroidery Museum, Chung Young Yang, Korea
Invitational
PMA Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
World of Threads International Exhibit, Oakville (Toronto), Canada
Juried Exhibition
Wunderkammern, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
2015
Do or Dye, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Joint, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
Domestic Landscape, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
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