The Making of Broken
Using Ceramics to Tell the Story of Endangered Birds Drawing and research about endangered birds is the cornerstone of my environmental art practice. I created my first portfolio at an artist residency in 2016 at La Porte Peinte Centre Pour les Arts in the tiny medieval village of Noyers-sur-Serein, France, about four hours south east […]
Kruger’s Work at Contemporary Fiber Biennale in Italy
Thanks to curator Barbara Pavan, who I met in Milan last year, I now have an enthusiastic advocate for my environmental artwork in Italy. I currently have two pieces included in textile Biennale titled RADICI, METAMORFOSI, MESCOLANZE, which is La II Biennale Internazionale di Fiber Art Contemporanea at the Museo del Ricamo e del Tessile, […]
Fall Small Works Collection
My Small Works Collection seems to have struck a chord! My Small Works Collection seems to have struck a chord! These are my best selling pieces, probably because they are priced to sell! The inspiration for this collection was making my environmental art affordable to folks who want to live with it. The collection includes […]
Pheonix Rising, My Newest Sculpture
Coined In The South: 2024 Biennial
North Carolina Artist Deborah Kruger Chosen for Mint Museum Exhibition Ropa Arco Iris, 2023, 53 x 45 x 2″, hand screen-printing on recycled plastic, hand and machine sewing, wrapping, waxed linen thread Exhibition Title: Coined in the South: 2024 Biennial About:The Young Affiliates of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC (YAM) are presenting the third […]
2024 Summer News Cycle
News from Deborah Kruger’s studio that spans Italy, Iceland, Turkmenistan, Oregon, and North Carolina Right now, I have so much great news to share that it made more sense to send out a newsletter with blurbs about each one and over the course of the fall, I will write individual blogs as they all deserve […]
2024 New Gallery Representation at IMPERFECTA, in Oregon
Imperfecta gallery welcomes Deborah Kruger as a gallery artist I have wonderful news to share. Beginning in August 2024, I will be represented by imperfecta, an art and design gallery in Oregon City, just south of Portland. Finding a good fit for a gallery is elusive at best. In this case, Daria Loi, the gallerist, […]
2024 Icelandic Textile Center Residency
September 2024 – One month residency Like most artists, I spend an inordinate amount of time applying for grants, shows and residencies. I get more rejections than acceptances and have developed a thick skin, so usually the rejections just roll off my back. I recently learned about the Icelandic Textile Residency (ITC) and sent them […]
2024 LOGOS Exhibition in Perugia, Italy
2024 LOGOS Exhibition in Perugia, Italy 10 Fiber Artists using Text On my way back from exhibiting in Venice last April, my assistant Sandra and I stopped in Milan to meet Curator Barbara Pavan and an Italian fiber artist Michela Cavagna. It was one of those memorable meetings where conversation and ideas spilled forth unabated […]
2023 World of Threads Festival in Toronto, Canada
Deborah Kruger Represents Mexico The World of Threads Festival, curated by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate, opens October 12, 2023 and runs through December 17, 2023 at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Center in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Toronto. This well anticipated Festival features 426 artwork by 115 artists from 15 […]