UPLIFT: Helping the Women of Mexico through Art
Before I tell you about all the wonderful Mexican women I work with, let me set the stage by telling you a little about me. When I was young, I spent many weekends making clothing from scratch with my mother, her twin (my Aunt Shirley) and my cousin Ellen. We worked in teams cutting out […]
2024 TURBULENCE: Birds, Beauty, Language & Loss
Portrait of the Artist with Curator Stacy Bloom-Rexode Solo Show at Block Gallery in Raleigh, NC I am excited to announce my solo exhibition at Block Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina. The curator, Stacy Bloom-Rexode, contacted me through LinkedIn (good reminder to keep your LI profiles current!). Over the nine months preceding the show, the […]
BLACKBIRD: The Making of an Environmental Mural
For the last six months I have been screen printing thousands of feathers from black recycled plastic in preparation for starting a new series of black pieces. Blackbird is the first piece in this new collection and the fourth environmental mural that addresses the steep plunge in bird populations around the world as a result […]
Art in Embassies
A dream come true… We all harbor secret dreams, and recently, one of mine has come true. Not long ago, I opened an email from the Chief Curator of the Art in Embassies Program, inviting me to loan a piece of my artwork to the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. A dedicated […]
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, […]
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 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 […]