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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

Grand Prize Winner! On the last day of 2023, I saw an Instagram post in my feed that said that I had won the Grand Prize for the Keller Prize. 

Spring Small Works Collection Affordable Art for your home or office  My Small Works Collection seems to have struck a chord! When I posted it for the first time in

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

Affordable Art for your home or office Although I frequently post blogs about my larger abstract pieces, I also make lots of smaller artwork that is quite affordable. Check out

On view through December 25, 2023 I met Shelley Heffler in 2016 when she won a free artist residency at 360 Xochi Quetzal, an artist and writers residency in Mexico

A project of ArteMorbida’s ‘Follow the Thread’ Invisible Matters is a duo exhibition with Deborah Kruger and Michael Pribich at Big Sky Studios in Chinatown/New York. The show is a

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

This Fall, my environmental art will appear in exhibitions in Tennessee, Toronto, New York and California. If you live near any of these venues, please let me know if you

The premier Italian magazine…. Arte Morbida is the premier Italian magazine about contemporary art, especially textiles and fiber art and artists. The magazine also has an extensive on-line presence @artemorbida

And I’m a winner! Like most artists, I spend weeks every year writing grant proposals for artists, applying for artist prizes and exhibitions, and scouting for residencies. I hate thinking

The dream becomes a reality… When I first moved to Lake Chapala from Massachusetts and discovered the Train Station Museum.  I used to sit in the main entry area, usually

The Back Story With encouragement from my friend Doug Winter, I applied for the Arte Laguna Prize (ALP), an international exhibition with a strong commitment to Sustainability. To my amazement,

Collection of Carlos Diaz Corona shown at Museo Raul Angiano in Guadalajara Friday night, I attended the opening of the Collection of Carlos Diaz Corona, Una Linea en el Agua

My First Live Interview in Australia Although I am no stranger to interviews, I had my first live artist interview on Fibre Art Take Two’s Friday Feature with Clarissa Callesen,

A New Home for Accidentals and Ropa Pintada In a year full of sales, shows and prizes, here’s the best news yet. My favorite contemporary art museum in New York

Beginning on Saturday, September 3rd, artist Deborah Kruger will offer a series of three free artists talks at the main gallery of the Train Station Museum at the Gonzalez Gallo

During the first year I lived in Mexico, I work accepted into two exhibitions celebrating the World Textile Association (WTA) Biennial with the theme of Air. Butterfly Effect was accepted

As a life-long journaler, I have a soft spot for interesting journals. Like many of you reading this blog post, I also use journals to make lists (countless lists!), sketch

Hello from Deborah, the artist behind Deborah Kruger Designs Hi! I am Deborah Kruger, an artist who loves birds, nature and ecology. I am especially concerned about endangered birds and

And I’m a winner! Like most artists, I spend weeks every year writing grant proposals for artists, applying for artist prizes and exhibitions, and scouting for residencies. I hate thinking

The dream becomes a reality… When I first moved to Lake Chapala from Massachusetts and discovered the Train Station Museum.  I used to sit in the main entry area, usually

Curator Micheal Swank had his eye on an additional gallery space in his Colonia Juarez building for two years and when the space became available in October 2021, he jumped

On November 6th my solo exhibition ‘Plumas’ will open both physically at the Proyectos Galería Mexico City and virtually on Artsy. PRPG.mx and partner gallery Dab Art Co. (Los Angeles,

Current Exhibitions: My work will be in two international group exhibitions this fall Earth Matters This exhibition is sponsored by the Surface Design Association (SDA), my favorite fiber organization. I

Even though the pandemic has slowed down so many parts of the culture economy, things have been lively for me and I thought you enjoy hearing about where my art

Sandra and I flew to Oaxaca in September 2020 to deliver Abandon to MACO, the Contemporary Art Museum of Oaxaca. The piece will be included in the Bienal of Painting Rufino Tamayo and start the 4 city tour in Oaxaca. The show will conclude at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City in 2021.

Deborah Kruger will be representing Mexico in the inaugural Art Textile Biennale 2021 that is sponsored by Fibre Arts Australia. The exhibition seeks to exhibit the best of international contemporary

I feel privileged to have my piece Harbinger included in the climate-themed show opening at the inaugural exhibition at the new Dr. Bernard Heller Museum located at Hebrew Union College Museum near NYU in New York City.

My latest video about how I construct my feathered fiber art has just been featured in the June 2020 newsletter from Explore Fiber. Click on the play button in the newsletter! If you haven’t subscribed to

Hosted by the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, NC Each spring the Raleigh Fine Arts Society based in Raleigh, NC, chooses a high level curator to jury their North Carolina

In November and December, the Durham Arts Council is presenting an exhibition titled Material/Process that includes five of my recent pieces. The other artists are Gibby Waitzkin, Holden Richards, Reni Gower and Jackie MacLeod. Rather than choosing a theme like Climate Change to unite the show, the Director, Susan Tierney, organized the show by including artists for whom process is a central part of their art practice.

About: How to transform plastic bags to DIY items for home and personal use. Bring your stash of plastic bags!

When: Saturday, November 9, 2019 10am-12:30 pm

Once again, I am honored to be included in International Fiber Arts IX, an international fiber show at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts on the coast of northern California. My piece, Homeland won a Merit Award and was also the piece chosen for the cover of the exhibition pamphlet and for the postcard announcing the show.

Attending the opening for Fiberart International in Pittsburgh, PA was thrilling and inspiring. There were 55 artists from 8 countries in this 23rd triennial exhibition and about half of them were able to come to the events that were sponsored by the two galleries that hosted the show, Contemporary Craft and the Brew House.

I am proud to announce that my piece titled Kansai, has been accepted into Fiberart International, a very competitive international exhibition scheduled to open May 31 and continue through August 24, 2019. Only 4% of the applicants were accepted

My solo exhibition titled Turbulence: Birds, Beauty, Language & Loss opened on August 4, 2018 at the Chapala Cultural Center and we had a great turnout.

There were 10 new pieces on view in the main gallery and 6 older pieces in the smaller gallery where Miguel Mata’s new documentary ran on a continuous loop.

John Hopper from the UK has a wonderful blog named The Textile Blog. He does in-depth artist interviews and I am honored to be featured in a recent blog:
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I encourage you to not only read my interview but to sign up for his mailing list. John curates a wide range of art and artists from around the world.