Maria-theresa Fernandes

Baltimore, MD, United States

About Maria-theresa Fernandes

1944.Nairobi,Kenya. Most of my life has been spent in the UK and USA where I was also educated and have made my home. Travel has played an important part of my life and work. The work is influenced by place, time and memory. The artwork is textile based in which stitchery,collage and stitch is used in conjunction with digital photography. Recent work is in collaboration with a Poet in which the text is layered with stitch to add density of surface. These works are executed on handmade felt.

Education:

I have had several One-Person exhibitions both in the USA and the UK including International Group exhibitions -textiles,embroidery -Japan, Australia, Buenos Aires, France,Germany,The Netherlands,Sweden,Hungary UK/USA,and most recently at the European Prize for Applied Arts, Mons, Belgium.

AWARDS: 2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc,NY NY
2015: Juror's Award "Just Sayin" Kate Weston Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2008 Award of Merit,Embroidery,Birmingham,UK

2002 Ruth Cheven Foundation NY NY
2000 NEA Delaware Centre for Contemporary Arts,Wilmington DE

Events:

2016: Solo Exhibition: Locations,Dislocations Relocations.James C.Lewis Art Museum,Morgan State Uni,Baltimore,MD.
2016: Stories to Art,VA,USA
2015: Art Survey,Lincoln Centre,Fort Collins,CO
2013: Travelling Exhibition to Czech Republic,
2013: 8th Cheongju Craft Competition, S.Korea
2012: "Without Borders" 3rd Triennial,Bratislavakia
2012: European Prize for Applied Arts,Mons,Belgium
2010: The Cabinet of Curiosities, Kensington Palace,
London, UK.

Exhibitions:

2016: James C.Lewis,Art Museum,Morgan State Univ, Baltimore,MD
2011: Solo Exhibitions: Grassroots, West Ham,London E15
2013 Solo Exhibition, Greenwich, London
2006: Camac Centre d'Art, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2006: Tuttle Gallery, Maryland, USA
2002: "Dowry Brides", Delaware Centre for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE,USA
2001: "Journeys" -Montpelier Cultural Centre, Maryland,USA

Selected Group Exhibitions: Invitational
2010: "The Narcissism of Minor Differences"-The Maryland Institute College of
Art, Baltimore, Maryland,USA
2011: "Cabinet of Curiositities" Kensington Palace, London, UK

Juried Exhibitions: 2009 5th International Biennial of Textile Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.