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ABOUT MELINDA
Artist’s Statement
I have always been fascinated by the
textures, patterns, and colors of fabric. While I have sewn
all my life, it wasn’t until I began quilting that I
was able to use fabric to express myself in the way I wanted.
Using types and weights of fabric other than cotton opened
up new worlds for me. Exploring using various threads, beads
and other surface design elements has been tremendous fun.
The richness of our world-wide textile
heritage never fails to amaze me. I find great inspiration
for my quilt designs through my studies of textiles and ornamentation
from other countries. Their use of many different patterns
together to make a unified whole is intriguing.
Lately, because of my study of modern
art and design, I have begun working in a more abstract manner.
My most recent work has been focused on a study of geometric
shapes and using different shapes and colors as a means to
bring complex layers and depth into my work.
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Biography
Melinda Lowy is a native of Billings, Montana and has her
Master’s degree in zoology/paleobiology. She resides
in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband and two cats.
She is employed full-time at a non-profit scientific society,
where she manages the various undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral,
and continuing education programs. She is a national award-winning
quilter and is actively involved in Cloth & Chocolate,
an art quilt group with other local area art quilters.
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Resume: Exhibits
2010
Cloth &
Chocolate Group Exhibit, Friendship Heights
Community Center,
Friendship Heights, MD
Tribute to Fiber Art, BlackRock Center for the Arts,
Germantown, MD
Creative Threads: From Fiber to Fine Art, Popcorn
Gallery, Glen Echo Park, MD
Cloth & Chocolate
Exhibit
(cont'd),
Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, MD
2009
Cloth & Chocolate
Exhibit,
Brookside Gardens, Silver Spring, MD
“Surface
Matters,”
Surface Design Association, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City,
KS
“Meet SAQA’s
Artists”,
Studio Art Quilt Associates Traveling Show
Cloth &
Chocolate Group Exhibit,
Friendship Heights
Community Center,
Friendship Heights, MD
“Inspired by
the Fabric”
Invitational Exhibit of Quilt Surface Design Symposium DC
Area,
Quilters Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
2008
"A Stitch in Vine," US Botanic Garden,
Washington, DC
Cloth & Chocolate Group Exhibit, Friendship Heights Community Center,
Friendship Heights, MD
Cloth & Chocolate Group Exhibit, Federation
of American Societies for Experimental
Biology, Bethesda, MD
2006
“Fiber’s Finest,” juried show of
Fiber Art Study Group of Washington, DC, C. William Gilchrist
Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD
“I Saw It – I Bought It – I Made It!”
Invitational exhibit of Quilt Surface Design Symposium DC
Area,” Quilters' Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
Cloth and Chocolate Group Exhibit, Goodwin House, Alexandra,
VA
2005
Creative Crafts Council Biennial Show, Bethesda, MD
2003
Cloth and Chocolate Group Exhibit, Sandy Spring Museum,
Sandy Spring, MD
“Lunar Fish and a Gecko,” Invitational
Exhibit, NJ Quilt Convention, Edison, NJ
Gallery Exhibit, George Washington Breast Cancer Center, Washington,
DC
2002
Gallery Exhibit, George Washington Breast Cancer Center, Washington,
DC
“Art Quilts: Encrustations” Exhibit, Page-Walker
Gallery, Cary, NC
“Art Quilts: Encrustations” Invitational Exhibit,
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
2001
Cloth and Chocolate Group Exhibit, Gaithersburg City
Hall Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD
“Crazy Quilts” Invitational Exhibit, Quilter’s
Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA
2000
“Sweet Dreams” Invitational Challenge,
Children’s Inn, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD
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Resume: Published Work:
2002
American Quilter’s Society Wall Calendar
2001
Fall issue, American Quilter Magazine
American Quilter’s Society video, 2001 Quilt Show and
Contest
2000
More Snippet Sensations by Cindy Walters
1999
Maryland Quilts video, MPT On Location Magazine, Maryland
Public Television
Selected Recognition
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Resume: Selected Awards
2006
Best Quilt in Show - Deco Album, Southern Maryland
Quilt and Needlework Show, Sotterley
2002
“American Quilters Society 2001 Winning Quilts Exhibit,”
- Still Crazy After All These Ties,Tokyo Quilt Show,
Tokyo, Japan
2001
3rd place, Mixed Techniques category - Still Crazy After
All These Ties, American Quilter’s Society Show,
Paducah, KY
2000
Best Quilt in Show- Still Crazy After All These Ties,
Southern Maryland Quilt and Needlework Show, Sotterley
Honorable Mention, Other Techniques category- Still Crazy
After All These Ties, Quilter’s Heritage Celebration,
Lancaster, PA
1999
Mountain Mist Best of Show Award; Annapolis Quilt Guild Best
of Show Award; Southern Comforts Best of Show Award; Best
of Show and Grand Champion- Still Crazy After All These
Ties, Maryland State Fair, Timonium, MD
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