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 Bettina Matzkuhn: Mappa
April 1 - June 3, 2011
Vancouver textile artist Bettina Matzkuhn combines cartography and fabric art in this solo show called Mappa, a series of fourteen works that describe personal and imaginary journeys. For the artist, the fabric becomes her vocabulary and her detailed embroidery, the punctuation. She speaks to the viewer of her explorations of time, space and the human trajectory through emotional cargo and all. Her works are colourful and whimsical and while Bettina's maps please our eyes and reference the familiar functionality of maps, they also transport us from the known to the unknown.
Bettina Matzkuhn has worked in textiles for over 30 years with an emphasis on embroidery and fabric collage. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts and an MA in Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University. In the 1980s she animated and directed three award-winning films using textiles for the National Film Board of Canada. An interest in narrative continues to inform her work. She exhibits her work nationally and internationally and she gives talks and workshops in conjunction with her exhibits. Matzkuhn also writes professionally on the arts and teaches as a sessional instructor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Pictured above: The Magic Quilt (detail)
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