Mary Giles

Mary Giles
Born
Mary Jo Mortenson

(1944-05-15)May 15, 1944
St. Paul, Minnesota
DiedApril 11, 2018(2018-04-11) (aged 73)
Stillwater, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Known forfiber artist

Mary Giles (1944–2018) was an American fiber artist.

Biography

Giles née Mortenson was born on May 15, 1944, in St. Paul, Minnesota. She attended Mankato State University and attended various workshops led by Ferne Jacobs, Lissa Hunter, and Diane Itter. Giles had a career as an art teacher, retiring in the 1990s. She then turned her full attention creating fiber arts.

in 2013 Giles received the James Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium Award in Fiber. In 2015 the Textile Center of Minnesota held a retrospective of her work. She died on April 11, 2018, in Stillwater, Minnesota. Her work is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Racine Art Museum.

Her work, Metallic Horizon, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.

References

  1. ^ a b "A Tribute to Mary Giles". Textile Center. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Belz, Adam (26 April 2018). "Mary Giles, fiber artist who transformed basketry, dies at 73". Star Tribune. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Mary Giles – U.S. Department of State". Art in Embassies. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Art Lives Well-Lived: Mary Giles". arttextstyle. browngrotta arts. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Field Trip: Mary Giles Talk and Exhibition Tour". American Craft Council. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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  7. ^ "Mar Giles". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Collection Focus: Mary Giles". Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  9. ^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
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