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CINDY HICKOK 523 Briar Path, Houston TX 77079, 281-497-2525
EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION A studio artist who uses thread as her medium, the needle as her paintbrush, the sewing machine as a tool, she earned a BS in Applied Art at Iowa State University in 1959, apprenticed in mosaic at Denwar Ceramics, Costa Mesa, California.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS PAYSAGE VOYAGE. Embroidery of Contemporary Art. Bibliotheque Forney, Hotel de Sens, Paris. March 9 p June 19, 2010. (See Artist’s News.) Fiberart International 2010. Juried. Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA. April 16 – August 22, 2010. With or Without Water. Juried exhibition of miniature textiles. Jean Lurcat Museum of Contemporary Textiles, Angers, France. Traveling exhibition; contact artist for locations, dates.
RECENT JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS Knitting & Stitching Show 2009, London UK, Dublin IRE, Harrogate UK. Featured artist, solo exhibition. Let Us Travel. Pfaff Art Embroidery. London. 2009. (Final juror, for selection of awards.) Art of the Stitch. Juried international. Shown in UK, Germany, Hungary. 2008 – 9. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery. Curated by David McFadden. Museum of Arts & Design, New York City. 2008, traveling through 2010. Texas Master: Cindy Hickok. Solo exhibition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. 2007. 20/20. Two international artists, twenty pieces each. Voirrey Embroidery Centre. England. 2006. SOFA Chicago. Jane Sauer Gallery and Friends of Fiber Arts Intl. 2005 – 8. VII, VIII IX Triennale Internationale des mini-textiles. (See Current Exhibitions.) Juried. Two museum purchases. 2002 – 2009. Playing Around: Toys Designed by Artists. Selections from permanent collection of Arkansas Arts Centr, touring numerous venues, including HCCC. 2003 – 5. Numerous other exhibitions including Recent Acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, and Fondation Lesur invitational at UNESCO Hdqtrs., Paris, France, 1998.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY. Musee Jean Lurcat et de la tapisserie contemporaine, Angers, France. (2) Racine Art Museum, Racine WI. Szombathely Keptar, Szombathely, Hungary. (2) Cultural Arts Center, Temple TX. Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AK. SBISD Althareta Yeargin Museum of Art, Houston TX. (4)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Teapots. 2011 Calendar. Catch Publishing, London UK. Freestyle Machine Embroidery. Carol Shinn. Lark Books. Quilting Arts, Summer 2005. Profiled artist. Fiberarts Design Books II, III, V, VI, and VII. Lark Books 1983 – 2004. Numerous books and periodicals, including Embroidery (most recent March 2009) and Textiel Plus (incl. “Best of 50 Years” poster).
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