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ProfileI have always loved working with fabric. As a child I made clothes for my dolls, as a teenager, clothes for myself, and as a mother, clothes for my daughters and their dolls. Scraps of fabric were always kept for using one day. In 1991 I discovered traditional patchwork and quilting, but soon grew bored with the repetition. I started attending workshops that taught me I could break the “rules” of the traditional. I also started dyeing and painting my own fabrics.In September 2003, after winning first prize in the innovative wall quilt category at the biennial New Zealand quilters symposium and exhibition in Christchurch, I decided to retire from a 37 year career in nursing and pursue my passion full time. Since then I have had two combined exhibitions at the Left Bank Art Gallery with my husband Bob. I was invited to exhibit at Te Tuhi the Mark gallery in Manukau City during the 2005 Auckland Quilting Symposium. I have had work selected for various quilting exhibitions in New Zealand and had a piece travel to Birmingham, UK and Seattle USA, I was invited to submit two works for the Lay of the Land exhibition at the Left Bank Art Gallery, Greymouth, in 2005.
Exhibitions1999 Left Bank Art Gallery, Greymouth, Joint exhibition.2001 Tamarillo Gallery Wellington. Group exhibition. 2001 Canterbury "Threads and Thorns" exhibition. Group exhibition. 2003 "X Factor" exhibition in conjunction with the Christchurch Quilting symposium. Gained first place in the innovative wall quilt category. Also had one piece selected into the NZ Quilter travelling exhibition. 2004 Left bank Art Gallery Greymouth. Joint exhibition. 2004 "Pieces of Paradise" travelling exhibition to Seattle and Birmingham, one piece selected. 2004 "Take Two" travelling exhibition,organised by the National Association of New Zealand Quilters, two pieces selected. One piece awarded merit prize in the innovative section. 2004 Guest exhibitor at the Christchurch Quilters annual exhibition. 2005 "The Pacific Path" Guest exhibitor at te tuhi the mark gallery, Pakuranga during the Auckland quilting symposium. 2005 "Lay of the Land" exhibition Left Bank Art Gallery, Greymouth. Two pieces by invitation. 2005-6 "The Power of Nine" Left Bank Art Gallery", Greymouth ,joint exhibition. 2006 "Diversity x 7" Carnegie Gallery Hokitika, group exhibition. 2006 Two pieces in Taupo textile group exhibition. 2007 Two pieces selected at National Quilting Symposium Palmerston North One Piece awarded 2nd place in contemporary section also selected to travel for one year. 2007 "Fire and Fibre" joint exhibition, Taupo Art gallery. 2007 "Out of the rain" two pieces by invitation at left Bank Art Gallery,Greymouth, then CoCa, Christchurch. 2007 "Linked by Threads" Joint exhibition Taia Gallery, Wellington. Coming Events2009 December Taupo Art Gallery |
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Barbara McQuarrie
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