about ana lisa

Ana Lisa is known for her signature textiles based on contemporary adaptations of shibori. Her textiles are included in the collections of major museums including the Cooper Hewitt, the Museum of Art and Design, and the De Young Museum. Her work has been exhibited and published inter- nationally. She has taught and lectured at numerous international Shibori conferences and schools. Her awards include two NEA grants and she is a fellow of the American Craft Council

ANA LISA HEDSTROM

EDUCATION:  Mills College, Oakland, CA.  BA in Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 

Blue Line Arts Center, Roseville, Ca.  2019 

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2017

Fiberscene.com on line exhibit 2009

Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, Ca., 2008

Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, SDA Conference, 2005

University of North Texas, 2005

Robert Hillstad Gallery, University of Nebraska, 2004  Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2004

Musee Marsil, Montreal, Canada, 2001

Galerie Smend,  Cologne, Germany, 1999

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:  

OBJECTS REDUX:  Racine Art Museum, 2019- 2020


OFF THE WALL; AMERICAN ART TO WEAR, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2019-2020

HANGZHOU SILK MUSEUM OF CHINA,  2019

FURTHER EVIDENCE: The Art of Natural Dyes: Penland School Gallery,  Penland, North Carolina, 2019


THE BOX PROJECT: THE COTSEN COLLECTION, The Fowler Museum, L.A. 2016, The Textie Museum, 2017

QUILT NATIONAL, Ohio, 2017

BREAKOUT: QUILT VISIONS 2016, Visions Art Museum, San Diego

FOCUS: FIBER 2016,  Kent State University Museum

QUILT NATIONAL 2015, Athens Ohio

MATERIALS HARD AND SOFT, Denton Texas, 2014-1015

RESIST DYE ON THE SILK ROAD: CONTEMPORARY ART,  China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China , 2014

MNEMONIKOS, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 2013-2014

TO DYE FOR,  De Young Museum , 2010

FIBERART INTERNATIONAL, 2010, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa.

STRUCTURE SURFACE EXPRESSION:  QUILT DIRECTIONS TODAY:  Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 2008

ART WEAR:  FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION: Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2005

QUILT NATIONAL, Ohio, 2005 and 2003

GENERATIONS/TRANSFORMATION:  AMERICAN FIBER ART, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Ma. 2003

IRONIC TO ICONIC, Oakland Museum, Oakland, Ca. 2003

FIBERART INTERNATIONAL,  Pittsburgh, Pa. 2001

ART, IMAGE AND IDENTITY,  Los Angeles County Museum, L.A. Ca. 2001

SHIBORI, S.F. Craft and Folk Art Museum, 2001

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

CRAFT IN AMERICA,  Jo Lauria

CONTEMPORARY QUILT ART, Kate Lenkowsky

SILK, Mary Schoeser

ART WEAR;  FASHION AND ANTI FASHION,  Melissa Leventon

MEMORY ON CLOTH: SHIBORI NOW, Yoshiko Wada

SHIBORI,  Wada, Rice and  Barton

FIBERARTS BOOK OF WEARABLE ART; Katherine Aimone

THE BOOK OF SILK, Phillipa Scott

THE KIMONO INSPIRATION, Wada, Dale & Corwin

SELECTED AWARDS:

  • Emeryville City Purchase Award, 2008;

  • American Craft Council Fellow, 2003;

  • National Endowment of the Arts Craftsman Grants, 1988, 1982

  • Ideacomo Award; Third International Textile Competition, Tokyo, 1988

SELECTED TEACHING: 

  • Penland,  Arrowmont, and Pacifoc Northwest Art School, workshops, 2016-2017

  • Instructor, S.F. State University, 2002-2006

  • Instructor, CCA,  2005-2008

  • Instructor; University of Minnesota Summer Program, 1994-2008

  • Workshop Instructor  and Lecturer; ISS conferences in Australia, Chile,

  • England, Japan, India, Canada, Mexico, and the US.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS and PUBLIC ART:

  • US Embassy,  Brunei

  • Emeryville City Hall Purchase Award

  • The Museum of Art and Design, N. Y.

  • The Philadelphia Museum of Art

    The Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum, N.Y.

  • The De Young Museum, S.F.,Ca.

  • The Oakland Museum, Oakland Ca.

  • The Racine Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

  • Takeda Kahei Shoten, Arimatsu, Japan

  • Aiichi Shibori Archive, Nagoya, Japan

  • Lloyd Cotsen Collection, Los Angeles, Ca.