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browngrotta arts browngrotta arts has promoted international art textiles and fiber sculpture through exhibits and pub

For 30 years, browngrotta arts has represented museum-quality contemporary artworks from the US and abroad. This work, by artists working for the most part in fiber, is promoted by browngrotta arts through photography, publications, exhibitions, digital placement and through this website. This website contains some, but not all, of the available artworks by the artists featured on this website. To

purchase the artwork featured on this website or to obtain information about other available works, contact: Tom Grotta browngrotta arts, by e-mail [email protected], by tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981, www.browngrotta.com Click on any work of art to obtain more information.

New this Week: Merja Keskinen One of the themes explored in Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Materials was the bala...
06/08/2026

New this Week: Merja Keskinen

One of the themes explored in Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Materials was the balance between structure and discovery. In Horizontal Colors I, Merja Keskinen arranges colored threads according to a precise system, yet allows unexpected optical effects to emerge. Up close, individual threads are visible; from afar, they blend into luminous new colors—a reminder that discovery often lies within the process itself.

To learn more visit: https://browngrotta.com/artworks/2mkes-horizontal-colors-I

Pictured: 2MKES; Horizontal Colors I, Merja Keskinen; multi-colored linen textile, 30.75" x 19", 2024. Photos by Tom Grotta.

Happy Birthday, Chris Drury!Join us in wishing artist Chris Drury a very happy birthday. Drury creates work that is an i...
06/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Chris Drury!

Join us in wishing artist Chris Drury a very happy birthday. Drury creates work that is an integral part of the landscape, using a method or material that particularly suits idea and place.

Drury has worked extensively with small communities in Europe, Japan, and America. Drury has authored a recent book, Heart Soul Mind, the result of his career working outside and on paper for over 40 years.

We love seeing what he creates!

Happy birthday, we hope the year ahead is good to you.

Photo by Tom Grotta.

ArtLive: Jeannet Leendertse Beach-combing adventure In this 2022 video, created by Two Art Courses, Dutch artist Jeannet...
06/05/2026

ArtLive: Jeannet Leendertse Beach-combing adventure

In this 2022 video, created by Two Art Courses, Dutch artist Jeannet Leendertse shares her unique approach to transforming natural materials into sculptural forms. From seaweed vessels inspired by the coastline to pleated silk and linen works rooted in ancient techniques like felting and shibori, her practice reveals the beauty that emerges through experimentation, repetition, and a deep connection to nature.

To watch this video visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaV3Av65bU

Pictured: 18jle Flat Holding Vessel, Jeannet Leendertse, coiled stitched rockweed (ascophyllum, nodosum, waxed linen, beeswax, tree resin, 17.5" x 16" x 3.25", 2025. Photo by Tom Grotta.

arttextstyle: Art Out and About — a Busy Summer SeasonFrom Rome to Shanghai, Philadelphia to San Francisco, this summer ...
06/03/2026

arttextstyle: Art Out and About — a Busy Summer Season

From Rome to Shanghai, Philadelphia to San Francisco, this summer offers remarkable opportunities to experience fiber, textile, and material-based art around the world. Explore exhibitions that transform thread, paper, wire, and woven forms into powerful expressions of memory, identity, culture, and storytelling.

Whether you're planning a trip or looking for inspiration closer to home, these exhibitions highlight the endless possibilities of material in contemporary art.

To learn more visit: https://arttextstyle.com/2026/06/03/art-out-and-about-a-busy-summer-season/

Photos by: browngrotta arts, Tom Grotta; Yerba Buena Art Center, Corey Marsau; Moderne Gallery, Christian Gianelli; West Bund Art Museum, Alessandro Wang.

New this Week: Mary GilesA recipient of the James Renwick Alliance’s Master of the Medium Award, Mary Giles transformed ...
06/01/2026

New this Week: Mary Giles

A recipient of the James Renwick Alliance’s Master of the Medium Award, Mary Giles transformed materials such as waxed linen, porcupine quills, metal, silk, and copper wire into evocative sculptures that balance strength and fragility. In Anointed Procession, linked human-like figures invite reflection on connection, hierarchy, and the complexities of human relationships.

To learn more visit: https://browngrotta.com/artworks/71mg-anointed-procession

Pictured: 71mg Anointed Procession, Mary Giles, waxed linen, wire, 31" x 19", 1995. Photos by Tom Grotta.

ArtLive: bga — Transformations | Metallic Threads and Finishes A glimpse inside Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Ma...
05/29/2026

ArtLive: bga — Transformations | Metallic Threads and Finishes

A glimpse inside Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Materials at browngrotta arts. This video highlights a luminous grouping of works where metal, metallic threads, and shimmering finishes take center stage, with artists from Canada, Finland, Korea, Latvia, the US, and the UK.

Explore more Transformations videos on YouTube featuring linen, paper, and metal — with cotton, bamboo, bark, and indigo still to come.

To watch this video visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5nSJ_X-Q4

Pictured: 58jss Untitled I - Navy; Jin-Sook So, steel mesh, folded, burnt and painted with gold, silver and acrylic, 15.75" x 15.75" x 5.5", 2018. Photo by Tom Grotta.

arttextstyle: Art Assembled: New Work in May This month’s featured works explored the expressive power of material — fro...
05/27/2026

arttextstyle: Art Assembled: New Work in May

This month’s featured works explored the expressive power of material — from linen, h**p, and reed to flax, copper, and handwoven cotton. Through weaving, sculpture, and layered fiber constructions, the artists transformed natural materials into works reflecting memory, landscape, uncertainty, and human connection.

These material-driven explorations continued in Transformations: dialogues in art and materials at browngrotta arts.

To learn more visit: https://arttextstyle.com/2026/05/27/art-assembled-new-work-in-may/

Pictured: Detail - l5lk.1 Landscape Accumulation- #11, Lewis Knauss, inen, h**p, paper twine, paint and reed, 22" x 21" x 9", 1998. Photo by Tom Grotta.

New this Week: Stéphanie Jacques Dans le creux de ta main (In the Hollow of Your Hand) by Stéphanie Jacques weaves coppe...
05/26/2026

New this Week: Stéphanie Jacques

Dans le creux de ta main (In the Hollow of Your Hand) by Stéphanie Jacques weaves copper and flax into a sculpture shaped as much by space as by form. Openings, shadows, and transparency become part of the work itself—what Mary Butcher describes as voids “rich with meaning.”

To learn more visit: https://browngrotta.com/artworks/25sj-Dans-le-creux-de-ta-main

Pictured: 25sj Dans le creux de ta main (In the hollow of your hand), Stéphanie Jacques, coiled and sewn flax, copper, 31.5" x 15.75" x 4.75", 2026. Photo by Tom Grotta.

ArtLive: Weaving a World - Eduardo Portillo and Mariá Dávila In this conversation at the Art Institute of Chicago, Vene...
05/22/2026

ArtLive: Weaving a World - Eduardo Portillo and Mariá Dávila

In this conversation at the Art Institute of Chicago, Venezuelan artists Eduardo Portillo and María Dávila share their deep exploration of textile-making through indigo, sericulture, and hand weaving. Shaped by travels through India, China, and Venezuela, their work reflects the interconnectedness of people, place, material, and process.

Their work was recently featured in Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Materials at browngrotta arts.

To watch this video visit: https://www.artic.edu/videos/176/artist-talk-maria-davila-and-eduardo-portillo-weaving-a-world

Pictured: Maria Dávila and Eduardo Portillo and their children in the mountains of Venezuela, 2014. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Happy Birthday, Jeannet Leendertse!Please join us in wishing artist Jeannet Leendertse a very happy birthday. Having gro...
05/21/2026

Happy Birthday, Jeannet Leendertse!

Please join us in wishing artist Jeannet Leendertse a very happy birthday. Having grown up on the Dutch shore, Leendertse's fiber work can be recognized for its response to the rugged coast of Maine, where she now lives. We are honored to be able to work with Leendertse. You can see her new work in the catalog for the recent exhibition, Transformations: dialogues in art and materials.

We hope this next year of life is nothing short of spectacular. To see her work: https://browngrotta.com/artists/jeannet-leendertse.

Photo by Juan Pabon/Ezco Productions.

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