Fiona Gavens is a textile designer based in Melbourne. She has broad experience developed over a lifetime of involvement with textiles.
Her multiple careers include being a freelance quilt artist, exhibitor and teacher for many years; manager of a regional conservatorium; and university and arts administrator. As a self-taught artist, she embraced the opportunity to develop formal design skills in her studies in the B.A. (Textile Design), RMIT University, graduating in 2018.
Fiona is a “hands-on designer”, developing the work through the construction process. Graphic shapes, bold colour and texture have always featured strongly, whatever the medium. The Japanese concept of wabi-sabi has been a strong influence and, as she describes it, “designing for randomness”.
Corona Virus – it’s a Blur (40x40cm) by Fiona Gavens.See more artwork by Fiona at Instagram: @figavens
Australia Wide Eight premieres at Warwick Art Gallery from 24 July until 27 August 2022. The official opening by Julie Tasker is at 2.30pm on Saturday 16 July following her textile talk Quilts Created with Wool? Why not? All welcome! Tickets are free. Bookings essential:
- Julie Tasker: Textile Talk 1.30-2.30pm Saturday 16 July 2022
- Official Opening Australia 2.30-4pm Saturday 16 July 2022
AW8 Preview is a series of daily blog posts from 10 June to 15 July 2022 that will feature an artist and preview their artwork from the Ozquilt Network members’ exhibition Australia Wide Eight. The exhibition will premiere at Warwick Art Gallery from 24 July until 27 August 2022 and continue on tour until September 2024. Please direct any exhibition queries to AW8@ozquiltnetwork.org.au
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