JENNY HART

EMBROIDERY
STUDY HALL DRAWINGS
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EXHIBITIONS
PRESS
BIO
CONTACT

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Embroidery - selected works

Embroidery - selected works

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Study Hall Drawings

Study Hall Drawings

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COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL
- Selected Clients
  Adult Swim / Cartoon Network
  Bust
  Converse
  Disney
  Frankfurter-Rundschau
  Nylon & Nylon Japan
  Random House
  The Washington Post
  Uncommon
EXHIBITIONS

EXHIBITIONS
- > > Quarante par Trente (group show)
  @ Galerie LJ, Paris, France
  March 15 - April 7th, 2012
  
  > > Needlework Revolution (workshop)
  @ Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  March 31, 2012 2-4pm register
  
  > > 40 under 40: Craft Futures (group show)
  @ Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
  opens: July 20, 2012 - February 3, 2013 (will tour nationally)
  
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  Solo Exhibitions
  
  2011 Vanités Sacrées, Galerie LJ, Paris, France
  2010 Study Hall Drawings, Domy Books, Austin, TX
  2006 Embroidered Works by Jenny Hart, Art Star, Philadelphia, PA
  2005 Embroidered Works by Jenny Hart, Paper Boat, Milwaukee, WI
  2004 Threading the Line, Big Cat Gallery, NYC
  2003 Exquisite Stitches, Yard Dog, Austin, TX
  2003 Collected Constructions, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
  2002 Sublime Stitching, Yard Dog, Austin, TX
  2001 Sight Effects, Independent Art, Cleveland, OH
  2000 Beautiful Flood, ManOverBoard.com
  1997 Relative Memories, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL
  1996 Semi-Celestials, The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence, KS
  1992 Heartlonged and Headstrong, Yako Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  1991 Weatherveined, Chicago Actor's Ensemble, Chicago, IL
  1990 Starry-eyed and Moon-mouthed, Mimzi III Galleries, Davenport, IA
  
  Group Exhibitions (selected)
  
  2012
  
  fresh stART, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
  
  2011
  
  Stitch: Modern Embroidery, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
  Monster Show Five, Domy Books, Austin, TX
  2010
  Sur Le Fil, Musée International d'Art Modeste, Sete, France
  
  Lost At Sea, Gallery Hanahou, NYC
  
  Replanting the Garden, Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
  
  Domestic Animals, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
  2009
  
  Fils Croisés, Galerie LJ, Paris, France
  
  Over & Under (curator), Yard Dog, Austin, TX
  Art Bloc, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
  Fiber Arctic, Schmancy, Seattle, WA
  2008
  Crocodile Tears, Giant Robot, New York, NY
  Practical to Poetic, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
  Devotion to Thread, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
  2007
  Hot Craft, Sesame Gallery, London, UK
  Porch Show, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Material Matters, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
  Stitches, Arkansas Arts Center and Museum, Little Rock, AR
  2006
  
  New Embroidery, Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR
  
  Flaunt, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Girls! Girls! Girls!, MF Gallery, New York, NY
  2005
  Werewolf Bongo Party, DVA Gallery, Chicago, IL
  American Muscle, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  Extra / Ordinary, Cube Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  Stitch and Swallow, Here Gallery, Bristol, UK
  Some Birds, Yard Dog, Austin, TX
  2004
  Girlie Fun Show, Seattle Arts Center, Seattle, WA
  Pins and Needles, Camp Fig, Austin, TX
  Pinup, The Hat Factory, Chicago, IL
  The Dress Up Show, Ohskin Events, Los Angeles, CA
  
  2003
  Inside of Inside / The Big Ballyhoo, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
  The Haunted Doll House, Copro Nason Gallery, Culver City, CA
  Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (annual showcase), Chicago, IL
  2002
  Kreepy Krafts, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Summer Sweets, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
  2001
  Art Scene II, Artists' Coalition of Austin, Austin, TX
  Recipient, Juror's Prize
  1991
  Davenport Regional Showcase, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
PRESS

PRESS
- Selected Magazines / Newspapers
  
  Los Angeles Times (US), 2011
  Veine (France), 2011
  Stella (Denmark), 2010
  Print Magazine (US), 2009
  Madame Figaro | Le Figaro (France), 2009
  Vogue (Italy), 2009
  Lamono (Spain), 2008
  DeFish (Belgium), 2007
  Spin (US), 2007
  Vogue (UK), 2007
  The New York Times Magazine, 2007 and 2009
  Nylon (Japan), 2006
  Fiber Arts (US), 2006
  Juxtapoz (US), 2003 and 2007
  Etapes (France), 2005
  Celeste (Mexico), 2005
  Atypica (Argentina), 2004
  The Village Voice (US), 2004
  Frankfurter Rundschau, (Germany), 2003
  Paper (US), 2003
  Embroidery (UK), 2003 and 2007
  Nylon (US), 2003
  The Face (UK), 2003
  The Wall Street Journal (US), 2003
  Gulliver (Italy), 2002
  Dazed and Confused (UK), 2002
  > > additional press here
  
  Selected Books
  Indie Craft (2010, Laurence King)
  Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design (2008, Princeton Architectural Press), Faythe Levine
  Illustration: Play 1 (2007, Victionary)
  
  Selected Online Interviews
  Ten Words / One Shot
  My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses
  Crit: The School of Visual Arts NYC Graduate Design Blog
  Crown Dozen
  Supernaturale
  MIT Comparative Media Study
  The Austin Chronicle - Review of Solo Show "Study Hall Drawings"
BIO

BIO
- photo by Aubrey Edwards for Juxtapoz
  
  Jenny Hart was born in 1972 in Iowa City and raised in rural Illinois. She is best known for her artwork in hand embroidery and her design company Sublime Stitching. Hart’s work has been published in numerous books and magazines including Vogue, Nylon, Spin, The Face, Juxtapoz, The New York Times Magazine and others. She has exhibited in Los Angeles, Paris, London and New York. In 2012 her embroidery will be included in a 40-year retrospective group show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery. Hart's work is in multiple public and private collections of note, including the estate of Elizabeth Taylor. She is also an award-winning author of eight titles on embroidery for Chronicle Books.
  
  Jenny Hart has lived in Kansas, France and Texas. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
CONTACT

CONTACT
- info@jennyhart.net