fibre Quarterly volume 2 issue 2 spring 2006
Air. 2006. 12" x 24". Painted and dyed silk, beads, ribbon
Joanna Rogers: elemental artist
I
have know Joanna since the early 1980s while she was working on an Honours
BA in Anthropology from Trent University and was involved in community
radio, performance and theatre before becoming interested in visual arts.
When
I first met her she was involved in the international audio/ radio art
community editing an audio “zine” called “Earmeat” and a radio
show about that community where sampling and rap were being born. She was
on top of a very cutting edge art scene that used audio collage as basic
building block.
As a visual artist she created and exhibited collages for seven years before moving to Vancouver and enrolling in the Textile Arts program at Capilano College. She has been working as a fibre artist since graduating 1994.
Her
studies of Anthropology and Textile History along with her collage skill
inform her art. Interestingly, the historical and cultural impact of
fabric is to be found in the archaeological record, not in the realm of
Her
work has been shown in public and artist-run galleries across Canada and
in the United States. It is represented in private collections and public
collections. Her work has also appeared in magazines such as Artichoke and
Fiberarts.
