ABOUT

I am a textile artist and designer living in San Francisco, CA. I am interested in the types of images we collect and keep, and look to examine what it means to publicly immortalize our digital debris. Through my experimentation I’ve become increasingly fascinated with blending physical reality and digital experience. Knitting is used as a means to document the collaboration between the tangible and the ephemeral.

EDUCATION

2020. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
MFA, Fiber & Material Studies

2018. Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Machine Knitting 101 & 102, Weaving 103

2017. Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Knit Design & Technology course

2010. Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
BA, Studio Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS (2019-PRESENT)

2023. SKY, The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
2022. Cut & Color, Solo show at Dreamers Salon, San Francisco, CA
2022. SEA, The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA
2022. FLOWERS: Open Invitation, Far Out Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022. Bug World, Immersive online experience hosted by New Art City
2022. Abstract Acres, Curated by Abstract Lunch at Fluffybutt Farms, Fennville, MI
2022. Zero Mass Design, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, Los Angeles, CA
2022. Reflections & Ruminations, Cymbal Press, Los Angeles, CA
2022. 20 Things to do With a Computer - Forward 50, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, Los Angeles, CA
2021. Good Content, Solo show at Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
2021. Fragments from Shattered People, Virtual exhibiton by Big Rat .Studio
2021. Learning To Code: An Invitation to Computer Science Through the Art and Patterns of Nature Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, Los Angeles, CA
2020. Launch Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2020. Hot Wheelz, Online Performance Festival, Chicago, IL
2020. Direct Sunlight, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020. The Future of Our Plans, Online Thesis Exhibition, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020. Featured in Chicago Reader, Social Distance Gallery highlights student artists
2020. Featured on @socialdistancegallery
2020. Lunch Stream, Online solo exhibition with Abstract Lunch, Chicago, IL
2020. Popcorn, Sullivan 318, Chicago, IL
2020. Buffet, Sullivan 318, Chicago, IL
2020. Winter Weaving Residency, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2020. Jazz Dialogues Cymbal Press, Los Angeles, CA
2020. Life In E Flat: the Autobiography of Phil Woods, Cymbal Press, Los Angeles, CA
2019. Handmade By Robots, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2019. Thanks in Advance, Lecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019. Looped, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2019. Know Your Meme: Stitching Viral Phenomena, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
2019. FRAYED: Fiber Beyond Craft, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019. Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2019. Beyond Punch Cards, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019. Talking to Strangers Online, Lecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019. Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom Second Edition, CMK Press, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2022. Reflections & Ruminations, included in the New York Jazz Review’s Best of 2022 List (p. 23)
2021. Life In E Flat: the Autobiography of Phil Woods, Winner Book of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association
2020. US Pizza Team Virtual Pizza Cup, 4th place overall
2020. Eyes On, Work highlighted in Graduate Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2020. Ox-Bow Merit Scholarship, Saugatuck, MI
2020. Ground Floor 2020 Nominee, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2020. James Nelson Raymond Fellowship Nominee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020. Municipal Art League Award Nominee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

CONTACT

I would love to make something for you. Contact me for more information.

EMAIL info [at] yvonnemart.com