JASON KRIEGLER

Born: 1966
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Lives and Works: Mexico City, Mexico
Education: BFA Visual Arts & Design, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1988 


Jason Kriegler Bio
About The Artist

I have a deep interest in the stories, application, materials and techniques which have been told through textiles and the people that create them: the historical nature of man-made creations from different regions, tribes or villages which construct these intricate pieces. Men and women contributing to conceive unique works through the making of textiles. Ceremonial, everyday use, wearables, trade or decoration: shapes, patterns, color and ideas unfold through the centuries.

This body of work is a contemporary interpretation and influence from textiles from the past, using dark and light organic, biological forms as well as abstract exteriors, but can also be experienced purely as combinations of shapes, line and texture.

Despite their simplicity, they have a captivating quality that rewards careful looking which reveal the complexity and fragility of contemporary works, hand embroidered into paper and linen, enlivened by a sense of depth that only seems to grow with continued examination.