STATEMENT

As a mixed media fiber artist I am attracted to the dichotomy of opposites.  I like blending ancient craft and modern fine art techniques, mixing organic and synthetic materials in the same piece.  I have the most reverent respect for the craft of Japanese papermaking.  As a result I create work that reflects tradition, that poses integrity and speaks of the hand of the maker.

A graduate of Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute, Andrea Tucker-Hody was already an accomplished printmaker when she enrolled in her first papermaking workshop nearly twenty years ago.  Her interest was sparked by necessity: the need to work on larger format papers.  Papermaking has since become a major component of her life.  After that first workshop, Tucker-Hody studied papermaking at San Francisco’s Experimental Institute of Papermaking and at Oakland’s College of Arts and Crafts.  She has been a three-time grant recipient of the California Arts Council with community residencies in Papermaking.  Her latest sojourn has been an apprenticeship at a mill in Echizen Valley, Japan.

She describes her work as being profoundly altered when she began combining traditional Japanese papermaking with elements of printmaking.  “I’m attracted to the dichotomy of opposites,” Tucker-Hody explains.  “I like blending an ancient craft with modern fine art techniques, and mixing organic with synthetic materials in the same piece.” 

Andrea describes her (Washi) handmade paper assemblages as “papestries.”  Layered and textured, they are a pure assimilation of Japanese aesthetics.  The pieces ranges in size from 4x6 inches to six feet; they are hand dyed fiber, poured and laminated onto flexible screens.  This unique technique permits the interplay of space, light, and fiber.  Inclusions include Byzantine coin transfers and architectural elements that are drawn and gold-leafed.  Her work with its Asian and Euro-Western influences are decidedly Pacific Rim.

Her pieces are found in the private collections of George & Dorothy Saxe, Proctor & Gamble, and Paramount Pictures, as well as leading craft galleries across the United States.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 2000-2001 ~ Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1995/1997 ~ Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1998 ~ Croche' Signature Gallery Westport, CT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• 2004 - 2006 ~ Marin Open Studios, Marin County, CA
• 2005 ~ Sausalito Bay Model Arts Festival
• 2005 ~ California Design Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
• 2004 ~ Addison Street Gallery, Berkeley, CA
• 2004 ~ Cultural Arts Council Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
• 2004/2006 ~ Gualala Arts Center, Gallery Gualala, CA
• 2004 - 2005 ~ American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
• 2003 ~ L=Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA
• 2002 ~ Bolinas Museum, CA, Contemporary Crafts Build
• 2001-2003 ~ Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA
• 2000-2001 ~ California Design Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
• 1999 ~ California Design Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
• 1997-2006 ~ American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
• 1995/1997 ~ California Design Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA
• 1999 ~ Del Mano Gallery, SOFA Chicago, IL
• 1998 ~ Gayle Wilson Gallery, South Hampton, NY
• 1997 ~ Gallery Strasse, Mahinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
• 1997 ~ Del Mano Gallery "Art on Paper" Butterfield and Butterfield, Los Angeles

COLLECTIONS:

• George and Dorothy Saxe, Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles

RESIDENTIAL COMMISSIONS:

• 2006 ~ Elegance Designs, Private Commissions

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2006 ~ 500 Baskets - Lark Books
• 2005 ~ American Collectors - Alcove Books
• 2003 ~ Craft of Northern California, Alcove Books
• 2000 ~ Baskets Tradition and Beyond Leier, Peters, Wallace
• 1999 ~ Fiber Arts Design Book Six - Lark Books
• 1999 ~ Somerset Magazine, An Artful Journey, May/June
• 1998 ~ Fiber Arts Magazine Profile, Nov./Dec.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

• 2005 ~ Marin Community Foundation, Community Arts Grant
• 2004-2005 ~ Marin Arts Council, Community Arts Grant
• 2004 ~ Pre Jury Selection American Craft Council
• 1996-'98 ~ Youth In Arts Pilot Arts Program, Fairfax, CA
• 1998 ~ Individual Artist Grant - Honorable Mention, Marin Arts Council
• 1986-'89 ~ California Arts Council Artist in Residence, Community Artists Program, San Francisco

EDUCATION:

• 1987 ~ Apprenticeship: Udatsu House Studio, Imadate, Eichzen, Japan
• 1984 ~ California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA; Papermaking
• 1979 ~ Pratt Institute, New York, NY; M.F.A., Printmaking
• 1970 ~ State University College at Buffalo, NY; B.S., Art Education
• 1969 ~ Parson's School of Design, New York, NY; Graphics