STATEMENT

The inspiration for my artwork comes from the beauty and tranquility found in nature. When I discovered basket weaving several years ago, I also discovered my soul's calling. Basket weaving became an immediate passion. I have always felt a reverence for our Mother Earth, and basketry allows those feelings to find artistic expression. Whenever I gather, weave and transform fallen plant materials I am brought closer to nature and transported to a place of inner quiet and reflection. Many ancient cultures considered the art of basketry to be sacred, and it does indeed feel like a spiritual activity.

BIOGRAPHY

Nadine Spier, is an award-winning fiber artist. Her baskets and fiber sculptures are exhibited internationally in museums and fine art galleries. Nadine is the recipient of many high honors including the Handweavers Guild of America Award of Excellence, and a $500 merit award from Art Calendar Magazine, and numerous First Places and Best of Show. She lectures and teaches at universities, art schools and professional weaving conferences. Prominent jurists, including the Directors of the Smithsonian and the American Craft Museum in New York, have selected her work for exhibition.

AWARDS AND EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS:

INTERNATIONAL

• "Traditional Craft - Contemporary Art" Galleries of the New Hampshire Institute of Art 2004
• Fiber Celebration 2000
• Convergence 2000
  • "Basketry Turning Points: The Future Contains the Past"
  • "Tapestry 2000"
• Convergence '98
  • "Small Expressions" (Jurist - Holly Hotchner, Director American Craft Museum, New York)
  • "Intensity!"
• "Small Expressions" Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Florida
• "Thunder & Lightning" Art Calendar Magazine - Jurist - David Scott, Director, Smithsonian National Museum of American Art

INVITATIONAL

• "The Exceptional Vessel" (2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999) La Jolla FiberArts
• The Museum, California Center for the Arts (COVA Open Studios Exhibit)
• "Many Faces of Contemporary Fiber" (North Carolina)

NATIONAL

• Sawtooth Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• "Artistry of Baskets" Artlink, Inc. ( Indiana)
• "Media as Content/Process as Form: Contemporary Expression in Textiles" (California)

LOCAL

• "Baskets as Art" (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998) Redondo Beach
• "Loominations - A Half Century of Weaving" . Mingei International Art Museum
• "Tapestry Art Network" . Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Rancho Buena Vista Adobe

SOLO

• "Artistry of Baskets" . McMurry University, Texas

AWARDS

• 2001 Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers:
• First Place, Best of Show, Second Place Basketry
• First Place - Gourd/Basketry

• 2001 Southern California Exposition Del Mar
• First Place Professional Gourds
• Second Place Professional Basketry

• 2000 Southern California Exposition Del Mar
• First and Second Place Professional Baskets
• First Place Professional Mixed Media

• Fiber Celebration 2000
• Second Place

• 1997 Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers
• First Place Showcase

• Handweavers Guild of America Award of Excellence (1997)

• $500 Cash Merit Award - "Thunder & Lightning" . Art Calendar Magazine (1996)

• 1996 Conference of the Association of Southern California Handweavers
• Second Place Showcase