STATEMENT

Valerie S. Goodwin is an artist and an architect who began designing and making quilts in 1998. Her work uses architectural elements such as built form, city grid, and mapping as inspiration. These pieces usually focus on the geometrical relationships, patterns and ordering principles found in architecture.
An Assistant Professor of Architecture at Florida A&M University’s School of Architecture, she was educated at Yale University and Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has been exhibited locally, nationally and internationally. Selected venues include:

• Quilt National 2003
• Art Quilts at the Sedgwick 2002, 2003
• Tactile Architecture 2003, 2004
• Fine Focus 2002, 2004

In addition, her pieces have been featured in many publications. Examples include:

• Fiber Art Design Book Seven Lark Books, Asheville, NC
• Surface Design Journal, Winter Issue 2003
• Journal of the National Quilting Association, Inc., Spring Issue 2004
• Fiber Arts Magazine, November Issue 2003
• Poetry Depth Quarterly, Oct/Nov/Dec. Issue 2003
• Quiltemagasinet Sept./October Issue 2004
• American Craft Magazine, Aug. Sept. Issue 2003
• Best in Contemporary Quilts: Quilt National 2003, Lark Books, Asheville, NC