International Art Textile Biennale

20 January - 18 March 2023

Opening event 5.30pm Friday 20 January   | All welcome FREE

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The winner of the International Art Textile Biennale 2023 major award is Josephine Jakobi (Australia) for the work, The Huntsman and I. Spider egg cases. Cotton. Perspex

The winner of the International Excellence Award is Katherina Sommer (Germany) for the work, Mug Women II, Photo printed on textile, stitched and handprinted.

The Australian Excellence award went to Brenda Livermore for her work, Firebrand. Three red columns, created using a basketry technique called looping with paper string over armature, fringing

The Glenys Mann award of Excellence went to Claudia Mazzotta (Australia) for the work, Stitching as registration: labouring over maternal care. Antique pillowcases, antique thread

The International Art Textile Biennale 2023 seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art textiles and this the second Biennale, reflects a wide range of works related to the textile medium. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted primarily in textile as well as art that explores unexpected relationships between textile and other creative disciplines.

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Fibre Arts Australia and its founder, Glenys Mann are committed to developing this significant award and with it an original vision and intentions so that Art Textile practitioners continue to expand, grow, and inspire.​