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FIBER ART NOW
EXCELLENCE IN FIBER XI Winding and Unwinding-33 is juried into Excellence In Fiber XI. This artwork will appear in the Winter Issue of Fiber Art Now Magazine, to be released in early January 2026. Link to Fiber Art Now Fiber Art Now |
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SOLO EXHIBITION 2025
CONNECTIVE THREADS Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA LINK To Exhibition Page Uma Rani Iyli: Connective Threads - Patricia Sweetow Gallery |
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PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY is pleased to present Connective Threads, the spun thread ‘paintings’ of Uma Rani Iyli. Having grown up in India’s traditional caste-based society, Iyli identifies as belonging to the female Indian weaver’s community. She references weaving, stitching and pattern making in her art using remnant thread sourced directly from weaver communities collected during her annual trips to Southern India. Through her use of silk threads and plexiglas tubes, she spins vibrant colors inspired by traditional Saris.
“Embracing the practices of my ancestors is always at the forefront of my work in my journey to connect my past and present. Having grown up in India’s traditional caste-based society, I identify myself belonging to the weaver’s community. With that identity and sense of pride, I reference weaving, stitching and pattern making in my work. “Annual trips to India and our time-based meditative processes such as wrapping and repetitive mark making inform my art practice revealing the connective threads that tie them all together. My meditative process employs practices tied to my female identity of my Indian background and childhood memories. Each line that crosses another echoes the tradition of weaving and storytelling from my heritage”. |
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MUSEUM ACQUISITION 2024
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO The de Young/Legion of Honor Winding and Unwinding-15 Curator: Laura L. Camerlengo FAMSF Curator of Costume and Textile Arts at The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts Golden Gate Park. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco, CA 94118 |
Winding and Unwinding-13, 2022, Silk thread from Sari looms, plexi, Shadow-box wood frame, 36 x 36 inches (SOLD)
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SOLO EXHIBITION 2024
JUROR'S CHOICE EXHIBITION AWARD Juror: Renee Cyla Villasenor, Programs Manager + Curatorial Associate at Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco. Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA. (April 14-May 21st) Location: 1220-B, Linda Mar, Pacifica CA Sanchez Art Center |