Contemporary Quilt Maker
Vickie Wheatley
Vickie Wheatley, Contemporarary Quilt Artist
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Following in the footsteps of my mother and grandmothers, I began sewing at an early age, making everything from tailored clothing to camping gear, drapes, and upholstered items. Over the years, the desire to create my own work grew.
I am now a contemporary quilt artist who works mostly with hand-dyed cottons. After retiring from a career in teaching, I started to experiment with dyeing fabric and designing both fused and abstract art quilts. I fell in love with every part of the process!
Shape, line, structure, texture. These are my passions. I am always looking for a way to translate into cloth the incredible structures and images I find in the world around me. More recently, I am creating quilts that show what I call our "inner architecture," the world of our thoughts and emotions.
I live in Louisville, Kentucky with my husband, Jim. We enjoy travel, especially to the southwest, bird watching, music, art, friends, and family.
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2022
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ARTFUL CONNECTIONS Invitational: Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY May 14 - July 17
2021
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Anxieties #6: Disruptions; REVEAL, Large 2D Art: Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea KY
February 8 - April 30
2020
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Part of a three person art exhibition featuring color Pyro Gallery in Louisville, KY February 13th - March 21st
2019
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Anxieties #4: The River Lethe; 2019 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany, IN
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Anxieties #5: Acrophobia: Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
2018
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Anxieties #1: Imperfections; 2018 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany, IN
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Anxieties #1: Imperfections: Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
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Anxieties #3: Breakdown: Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2017
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Blue Moon, Blue Moon Unraveled, Cutting Corners, 3 Pi:, LAFTA (Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists) Juried Show at Gallery 104, LaGrange
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Anxieties #2: Cutting Corners, Juried Show at Krempp Gallery, Jasper IN
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Solo Show, Consider Boutique, Louisville, KY
2016
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Cool Rain, Juried Show LAFTA Show at Actors Theater, Louisville, KY
2015
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Las Ruinas, Juried Show - Mazin Art Exhibition at the Patio Gallery, Louisville, KY - Honorable Mention
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Louisville Visual Arts featured artist in Artebella
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Solo show at Consider Boutique - Louisville, KY