About The Artist
I am known for my innovative, transordinary vessels made with every-day, common materials, using traditional basketry techniques in a non-traditional way. With a visual language, I tell a story by sculpting, weaving, assembling and coiling, interacting with material, pattern, color, design and texture. My use of re-purposed, re-contextualized materials is commentary on overconsumption of commercial goods, societal excess and throwaway consumerism. My work references regular life and our relationship with our urban environment.
I have been a sculptural basketry/ fiber artist for over 40 years. I grew up in NJ and have been living in CA since 1970. I have exhibited, taught, consulted and spoken about my artist career for many organizations. I owned and operated a retail business, Various & Sundries, for 35 years. I was President of The National Basketry Organization for 3 years. I now have an active art practice and a studio in Sausalito at the ICB.
Sculpture, Fiber
Studio Information
Industrial Center Building (ICB)
#205
Contact Information
(415) 602-0131
Exhibitions & Press
ADORNED – Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD
FANTASTIC FIBERS – INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT – Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
MATERIAL II: EXHIBITION OF FIBERF ART – D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
THE GOLD STANDARD – TSGNY 50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW – The Westbeth Art gallery, NYC, NY
BASKETRY NOW – The Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
FIBER OPTIONS: MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS – Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
NATIONAL FIBER DIRECTIONS – Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
“THE LANGUAGE OF MAKING”: Visual Voices from The Textile Study Group of New York
“DIMENSIONAL CLOTH” – Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists, by Andrea F. Stanton
“EMILY DVORIN: TRANSORDINARY VESSELS” – National Basketry Organization Quarterly Review, Fall Issue
“CREATING ABUNDANCE” – Surface Design Journal, Summer Issue
INTERNATIONAL FIBER ARTS IX – Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
VISION: AN ARTIST”S PERSPECTIVE – Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
THE NOW WOW PROJECT – Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
ARTFULLY RECLAIMED – Marin Moca Museum, Novato, CA
A TWIST ON TRADITION – Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA
HIDE AND REVEAL – International Craft Competition, Cheongju City, Republic of Korea
“EMILY DVORIN, ARTIST” – Les Femmes Folles: Women in Art, January Issue
“THE WACKY BASKETRY OF FIBER ARTIST EMILY DVORIN” – The Women’s Eye, October Issue
“ARTIST MAKES ‘WACKY’ BASKETS FROM EVERYDAY ITEMS” – San Francisco Chronicle, September Issue
“DVORIN WEAVES UNUSUAL, COLORFUL WORK” – Marin Independent Journal, October Issue
Education
BA – Liberal Arts, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
MAT – Education, George Washington University, Wash., DC
