Kelly Thompson
Kelly Thompson is the principle investigator of Material Codes: Ephemeral Traces.
California-born but New Zealand-raised, Kelly Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Studio Arts/ Fibers and Material Practices, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Previously, she was Head of the BA Textile program at Goldsmiths, University of London, for four years and before that at Otago School of Art, New Zealand. She holds a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts (1985), and a MA Visual Arts from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University (1994).
"My recent practice-based research utilizes computer-assisted hand Jacquard weave technologies to produce cloth embedded with narrative content, which is exhibited in contemporary art contexts. Earlier work engaged with dyeing and painted threads and manipulating these during weaving to construct multi-layered imagery, using drawing and mapping as references. The practice and language of textiles as an expanded field within art interests me, as does the particularity of the communication that fibres media provide, whether through surface, structure, digital screen or moving image."
kellythompson.org
Louise Lemieux-Bérubé
Born in Montréal, Louise Lemieux Bérubé holds a BA in Art History from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She studied Jacquard weaving at Rhode Island School of Design. She is internationally recognized for her knowledge and her work in Jacquard weaving and computerized embroidery. In 1989, she co-founded, with Regine Mainberger, the Montréal Centre for Contemporary Textiles and she was director until September 2012.
"I have developed a particular approach that combines computer-aided design and production and the theoretical principles of weave structures as they affect creation potential. Integral to this long and endless research, I developed a mastery of the interrelatedness of all elements of a textile design. I am interested in the formal qualities of materials, the technological potential of the theories and equipment I use. My textile work is, through the computer, an essay that allows me to articulate my creations which are physical, tactile and visual."
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Julie Bénédicte Lambert
Julie Bénédicte Lambert is technician for the department of Fibres and Material Practices at Concordia University.
"My main interest in weaving is to work with multiple layers to achieve three-dimensional objects. I use different types of paper and metallic yarns to do so. My choice to weave paper is both metaphorical and technical."
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WhiteFeather
WhiteFeather holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts and a Certificate in Adult Education from the University of New Brunswick, as well as a Diploma in Fine Craft/ Textiles from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. WhiteFeather is currently completing her MFA in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University, with a focus on biotextiles and tissue engineering. In addition to three different laboratory-based research residencies, part of WhiteFeather's biotextile work includes producing Jacquard weavings that she calls 'meta-material', or larger-scale image-based cloths that represent the microscopic biotextile ecologies she has created in the lab. WhiteFeather is working to design and produce weavings that talk about haptic intelligence - both human material fluency through the hands-on making of textile art forms and the haptic intelligence of nonhuman agents (cells) to reach towards each other, make membranous contact and connect to intersecting fibres in order to build living tissue on them.
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Sophia Borowska
Sophia Borowska (b.1993) is a Montreal-based artist and researcher working in fibres, sculpture, and installation. Her work questions the potential for control in architectural and virtual spaces through textiles and the manipulation of threads. She received a Diploma in Textile Arts from Capilano University in 2013, and a BFA in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University in 2016. She has exhibited in Canadian artist-run centres, galleries, and DIY spaces, and is published and has presented research in Canada and the U.S. She also takes part in curating art-related events as part of the Anti-Oppression Commitee at articule artist-run centre. She is a research assistant to Professor Kelly Thompson as part of the project Material Codes: Ephemeral Traces, and a member of the Textiles and Materiality Cluster at Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology at Concordia University.
sophiaborowska.com
Geneviève Moisan
Geneviève Moisan is a recent graduate from the MFA program in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University and works as research assistant to Kelly Thompson.
Geneviève’s textile based practice is inspired by traditional artisanal techniques but created on the computerized Jacquard loom.
genevievemoisan.com
Claire Nadon
Claire Nadon is currently enrolled in the MFA program in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University.
"What I aim for in my studies is to use the knowledge accumulated through different fields of art to conduct experimental work. Through installation pieces as a merging point for painting, sculpture and textile, I would like to use the practicality of objects, accessories and furniture pieces to explore my passion for trompe l’oeil and how it can be integrated into them. One of the best tools to achieve this trompe l'oeil effect is the Jacquard weaving medium and the digitalized image. The high density of Jacquard helps with the resolutions of the image. The actual research in color warp will help convey realism.
clairenadon.com
Kelly Thompson is the principle investigator of Material Codes: Ephemeral Traces.
California-born but New Zealand-raised, Kelly Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Studio Arts/ Fibers and Material Practices, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Previously, she was Head of the BA Textile program at Goldsmiths, University of London, for four years and before that at Otago School of Art, New Zealand. She holds a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts (1985), and a MA Visual Arts from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University (1994).
"My recent practice-based research utilizes computer-assisted hand Jacquard weave technologies to produce cloth embedded with narrative content, which is exhibited in contemporary art contexts. Earlier work engaged with dyeing and painted threads and manipulating these during weaving to construct multi-layered imagery, using drawing and mapping as references. The practice and language of textiles as an expanded field within art interests me, as does the particularity of the communication that fibres media provide, whether through surface, structure, digital screen or moving image."
kellythompson.org
Louise Lemieux-Bérubé
Born in Montréal, Louise Lemieux Bérubé holds a BA in Art History from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She studied Jacquard weaving at Rhode Island School of Design. She is internationally recognized for her knowledge and her work in Jacquard weaving and computerized embroidery. In 1989, she co-founded, with Regine Mainberger, the Montréal Centre for Contemporary Textiles and she was director until September 2012.
"I have developed a particular approach that combines computer-aided design and production and the theoretical principles of weave structures as they affect creation potential. Integral to this long and endless research, I developed a mastery of the interrelatedness of all elements of a textile design. I am interested in the formal qualities of materials, the technological potential of the theories and equipment I use. My textile work is, through the computer, an essay that allows me to articulate my creations which are physical, tactile and visual."
lemieuxberube.com
Julie Bénédicte Lambert
Julie Bénédicte Lambert is technician for the department of Fibres and Material Practices at Concordia University.
"My main interest in weaving is to work with multiple layers to achieve three-dimensional objects. I use different types of paper and metallic yarns to do so. My choice to weave paper is both metaphorical and technical."
papiertextile.com
WhiteFeather
WhiteFeather holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts and a Certificate in Adult Education from the University of New Brunswick, as well as a Diploma in Fine Craft/ Textiles from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. WhiteFeather is currently completing her MFA in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University, with a focus on biotextiles and tissue engineering. In addition to three different laboratory-based research residencies, part of WhiteFeather's biotextile work includes producing Jacquard weavings that she calls 'meta-material', or larger-scale image-based cloths that represent the microscopic biotextile ecologies she has created in the lab. WhiteFeather is working to design and produce weavings that talk about haptic intelligence - both human material fluency through the hands-on making of textile art forms and the haptic intelligence of nonhuman agents (cells) to reach towards each other, make membranous contact and connect to intersecting fibres in order to build living tissue on them.
whitefeatherhunter.com
Sophia Borowska
Sophia Borowska (b.1993) is a Montreal-based artist and researcher working in fibres, sculpture, and installation. Her work questions the potential for control in architectural and virtual spaces through textiles and the manipulation of threads. She received a Diploma in Textile Arts from Capilano University in 2013, and a BFA in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University in 2016. She has exhibited in Canadian artist-run centres, galleries, and DIY spaces, and is published and has presented research in Canada and the U.S. She also takes part in curating art-related events as part of the Anti-Oppression Commitee at articule artist-run centre. She is a research assistant to Professor Kelly Thompson as part of the project Material Codes: Ephemeral Traces, and a member of the Textiles and Materiality Cluster at Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology at Concordia University.
sophiaborowska.com
Geneviève Moisan
Geneviève Moisan is a recent graduate from the MFA program in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University and works as research assistant to Kelly Thompson.
Geneviève’s textile based practice is inspired by traditional artisanal techniques but created on the computerized Jacquard loom.
genevievemoisan.com
Claire Nadon
Claire Nadon is currently enrolled in the MFA program in Fibre and Material Practices at Concordia University.
"What I aim for in my studies is to use the knowledge accumulated through different fields of art to conduct experimental work. Through installation pieces as a merging point for painting, sculpture and textile, I would like to use the practicality of objects, accessories and furniture pieces to explore my passion for trompe l’oeil and how it can be integrated into them. One of the best tools to achieve this trompe l'oeil effect is the Jacquard weaving medium and the digitalized image. The high density of Jacquard helps with the resolutions of the image. The actual research in color warp will help convey realism.
clairenadon.com