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SHEILA HICKS: American Textile Artist, born 1934

She is called the most innovative force in wall hanging art by Mildred Constantine [[strikethrough]] of the Museum of Modern Art [[/strikethrough]] [[note]] See Beyond Craft 1st ΒΆ. [[/note]] Yet her work is more than weaving - it [[strikethrough]] explodes [[/strikethrough]] broadens the weavers' art. Her palate incorporates the myriad properties of the yarn, refining the completed work to that simplicity known only to restraint.

Her work ranges from individual pieces to integral components of the architectural interior. [[?]] is a complete craftsman. [[strikethrough]] Miss Hicks spins, dyes, and weaves [[/strikethrough]] Miss Hicks weaves, knits, wraps all her work.

Her work is represented in collections of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., New York; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich; The Art Institute of Chicago; Narodi Museum (National Museum), Prague; Banque de Rothschild, Paris; Ford Foundation, New York; Rochester Institute of Technology, New York; TWA, Kennedy Airport, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; American Airlines, St. Louis; Air France 747 Jets; Hotel Camino Real, Mexico; Societe Francis Bougues, Paris; Prefecture Val de Marne, France; Wilmington Trust Bank, Delaware, Financiera Banamex, Mexico; IBM, Paris.

She studied at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, under Joseph Albers and George Kubler, winning a 1957 Fulbright grant for research on Pre-Incaic cultures. In 1961 under the Fribourg Scholarship, she studied painting and weaving in France. Later, she taught at the University of Mexico and worked with Luis Barragan. She established L'Atelier des Grands Augustins in Paris, 1968.

Her Work has been exhibited at the Museum Modern Art, New York, 1962, 1967, 1969; Oldenburg, Germany, 1964-5; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1969; and in Mexico, South America, Europe and Morocco including La Triennale de Milano, 1964; Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, 1967, 1969, 1971.

[[strikethrough]] Presently Jack Larsen and Miss Constantine are writing a book on wall hangings which concentrates on her work. [[/strikethrough]]

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