Freda Brierley

Freda Brierley (born 1942) is a New Zealand textile artist.[1]

Freda Brierley
Born
Freda Brierley

1942
Dundee, Scotland
Known forTextile art

Early life

Brierley was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1942.[1] An only child, she was taught embroidery by her mother.[2] As a child Brierley wanted to go to art school, but instead trained as a nurse and joined the Royal Navy as a Sister in Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service.[2]

Textile career

In 1982 Brierley moved to Devonport, Auckland, when her husband transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal New Zealand Navy.[2] Here she was finally able to enter art school, graduating in 1993 with a Diploma (Fine Arts) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design.[1] Her work has been exhibited at the Barbican in London in 1995, and from November 2004 to March 2005 at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the exhibition 'Freda Brierley – A Weaver’s Tale and Historical Quilts.'[1][3]

References
  1. Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Godwit Press. p. 11. ISBN 1869620364.
  2. Packer, Ann (2006). Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists. Auckland: Random House New Zealand. p. 21. ISBN 9781869417888.
  3. "Auckland Museum goes quilt crazy!". Scoop. Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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