Maria E. Piñeres

Maria E. Piñeres is a Colombia-born American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Her work, mostly embroidery, has been exhibited at the Museum of Art & Design in New York City.[1] and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. She studied painting at The Art Students League of New York and graduated from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in illustration.

Maria E. Piñeres
Born1966 (1966)
Medellin, Colombia
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forEmbroidery

Embroidery work

Piñeres credits her mother and grandmother for teaching her to sew, knit, and crochet, but she taught herself needlepoint after discovering a book by Mary Martin, an actress and avid needlepointer.[2] The artist's work often consists of homo-erotic imagery taken from vintage pin-up magazines combined with vivid, sometimes complex, textile pattern backgrounds.[3] Piñeres first became widely known through her series of needlepoint celebrity mug shots which was first exhibited in 2005.[4] This series included portraits of celebrities such as Robert Downey Jr., Paris Hilton, and Michael Jackson, as well as a portrait of Jack White which was later shown in V magazine. Piñeres’ interest in the subject came from a desire to show the celebrity in a vulnerable moment, without the protection of stylists and agents.[5][6]

Technique

Piñeres uses several different techniques including gathering imagery from vintage magazines, digital collages with images collected from the internet, and her own photographs. After some manipulation, the images are embroidered by fusing traditional needlework techniques ranging from a simple Continental stitch to more complex Bargello and Florentine traditions, which lend rich texture with a modern painterly focus on light and color.

References
  1. Camhi, Leslie (2007-11-13). "Let's Get Stitched". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  2. Chaich, John; Oldham, Todd (2017). Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community. AMMO Books. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-1623261054.
  3. Walt Cassna (July 9, 2009). "Correct Culture: Naughty Needlepoint, Apocalyptic Hats". Black Book.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  4. Andrea Dinoto (2008). "Pricked:Extreme Embroidery". American Craft. Archived from the original on October 25, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  5. "A Rogues' Gallery, by Maria E. Piñeres". The L Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  6. McFadden, David Revere. Pricked: Extreme Embroidery. Museum of Arts and Design: New York, 2007.
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