JASON
KRIEGLER
Kriegler’s work has been exhibited both within the U.S. and internationally. He currently lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.
While in art school in the mid 80’s, Kriegler was in- trigued by the rising textile artists, contemporary art and modernism that were changing the art scene; es- pecially Bauhaus and Black Mountain College where new ideas and techniques were being challenged and created.
Influences of his work were and are abstract mod- ernist artists; Dubuffet, Anni Albers, Bryce Marden, Anslem Keifer, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenthaler, El Anatsui, Sheila Hicks, Fortunato Hernández Bazán, Ruth Asawa and Lissy Funk to name a few. These artists influenced his work and helped push the boundaries of what textile art or fiber art is. Painting and textiles can the both be intertwined, infused.
‘Not the norm’ of traditions. i.e. hand embroidery into paper rather than traditional fabric. He began as a traditional painter then made the transition to mixed-media, using found objects and materials in the early 90’s.
Over the past 10 years, he began using embroidery or stitching into different mediums to create modern contemporary dimensional forms based on his experi- ences traveling and learning about techniques old and new through the making of textiles.
“I have a deep interest in the stories, application, materials and techniques which have been told through textiles and the people that create them: the historical nature of man-made creations from different regions, tribes or villages which construct these intri- cate pieces. Men and women contributing to conceive unique works through the making of textiles. Cere- monial, everyday use, wearables, trade or decoration: shapes, patterns, color and ideas unfold through the centuries.”
“Despite their simplicity, they have a captivating quality that rewards careful looking which reveal the complexity and fragility of contemporary works, hand embroidered into cloth and linen, enlivened by a sense of depth that only seems to grow with continued examination.”
THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY
