Microcosms: The Stiched Textiles of Tom Lundberg

Exhibition

February 23 - March 25, 2012

Covi Gallery | Schneider Hall

Hite Art Institute

Lecture

Thursday, February 23 • 6 pm

Reception following lecture.  7 - 8 p.m.

Tom Lundberg, Perseus Diving, 2007, 4.75"diameter, cotton and silk threads on wool

Regarding the exhibition, Michael James, curator at University of Nebraska-Lincoln writes, "Leave any preconceptions you might have about embroidery at the door...when you arrive to view the magical stitched world created by Tom Lundberg.  The artist wryly subverts notions of this genteel pastime by composing and painstakingly needling unpredictable, surreal, perverse or mystical dream states that serve as cautionary statements about our relationships with both the natural and the built universes we inhabit.  That he manages on such a small scale to embrace many of the paradoxes and mysteries of life is nothing short of breathtaking."

Tom Lundberg live in Fort Collins, CO.  He is professor of art at Colorado State University, where he coordinates graduate and undergraduate programs in fibers and teaches courses in weaving and surface design.  Lundberg has lectured and taught workshops in the USA, England, and New Zealand and teaches in Colorado State University's Italy study-abroad program.  Lundberg began his advanced studies at Iowa State University.  Following an apprenticeship with potter Clary Illian, he completed his BFA in painting at the University of Iowa, where he also studied textiles with Naomi Schedl.  Lundberg received his MFA from Indiana University, in the textiles program directed by Budd Stalnaker and Joan Sterrenburg.  As a graduate student, he also worked with Diane and William Itter.