ARTIST STATEMENT​

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Faltered Pathways offers a view into interstitial spaces that expose moments of repair and fracture through the use of textiles. The complex surfaces that Brooks Harris Stevens creates begin with a single yarn and the repetitive act of stitching and tufting that result in complex surfaces. The mark of the hand is central in the artwork of Faltered Pathways, offering solitude within the fractures we collectively experience in our daily lives. Similar connections are made through repetitive motions, connecting these practices to the making of textiles while examining the value society places on textile production and the handmade.

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BIO​

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BROOKS STEVENS

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Brooks Harris Stevens (b. 1973) lives and works in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Stevens has been published in Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture, Ruminate, Literary Journal, Surface Design Journal, Fiber Art Now, CREATE! Magazine, and many others. In addition, Brooks has been an Artist in residence at Universiteti POLIS, Albania, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Tennessee, LOOM Weaving residency and Penland School of Craft, both in North Carolina with more forthcoming. 

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Brooks Harris Stevens is an artist who finds inspiration in our shared and faltered experiences, often expressed through acts of repetition and care, as she focuses on social complexities that challenge humanity's understanding of the social histories embedded within the handmade. Her interdisciplinary fiber-based work is often created with simple materials, marking time and connecting to narratives through the structure of cloth. Installations, performance-based works and stitching allow her to create works that intersect and question current cultural and social meanings embedded in material. Using simple, tactile materials, Brooks emphasizes time, labor, value and the emotional resonance carried through textile processes. These gestures foreground domestic and fiber traditions addressing social complexity, resilience, and material memory.

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Outside of her studio practice, Brooks is a professor of art and has lectured on textiles practices in Europe,  Asia and North America while exhibiting work in solo, group, and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally.  Recently, Brooks has had work in exhibitions at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, Georgia, Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina, and at the Echo Contemporary, Atlanta, Georgia. She has exhibited work in the following selected locations Hangaram Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Teshima Gallery in Paris, France, Frontviews Gallery, Berlin, Germany, and the Textile Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Kent State Museum, Ohio, Textile Quilt Museum in San Jose, CA, and the New England Quilt Museum, Massachusetts. Brooks maintains a dedicated artistic career working to expand her studio practice.

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WEBSITE | brooksharrisstevensart.com

INSTAGRAM | @brooksharrisstevensart