Textile
“FIBER ITERATION” at Textile Art Gallery NYC!
I am thrilled to participate in:
Fiber Iterations
presented at Textile Art Gallery New York!


August 3-28, 2026
Opening Reception August 6, 4-6 pm
Fiber Iterations – Textile Art Gallery NYC invited artists working in fiber and textile-based practices to submit work celebrating the versatility, innovation, and expressive potential of these mediums. The “Fiber Iterations” show was open to artists exploring traditional and contemporary approaches, including but not limited to weaving, embroidery, quilting, felting, tapestry, soft sculpture, mixed media, and experimental textile processes.
Textile Art Gallery New York is particularly interested in work that pushes the boundaries of fiber art, engages with cultural narratives, or examines materiality, sustainability, identity, and storytelling through textile forms.
Selected works are featured in this curated exhibition aimed at highlighting the depth and diversity of fiber and textile art today. Artists will have the opportunity to share their work with a broader audience in the Chelsea Arts District and participate in programming related to the exhibition.
Juror: Dutch native Petra Fallaux is a writer, curator and artist based in Pittsburgh, PA
Petra Fallaux remarked that the quality of the submissions was “second to none.” The creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation demonstrated by artists from around the world made this an exceptional pool of work. We extend our sincere thanks to every artist who submitted their work and congratulate those selected for this outstanding exhibition.
295 artists submitted works, making the selection process both exciting and incredibly challenging for our juror. After careful review, 53 artists were selected for the exhibition. I am pleased to be showing:
The Body Politic: Like White on White, 2024, 9 x 16 x 7″, book board, paint, canvas, hemp/assorted cord, trim


EXHIBITIONISTA: ” FIBER ITERATIONS” at Textile Art Gallery New York
I am thrilled to participate in:
Fiber Iterations
presented at Textile Art Gallery New York!

August 3-28, 2026
Opening Reception August 6, 4-6 pm
Fiber Iterations – Textile Art Gallery NYC’s annual Juried Show invited all artists working in fiber and textile-based practices to submit work celebrating the versatility, innovation, and expressive potential of these mediums. The Juried Show was open to artists exploring traditional and contemporary approaches, including but not limited to weaving, embroidery, quilting, felting, tapestry, soft sculpture, mixed media, and experimental textile processes.
The gallery is particularly interested in work that pushes the boundaries of fiber art, engages with cultural narratives, or examines materiality, sustainability, identity, and storytelling through textile forms. Both emerging and established artists were encouraged to apply.
Selected works will be featured in this curated exhibition aimed at highlighting the depth and diversity of fiber and textile art today. Artists will have the opportunity to share their work with a broader audience in the Chelsea Arts District and participate in programming related to the exhibition.
Juror: Dutch native Petra Fallaux is a writer, curator and artist based in Pittsburgh, PA
Petra Fallaux remarked that the quality of the submissions was “second to none.” The creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation demonstrated by artists from around the world made this an exceptional pool of work. We extend our sincere thanks to every artist who submitted their work and congratulate those selected for this outstanding exhibition.
295 artists submitted works, making the selection process both exciting and incredibly challenging for our juror. After careful review, 53 artists were selected for the exhibition.
EXHIBITIONISTA: Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition
I am pleased to participate in Black & White: An Achromatic Textile & Fiber Exhibition at the William Scofield Gallery, showing: (apropos…)
“It’s Not Black and White“, 9 x 22 x 7.5″, book board, canvas, paper, typewriter ribbon, hemp cord.
Please view works in the exhibition HERE!
“William Scofield Gallery is a curated spaced devoted to the elevation of contemporary fiber and textile art. Through thoughtful curation, we aim to shift perceptions of fiber and textile to fine art. Our exhibitions highlight the full spectrum of fiber art from woven to stitched, soft sculpture to experimental surfaces. We champion artists that use fiber as a language to bring together, form, material and story.”
Seeking Sanctuary: Installation Process 2
Debra Disman: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space
Atrium Gallery
18th Street Arts Center
“Sanctuary: Know Safe Space” expands upon Disman’s 2023 piece, “K no W Safe Place” with the addition of a hanging roof surrounded by an inverted “forest” of knotted colored cords added to and developing over time, hung from the ceiling in various arrangements allowing pathways to the suspended black sanctuary space. The installation grew and changed over time with the addition of these hanging elements, to be shared in further PROCESS posts.
This installation draws upon Disman’s ongoing study of the groundbreaking practices of artists Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse using artmaking to transcend trauma; research into sanctuary movements and spaces and the use of textiles within these; exploration of the“quipu/khipu”, a record-keeping device made of knotted cords of assorted colors used in various cultures in the central Andes of South America; and investigation into the work of artists who have used fiber-based materials to create environments, structures and shelters including Do Ho Suh, Chiharu Shiota and Tracey Emin, as well as drawing inspiration from artists Maria Lai and Liza Lou.
Disman also engaged in dialogue with others inside the Sanctuary space, informally videotaping participants’ response to the installation and their immersion in it, as well as offering “interviewees’ the opportunity to share about their own practices, projects and practices, especially as they relate to 18th Street Arts Center. These short-form videos serve as an informal archive of our present moment, the role of the creative process in it, and the support and sanctuary 18th Street Arts Center is offering to the community by allowing us to Know Safe Space.
Informal documentation of the process of creating “Sanctuary: Know Safe Space” at 18th Street Arts Center, November 2025 – January 2026.

SANCTUARY: Know Safe Space facing into open space

Walls behind and on both sides

Walk inside
and stay awhile





