Aug 22, 2013 - Feb. 22, 2014 "nemenikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textile Expressions" at the Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Group exhibition together with Ana Lisa Hedstrom, Caroline Bartlett, Kinor Yang, Maire-Hélène Guelton, Yoshiko I. Wada et al.
The color of dried rooibos tea (redbush tea) reflects Africa to me. The often barren soil, the landscape, thousand shades of brown, ocher, beige, yellow .... In nature thousands of years past are conserved – there you have to expose yourself to the roughness, the savageness, the heat, the odors, wind and rain. To experience this environment intuitively leads to the exhibited work.
The dress is made of Rooibos teabags. Rooibos is the national tea of South Africa. A longer stay in South Africa inspired me to use these everyday natural resist dye products.
Each of the over 500 teabags has actually been drunk. I worked by hand and machine using different techniques.
The dress is delicate, but absolutely wearable.
This creation is a symbol of the necessity to use our resources wisely and recycle where we can, thereby protecting our ecosystem as much as possible.
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Mascha Mioni and Lawrence McLaughlin in Taos
Mascha Mioni and sculptor Lawrence McLaughlin will be showing their works at the Bareiss Gallery in Taos/New Mexico, USA. The opening reception is scheduled for 3 p.m., April 21st, 2012.
A gallery of contemporary art: paintings, photography, graphics and sculpture by international and regional artists. The sculpture park and art gallery are located in Taos, NM, USA
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Introduction to the exposition in Taos by Marie Moore, Apple Inc.
....The juxtaposition of hard concrete and transparent glass serves to remind me of the human condition—how we all have a hard exterior at times, but also a radiant soul that can shine through. ....Mascha’s work leaves us to wonder about what is not there, and encourages us to seek a deeper and less obvious understanding. Her work, like Larry’s, has a beautiful transparency, and she masterfully incorporates elements from the natural environment. ....
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textile forum about Mascha Mioni at the 8th ISSymposium in Hong Kong
Mascha Mioni's works Karukareb I and II, dyed with redbush-tea in the art magazine textile forum
MASCHA MIONI / CH
This painter and textile artist studied katazome under Shinzo Kajiwara in Tokyo 1994/95. Her art-to-wear has featured at various shibori symposia as well as the exhibition "Wearable Art - Draped, Shaped, Flow and Shadow" held at the Hong Kong Design Institute from 14th Dec. 2011 to 13th Jan. 2012.
"Mascha Mioni expresses art through clothing. She is often guided by coincidence, for instance during a stay in South Africa where she was forced to use natural dye because her 15 litres of Dupont dyes did not get through airport security. The colours produced by dried red bush (rooibos) tea are a reflection of Africa - its landscape, often bleak and containing thousands of browns, ochres, beiges and yellows.
textile forum 1/2012, S. 23
The reknown textile artist Christina Conklin/USA comments the exhibition:
"...Wearable Art: Draped, Shaped, Flow and Shadow, curated by Lydia Tanji and Elita Lam, included dramatic hats and gowns, as well as several shibori pieces, the most compelling of which were Mascha Mioni's redbush tea-dyed paper garments..."
textile forum 1/2012, S. 21
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Mascha Mioni at the 8th Internationalen Shibori Symposium in Hong Kong
Mascha Mioni was invited to the group exhibition at the 8th International Shibori Symposium in Hong Kong.
The exhibition
"Wearable Art - Draped, Shaped, Flow and Shadow"
at the
Hong Kong Design Institute
took place from Dec. 14, 2011 to Jan. 13, 2012.
Mascha Mioni exhibited her two art-to-wear dresses Karukareb I und Karukareb II.
Mascha Mioni expresses art through garments. Intellectual analysis and planning are not important to her. She is often guided by coincidences, as for instance in Sotuh Africa, where she was forced to use natural dyes, because upon leaving Switzerland airport security confiscated her 4 gallons of Dupont dyes from the checked baggage.
The colours produced by dyeing with dried redbush tea (Rooibos) reflect Africa. The often bleak landscape, displaying thousands of browns, ochres, beiges and yellows,...