Elizabeth Whyte Schulze
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b. 1948, Racine, Wisconsin
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Office of the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Xtreme Baskets, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fiber Art Explored II, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery, The Richmond Art School, The Loomis Chaffee
School, Windsor, CT
Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Baskets as Architecture, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Baskets: No Boundaries, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
A Survey of Baskets Today, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2006-07 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2006 Natural Origins Contemporary Baskets, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Vessel Redefined, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Journeys, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
Baskets: Beyond Structure, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Basket (r)Evolution, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005 Forms of Fiber, Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH,
2003-05 Fiber Arts Today, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 Basket Constructions, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Artwork for the Corporate Workplace, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Woven Forms: The Work of Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Traditional Craft-Contemporary Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Crossings, Geissler Gallery, Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, MA
2003 More Baskets , Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, MN
2002 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Baskets 2002, Guilford Handicraft Center, Guilford, CT
2001 New Forms In Fiber, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Woven Constructions, Craft Alliance, St.Louis, MO
2000 Fiber and Basket Exhibition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 The Collector’s Eye: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection, Charles A.Wustum
Museum, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Fiberarts. Jan/Feb, Vol 33, No 4. “Elizabeth Whyte Schulze: Coiled Forms”. Bess, Nancy
Moore. pp 56.
Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry. Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
2006 500 Baskets. Lark Books, Asheville, NC.
1999 Baskets: A Book for Makers and Collectors. Sudduth, Billie Ruth. North Light Books.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My imagery is constructed through a series of painted layers interweaving figures, marks, text and designs. Cartoon like figures run, jump, flip and sprint across the surface mimicking incidents from real life. The characters juggle balls, fish and objects unimaginable with a sense of humor and imagination. The figures appear as a fusion of primitive art, prehistoric markings, cave paintings and petroglyphs all important resources that inform my work. Travel plays a significant role in providing me with inspiration, ideas, experience and enjoyment. From exotic Borneo in 1968 to ancient Venice in 2008 each destination is an opportunity to expand my visual vocabulary.
My materials are gathered longleaf pine needles that are bound with raffia into sensuous coiled vessels. Row upon row of repetitive stitching sculpts the basket surface of uneven rows into rounded oval forms. Applying acrylic paint to the finely crafted surface allows me a freedom of design which I was unable to achieve with embroidery. Painting directly on the stitched surface my figures come to life furiously propelling arms and legs in an effort to move across the basket surface. Each work is an opportunity to paint lush colors with layers of wash, dots, marks and text that overlay and intertwine the figure in a series of complex designs. My work combines contemporary artistic expression on the outside while the inside reveals the finely coiled craftsmanship of natural materials.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Office of the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Xtreme Baskets, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fiber Art Explored II, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery, The Richmond Art School, The Loomis Chaffee
School, Windsor, CT
Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Baskets as Architecture, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Baskets: No Boundaries, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
A Survey of Baskets Today, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2006-07 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2006 Natural Origins Contemporary Baskets, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Baskets, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Vessel Redefined, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Journeys, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA
Baskets: Beyond Structure, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Basket (r)Evolution, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005 Forms of Fiber, Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH,
2003-05 Fiber Arts Today, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 Basket Constructions, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Artwork for the Corporate Workplace, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Woven Forms: The Work of Elizabeth Whyte Schulze, James Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Traditional Craft-Contemporary Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Crossings, Geissler Gallery, Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, MA
2003 More Baskets , Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, MN
2002 Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
Baskets 2002, Guilford Handicraft Center, Guilford, CT
2001 New Forms In Fiber, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Woven Constructions, Craft Alliance, St.Louis, MO
2000 Fiber and Basket Exhibition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 The Collector’s Eye: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection, Charles A.Wustum
Museum, Racine, WI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Fiberarts. Jan/Feb, Vol 33, No 4. “Elizabeth Whyte Schulze: Coiled Forms”. Bess, Nancy
Moore. pp 56.
Mystery Contained: Contemporary Sculptural Basketry. Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO.
2006 500 Baskets. Lark Books, Asheville, NC.
1999 Baskets: A Book for Makers and Collectors. Sudduth, Billie Ruth. North Light Books.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My imagery is constructed through a series of painted layers interweaving figures, marks, text and designs. Cartoon like figures run, jump, flip and sprint across the surface mimicking incidents from real life. The characters juggle balls, fish and objects unimaginable with a sense of humor and imagination. The figures appear as a fusion of primitive art, prehistoric markings, cave paintings and petroglyphs all important resources that inform my work. Travel plays a significant role in providing me with inspiration, ideas, experience and enjoyment. From exotic Borneo in 1968 to ancient Venice in 2008 each destination is an opportunity to expand my visual vocabulary.
My materials are gathered longleaf pine needles that are bound with raffia into sensuous coiled vessels. Row upon row of repetitive stitching sculpts the basket surface of uneven rows into rounded oval forms. Applying acrylic paint to the finely crafted surface allows me a freedom of design which I was unable to achieve with embroidery. Painting directly on the stitched surface my figures come to life furiously propelling arms and legs in an effort to move across the basket surface. Each work is an opportunity to paint lush colors with layers of wash, dots, marks and text that overlay and intertwine the figure in a series of complex designs. My work combines contemporary artistic expression on the outside while the inside reveals the finely coiled craftsmanship of natural materials.