According to Architect
José Mario Maza, Director of the Museum of Modern Art,
Guatemala, Central America, "Priscilla Bianchi's art quilts
possess the qualities that define a work of art: originality,
individuality, aesthetic beauty, color, value, balance, rhythm,
technical mastery. The influence of her Guatemalan roots, that
constitute her main source of inspiration, can be appreciated
through her artistic expression.
Bianchi's artistic proposal is avant-garde
in that she incorporates our native, traditional textiles of
ancestral origins, in contrast with the vibrant, fresh, contemporary
appeal of her work."
Honors
"Hanging
By A Thread: Guatemalan Art Quilts by Priscilla Bianchi"
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Description
International Quilt Market and Festival, Fall Show, Houston,
TX
October 24 - November 2, 2003
International
Quilt Festival, Spring Show, Chicago, IL
March 24 - 28, 2004
Guest
Artist in Residence
Empty Spools Seminars
Asilomar Conference Center/Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA
March 2 - 7, 2003
Upcoming Individual Exhibits
"Guatemalan Rainbow: Art Quilts by Priscilla Bianchi"
World Quilt and Textile Show: On Tour
Columbus, OH, August 11-13, 2005
Manchester, NH, August 18-21, 2005
Pacific International Quilt Festival
Santa Clara, CA
October 13-16, 2005
Individual
Exhibits
"Guatemalan Art Quilts by Priscilla Bianchi"
Calgary Sew Fest,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
February, 2005
"Colors
of Guatemala: Art Quilts by Priscilla Bianchi"
Pacific International Quilt Festival ("PIQF")
Santa
Clara, CA
October, 2004
"Hanging
By A Thread: Guatemalan Art Quilts by Priscilla Bianchi"
Fabulous Fiber Fest
Santa
Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA,
August, 2004
"Colors
of Guatemala"
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, USA, October, 2003
- January 2004
"Art
Quilting in Retrospect II"
"Miraflores" Museum, Guatemala City, Guatemala, May,
2003
"Art
Quilting in Retrospect"
International Museum of Art Movements "CASA M.I.M.A.",
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Sept, 2002
"Contemporary Works of Textile Art"
Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala City, Guatemala, May, 2002
"Guatemalan
Kaleidoscope"
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington,
D.C., USA, Oct, 2001
"Guatemalan
Kaleidoscope"
La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA, USA, July - Sept, 2001
"Art
Quilts from Guatemalan Folklore"
Sponsored by Louisville Visual Art Association
Bank One Art Gallery, Louisville, KY, USA, Jan - March, 2001
"Potpourri of Textile Art"
International Museum of Art Movements "CASA M.I.M.A.",
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nov 7 - Dec 4, 2000
"Art
Quilts from Guatemalan Folklore"
Center of Traditional Textiles "Nim Po't", Antigua,
Guatemala,
Dec 7, 1999 - Jan 7, 2000
"Forms
and Colors Dancing on Fabric"
IXCHEL Museum of Indigenous Costumes and Textiles,, Guatemala
City, Guatemala
Feb 24 - March 13, 1999
Collective Exhibits
"JUANNIO 2005 "
The prestigious annual, juried "Latin American Art Show"
Guatemala City, Guatemala
June, 2005
"2002
Hands All Around XVIII: International Quilts"
US and International Traveling Exhibit, premiered at International
Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, USA, Oct 2002-Sep 2003
"La
Conner Quilt Museum", 5th Anniversary Celebration, La
Conner, WA, USA, Sept. 2002
"SIX
CONTINENTS OF QUILTS", The American Craft Museum Permanent
Collection US and International Traveling Exhibit, premiered in
New York City, NY, USA,
July-Sept, 2002
"JUANNIO 2002" The prestigious annual, juried
"Latin American Art Show", Guatemala City, Guatemala, June, 2002
"JUANNIO 2001" The prestigious annual, juried
"Latin American Art Show", Guatemala City, Guatemala, June, 2001
"Many Cultures - One Art Quilt Show" featuring "Hispanic
Quilts"
FEATURED QUILT ARTIST, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, Sept-Oct, 2000
31st
Annual "National Quilting Association" Quilt Show,
Reno, NV, June, 2000
4th
Annual "Quiltfest", FEATURED QUILT ARTIST , Boerne,
TX, May, 2000
"Many
Cultures - One Art Quilt Show" featuring "Native American and African American Quilts",
Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, Sept - Oct, 1999
"Annual Quilt Festival", Boise Basin Quilters Guild , Boise,
ID, Sept - Oct, 1999
"Quilt
Show for the Millennium", Guatemalan International Quilters
Guild
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Oct, 1999
