EVIDENCE
Marguerite Jay Gignoux
Exhibition Dates: September 3 – 25, 2010
Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, September 3, 6-10pm

(Visual Art/Fibers)
Location: Artspace, Upfront Gallery
 
Marguerite Gignoux’s exhibition, Evidence , presents a series of textile collages that investigate the theme of mapping memory. To create these works the artist used repurposed fabrics, papers, photographs and text, employing both machine- and hand-stitching. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an elongated wall-mounted book that explores the language of grief. Gignoux’s mixed media works are inspired by stories, poems, and memory that speak of personal loss, growth, and  wonder.   

Gignoux is a textile artist based in Carrboro, NC.  She creates vibrant mixed media works, art quilts and hand made books for a variety schools, museums and health care centers through out North Carolina. Clients include: Duke Medical Center, Greensboro Hospice, UNC and Charlotte Hospitals, Green Hill Center for NC Art, and Fidelity Investments. Gignoux enjoys teaching art quilting to all ages and has led dynamic collaborative projects with Elon University, NC Girl Scouts, Meredith College, Durham Academy, and at Penland School of Craft. She received a BA in English from Kenyon College and a Masters of Industrial Design in Fibers from NCSU, College of Design.