Ginny Eckley
2423 Kings Forest Dr.
Kingwood,Tx 77339
arthread@embarqmail.com
281-358-2951

Artist, Author, Guest Speaker & Workshop Instructor
My artistic endeavors range from creating and experimenting in my studio, to teaching art, and writing. A passion for nature has provided me with boundless ideas and mysteries to uncover. I travel throughout the US and Japan, teaching an average of 15 venues annually. Locally, I belong to two wonderful groups, Houston Area Fiber Artists and Mixed Media Artists. I am a member of SAQA, and appreciate the wide range of exceptional work in textiles today.

Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Houston, TX
Graphic Design, Associates Degree, HCCC, Houston, TX


Juried and Invitational Exhibitions:
2010:
  • Artist as Quiltmaker XIV, Oberlin, Ohio, Viewers Choice
  • 18 Hands Gallery, Houston,TX, Best of Show

2009:

  • Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX. Award Winner
  • 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
  • Quilt Visions, San Diego, CA
  • Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, Ohio. Award Winner
  • Hollywood Gallery, Houston, TX . Sold several works
  • Archway Gallery, Houston, TX

2008:

  • Tactile Architecture, Traveling Exhibit : Houston, Chicago & Portland, OR
  • Williams Tower, Invitational Show, Houston, TX
  • Quilt Mania, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
  • Quilt Mania, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
  • Dallas Quilt Show, Juried, Texas. Won Pride of Dallas Award

2007:

  • Live Oak Art Center, Invitational Show, Houston, TX
  • Hanson Gallery, Fall Show, Houston, TX
  • International Quilt Festival, Juried Masters, Houston, TX
  • Art Station, Ponchatoula, LA


Author or Contributing Artist:
  • LoneStar III, by Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes
  • 500 ArtQuilts, Contributor, Ray Hemachandra, Lark Books, 2010
  • Created 2 CDs with David Coffin, formerly editor of Threads Magazine
  • Author of article for Quilting Arts magazine, Summer 2003
  • Author of Fabric Painting, released in April 2000, by Fiber Studio Press, Martingale Publishing
  • Featured in Quilting Master Class, a book "from 50 of the worlds finest artists"
    Quarto Publishing, 2000, Pages 124 -128
  • Author of Quilted Sea Tapestries, focusing on machine embroidery