Contemporary Art in Fibre & Textiles by Pauline McLean Dutkowski by Pauline Dutkowski

Pauline Dutkowski has created her art in the medium of fibre and textiles since 1972. Her works range from large woven tapestries to small vignettes using natural fibres wherever possible. She has lived on the shores of the Irish Sea as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Pauline is one of ArtTour International Magazine's Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art in 2017 and awarded by ATIM as a Top 60 Master in 2018. She is also an ATIM Artist of the Decade 2020. Her work is part of many public, corporate and private collections around the world.

She is an artist certified by the Museum of the Americas (Miami, U.S.A.) and, since 2007, has participated in many exhibitions with them in Europe, Dubai and the Americas. Her work is also presented in several of their publications.

Some of the exhibition highlights of her career are the Dubai International Art Fair 2021; the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; National Museum of China, Beijing; The Canadian Embassy, Tokyo; Museo Nacionale de Bellas Artes; Santiago, Chile; the Canada Pavilion, Expo '86, Vancouver and the 1976 Olympic Exhibition of the British Columbia art collection in Montreal, Canada.

One of her most fascinating "adventures in fibre" was creating a sculptural woven tapestry for the Captain's suite of a Canadian naval vessel, which was the command ship of the NATO fleet at the time. Recently, it was decommissioned and now forms an artificial reef off the coast of British Columbia.

Her work was presented in Important World Artists Book 5 published in 2022 by World Wide Art Books.

In 2023, Pauline received the award "International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci - The Universal Artist ". The awards ceremony was held in the National Museum of Science and Technology - " Leonardo Da Vinci" in Milan, Italy.

"In my work I attempt to capture, in a very small way, some of the incredible beauty and diversity of God's Creation. I delight in the shapes, textures and colours around me in this amazing world, particularly under the sea. I enjoy using various techniques to express my vision of these images. I am grateful for the unique gifts that we all possess from our Maker and desire to use mine to honour Him".

CONTACT EMAIL: pdutkowski@telus.net

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