Dorian Zachai Explained

Dorian Zachai
Birth Date: 1932
Field:Fiber art

Dorian (Dohrn)[1] Zachai (1932 – 2015) was an American fiber artist. Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition Woven Forms at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City.[2] She is considered an important innovator in the field of fiber art.[3]

Biography

Zachai was born in 1932.[4] She worked in the off-loom weaving style to create sculptures.[5] Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition Woven Forms at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, the 1969 exhibition at SAAM and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, and the 1971 exhibition Deliberate Entanglements at the UCLA Art Galleries.[6] [4]

Zachai died in Vermont in 2015.[7]

Her work is in the Museum of Arts and Design[8] and some of her papers are in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.[9]

Legacy

The Vermont Studio Center has a Dohrn Zachai Fellowship awarded to female visual artists aged 65 and older.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cranbrook December 2019 Exhibitions . Cranbrook Art Museum . 24 January 2024 . 5 December 2019.
  2. Book: Koplos . Janet . Metcalf . Bruce . Makers: a history of American studio craft . 2010 . University of North Carolina press . Chapel Hill . 9780807834138 . 261.
  3. Web site: Sporn . Stephanie . These Pioneering Female Artists and Designers Are More Relevant Than Ever . Architectural Digest . 24 January 2024 . 18 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Dorian Zachai . Kohler Foundation Inc. . 24 January 2024.
  5. Web site: MAD Examines the Future of Craft in New Exhibition Celebrating Recent Acquisitions by a Diverse Group of Artists . Museum of Arts and Design . 24 January 2024 . en.
  6. Web site: Zaiden . Emily . Deliberate Entanglements: The Impact of a Visionary Exhibition . Art and Design Commons . 24 January 2024.
  7. Web site: The Remembrance Project: Dohrn Zachai . WBUR . 24 January 2024 . en . 2 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Collection Stories . Museum of Arts and Design . 24 January 2024 . en.
  9. Web site: Zachai, Dorian in Art & Artists Files in the Smithsonian Libraries' Collections . Smithsonian Libraries' Collections . 24 January 2024.
  10. Web site: Fellowships . Vermont Studio Center . 24 January 2024.

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