Mary Giles Explained

Mary Giles
Birth Name:	Mary Jo Mortenson
Birth Date:	May 15, 1944
Birth Place:	St. Paul, Minnesota
Death Place:	Stillwater, Minnesota
Nationality:	American
Field:	fiber artist

Mary Giles (1944–2018) was an American fiber artist.

Biography

Giles née Mortenson was born on May 15, 1944, in St. Paul, Minnesota.^{[1] [2]} She attended Mankato State University and attended various workshops led by Ferne Jacobs, Lissa Hunter, and Diane Itter.^[3] Giles had a career as an art teacher, retiring in the 1990s. She then turned her full attention creating fiber arts.^[2]

in 2013 Giles received the James Renwick Alliance Master of the Medium Award in Fiber.^[4] In 2015 the Textile Center of Minnesota held a retrospective of her work.^{[5] [6]} She died on April 11, 2018, in Stillwater, Minnesota.^{[1] [2]} Her work is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art^[7] and the Racine Art Museum.^[8]

Her work, Metallic Horizon, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.^{[9] [10]}

External links

• video - MN Original | Textile Artist Mary Giles
• Studio Visit: Fiber artist and sculptor, Mary Giles Walker Art Center
• Collection Focus: Mary Giles virtual retrospective - Racine Art Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Tribute to Mary Giles . Textile Center . 3 December 2022.
2. Web site: Belz . Adam . Mary Giles, fiber artist who transformed basketry, dies at 73 . Star Tribune . 3 December 2022.
3. Web site: Mary Giles – U.S. Department of State . Art in Embassies . U.S. Department of State . 3 December 2022.
4. Web site: Art Lives Well-Lived: Mary Giles . arttextstyle . browngrotta arts . 3 December 2022 . 18 May 2018.
5. Web site: Field Trip: Mary Giles Talk and Exhibition Tour . American Craft Council . 3 December 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Mary Giles: A Retrospective . Textile Center . 3 December 2022.
7. Web site: Mar Giles . Minneapolis Institute of Art . 3 December 2022.
8. Web site: Collection Focus: Mary Giles . Racine Art Museum . 3 December 2022.
9. Book: Savig . Mary . Atkinson . Nora . Montiel . Anya . This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World . 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Washington, DC . 9781913875268 . 228–238.
10. Web site: Mary Giles . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 3 December 2022.