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Inger-Ann Olsen

Today I want to share my joy of being a part of an amazing international group of 21 creative artists. The group is called TEXNET 2 and the members live in Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA. We started our work together in 2018, after being invited by Juliette Eckel. We are going to present our fabulous project, a 12 months calendar, where we chose dates and our theme. The exhibition will take place at the EPM in Alsace, France in September 2021. I wanted to contribute with something from this part of the world, so my theme is « Northern landscapes. »

All my works are hand dyed, printed and hand stitched. Today I present two of my pieces in TEXNET 2. The others are from my latest summer solo exhibition. Hope you enjoy.



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