2026
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American arts and crafts.
Garrett moved to Claremont, California, to attend college at Claremont Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna College). Following his desire to make things by hand, he enrolled in a weaving class taught by Marion Stewart at Scripps College in 1970. His intrigue with the tools, systems and materials involved in weaving and other textile constructions led him to take other courses with Neda Al-Hilali a year later, also at Scripps. He did graduate work at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied with Bernard Kester and Vasa Mihich.
Garrett has exhibited throughout the United States for over thirty years in hundreds of shows, as well as in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked simultaneously with two- and three-dimensional formats to create his textile forms with a variety of materials. Visually unpredictable, his work may be woven, wrapped, plaited, riveted, painted, rusted, twined, nailed, stitched or tied. With an expansive repertoire of materials, each work of art is meticulously crafted, while achieving an energetic complexity; he moves gracefully from constructing wall pieces to baskets, breathing new life into discarded objects.
Currently a full-time studio artist, Garrett teaches workshops on creativity and experimental basketry at schools nationwide. He was awarded National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in 1983 and 1995, and was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2010. His work is held in the collections of the Albuquerque Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and elsewhere.
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(Biography provided by Duane Reed Gallery)
Trinket Net No. 3, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel
Diary 2 by John Garrett, 2017, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Sculpture, Contemporary
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Fabric, Plaster, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture
By Douglas Dale
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture Douglas Dale uses contoured yarn to trace and mimic wood grain, allowing solid forms to seemingly dissol...
Yarn, Wood
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture
By Douglas Dale
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture Douglas Dale uses contoured yarn to trace and mimic wood grain, allowing solid forms to seemingly dissol...
Yarn, Wood
Sweet Confection Finale, John Garrett, 2023, Wall Hanging Installation Sculpture
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Metal
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture
By Douglas Dale
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary, Mixed Media, Wall Sculpture, Yarn Over Wood, Framed, Sculpture Douglas Dale uses contoured yarn to trace and mimic wood grain, allowing solid forms to seemingly dissol...
Yarn, Wood
When the Stars Align - Found Objects Abstract Sculpture
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
When the Stars Align 10.0 x 13.0 x 5.0, 2.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "When the Stars Align is part of series called: Mind Springs that all start...
Mixed Media
Treasure 2.7
By Virginia Fleck
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Aluminum can-tabs chained together with safety pins are layered, massed and attached to an MDF backing creating a dense sparkling texture. The can-tabs are reflective, glinting in the light, catching the eye of those who pass by them. These shield-like, glittering wall pieces have the presence of valuable treasure, but closer inspection reveals that the treasure is made from can-tabs, one of many common disposable items that continuously pass through our hands. Keywords: assemblage, post consumer can-tabs Details: This is a wall mounted scuplture made from post consumer can-tabs and safety pins mounted on green MDF. A hanging cleat is attached on back. signed on back. No paints are use in this piece. The can-tabs are manufactured in many colors according to thier brand. Artist Biography: Since 2002, award winning artist Virginia Fleck...
Found Objects, Pins
Front and Center and all Around - Found Objects Abstract Sculpture
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Front and Center and all Around 20.0 x 23.0 x 9.0, 3.0 lbs Mixed Media Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Front and Center and all Around is part of series called: Mind ...
Mixed Media
Linda Stein, Specimen 94 - Mixed Media Collage Contemporary Wall Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Specimen 94 - Mixed Media Collage Contemporary Wall Sculpture Diorama This diorama was made in the 1970s as part of Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born f...
Wood, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Plexiglass
Don't Look Away
By Jaynie Crimmins
Located in Atlanta, GA
Shredded and rolled non-profit and political solicitations, health care statements and spray varnish on cradled board. Jaynie Crimmins fabricates objects ...
Varnish, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper
Scintillation stunning abstract contemporary wall sculpture
By Michael Davis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Referencing industrial space detritus and the allure of artifacts, this disc floats free from the constraints of the wall and mesmerizes with a hypnotically beautiful jeweled center....
Copper, Steel
