Freda Brierley

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Freda Brierley
Born
Freda Brierley

1942
Dundee, Scotland
Known forTextile art

Freda Brierley (born 1942) is a New Zealand textile artist. [1]

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Early life

Brierley was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1942. [1] An only child, she was taught embroidery by her mother. [2] As a child Brierley wanted to go to art school, but instead trained as a nurse and joined the Royal Navy as a Sister in Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service. [2]

Textile career

In 1982 Brierley moved to Devonport, Auckland, when her husband transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal New Zealand Navy. [2] Here she was finally able to enter art school, graduating in 1993 with a Diploma (Fine Arts) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. [1] Her work has been exhibited at the Barbican in London in 1995, and from November 2004 to March 2005 at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the exhibition 'Freda Brierley – A Weaver's Tale and Historical Quilts.' [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists . Auckland: Godwit Press. p. 11. ISBN   1869620364.
  2. 1 2 3 Packer, Ann (2006). Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists. Auckland: Random House New Zealand. p. 21. ISBN   9781869417888.
  3. ↑ "Auckland Museum goes quilt crazy!". Scoop. Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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