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Patricia Waller | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Occupation | Artist |
Patricia Waller (1962) is a textile artist from Santiago, Chile, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She is known for her bright cartoon style crochet work that often has a macabre element to it.
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Patricia Waller | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Occupation | Artist |
Patricia Waller (1962) is a textile artist from Santiago, Chile, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She is known for her bright cartoon style crochet work that often has a macabre element to it.
Waller was born in 1962 in Santiago, Chile. [1] In 1968 Waller moved with her family to Germany. She studied at the Free Art School in Nürtingen from 1983 to 1985. [2] [3] She received her diploma and master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, studying sculpture there from 1985 to 1990. [2] [3]
She was a lecturer at the University of Applied Science in Pforzheim, Germany from 2002 to 2004; also at Textile Department in the Institute for Art and Art History at the University of Cologne from 2003 to 2004/ 2007; and at the Department Textile Studies and Research in the Institute for Cultural Studies and Social Science at the University of Osnabrück. [2] [3]
In her final year of art school, Waller created her first crochet piece for which her practise is known. [4] The first artwork that Waller crocheted was a bomb. [3] She then went on to re-create iconic pieces from art history like Joseph Beuys' dead hare or Jeff Koons' "Rabbit". [5] She went on to create technology then medical inspired devises before settling into her iconic style of macabre cartoon images. [5] Her work uses cute or kitsch crocheted forms that have a violent edge to them such known TV cartoon figures that are stabbed and bloody or stuffed animals that have been flattened by some mishap. [5]