Lyz (Preus) Wendland

New Website

2009-01-18T17:39:00.001-08:00

Please see my new website for new work, exhibitions and more!!

Thanks, Lyz

www.lyzwendland.com

small drawings

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some smaller mixed media drawings

more of Intermedia

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some more images

Intermedia Show

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Art & Healing: Body Burden, exhibition currently at Intermedia Arts until January 9th

New work

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what I've been doing in my studio lately

Comfort Stack 1

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Comfort Stack 1

fabric

2008

More recent work

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Please Touch, fabric, thread, polyfil
Comfort Repetition, Project 11, looped video
detail, Comfort Repetition, Project 10, fabric, sewing pins

Comfort Repetition, Project 9, fabric, paper, thread, sewing pins
three newer installations and one new video

Hardware Art Show

2008-10-21T17:29:00.001-07:00

Have a collaborative piece with Krista Kelly Walsh at Frattallone's Ace Hardware

1804 Nicollet Ave South, Minneapolis

The installation is up from October 17th-November 16th, 2008

stop by and check it out!

Upcoming Exhibitions

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Minimal Manimal, Volunteer Biennale

The Soap Factory Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

November 15th-30th, 2008

http://www.soapfactory.org/

Art and Healing: Body Burden

Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN

November 20th, 2008- January 9th, 2009

http://intermediaarts.org/

A Common Thread

The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN

January 16th- Feb 21st, 2009

http://www.textilecentermn.org/

Gentle/Forceful, works by Lyz Preus and Matthew Olson

Larson Art Gallery, The University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus

Feb 26th-April 2nd, 2009

http://events.umn.edu/event.xml/event=121148;occurrence=409577;

TBA (3 person show)

Main Gallery

Las Vegas, NV

Summer of 2009

http://www.maingallery.com/

another sewn piece

2008-10-09T12:18:00.000-07:00

here's another version

sewn piece

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another piece that I'm currently working on.

Medium: fabric, paper, thread

new fabric stuff...

2008-10-09T12:12:00.001-07:00

a piece I've been working on in my studio

installing

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Pretty things I find...

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i love shadows
lovely San Francisco sidewalk
beautiful pile in my alleyway

Comfort Repetition, projects 4 & 5

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some newer pieces and ideas that I'm working on

Berkeley Art Show Opening

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some images of the Juried @ BAC opening. Oh, California was nice!

http://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/

some newer fabric installations

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fabric and sewing pins. dimensions vary

more sketches

2008-08-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

playing with stitching

Sketches

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Some small sketches.
About 5"x7"
paper, thread, fabric

Berkeley Show!!!

2008-07-12T20:39:00.000-07:00

Was just accepted to the Berkeley Art Center's 25th Annual Juried at BAC Exhibition!

http://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/

http://www.artslant.com/sf/events/show/22369-juriedbac

Show runs: August 24th-October 12th, 2008

I'll be flying out to Berkeley, CA for the opening and staying in San Francisco!

The piece that was chosen was my favorite Puff. I'll attach an image.

"Year One"

fabric, thread, polyfil

48" x 38" x 21"

Current and upcoming exhibitions

2008-07-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

"Get StARTed" works by MCAD MFA students

show runs: July 10th-August 17th

Burnet Art Gallery at Chamber, the Luxury Art Hotel

(I have an installation and print in the show)

http://www.chambersminneapolis.com

"Gentle/Forceful" Works by Lyz Preus and Matthew Olson

Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus

show runs: Feb 26th, 2009- April 2nd, 2009

http://www.sua.umn.edu/events/calendar/?event_id=5879

installing

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When I was little I got in trouble for coloring on the walls. No wonder why I like doing it so much now:)

"Ten Out of Thirty-Eight"

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I finally got some amazing images of this piece!

fabric, thread, polyfil, sewing pins, colored pencil

"With/ Without" Project 3

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Fabric and velum, placed on floor, dimensions vary

"With/ Without" Project 2

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This piece was a 3 day installation.

- Day 1- Pinned up fabric pieces on wall

- Day 2- Traced the shadows of pieces on wall with pencil and took them down

- Day 3- Pinned up same fabric pieces on opposite wall

"With/ Without" Project 1 (more)

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"Loss Series" Project 1

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Part 1

This series is ment to represent presence and absence. Stacks are made of fabric, thread and stuffing. Placed in a location, then red chalk is dumped over and the stacks are then removed.

Part 2

work in progress

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Lovely things

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some lovely spools of thread and then SR. Harris, one of my favorite places! Its a huge fabric outlet!

collagraph

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at work

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working on a dry point plate
sewing a "soft sculpture"

"I am Thirteen Going on Fourteen"

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"I am Thirteen Going on Fourteen": fabric, thread, polyfil, ribbon

This piece is about living without my Mother for 13 years. I had the text of a letter embroidered onto the pillows. It reads, "Dear Elizabeth, I hope we get lots of snow tonight so we can play in it. Love Mom"

"Ten Out of Thirty-Eight"

2008-04-17T19:40:00.001-07:00

"Ten Out of Thirty-Eight": fabric, thread, polyfil, sewing pins

This piece represents the 10 out of 38 years that my Mother was able to spend with me. The 10 pink are on the floor seperate, with a pink thread attached from them to the wall, with the shadow traced suggesting a lost presence.

"The Six of Us"

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"The Six of Us": fabric, thread, polyfil

Lil' Puffs and new collagraphs

2008-04-07T19:33:00.000-07:00

some smaller puffs that will be a part of a series of 38 and then some newer collagraph prints made with my fabric pieces

Black Puff

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Here is one of the black ones. There will be 6 in this series (currently in progress) to symbolize my 5 siblings and myself, placed together on a floor. Relating to comforting each other and taking care of one another after the death of our mother.

Pillow Series

2008-03-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

This series is in progress and will be titled, "I am 13 going on 14", to signify that I have lived 13 years without my Mother.

I am recreating the pillow that I cried on the day that she died. The pink pillow is one of the few things that I remember about that day. It was the only thing that provided comfort for me.

There is embroidered text from a letter that my Mother wrote to me. It reads, "Dear Elizabeth, I hope we get lots of snow tonight so we can play in it. Love, Mom"

studio

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studio and a lovely mess of fabric

Art Shows!

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my "soft rocks" and I at the opening of Minneapolis 55408 exhibition currently on view at Intermedia Arts until May 10th, 2008.

Check it out!

Then my "whit puff" and I at the opening for the 25th Annual WARM Juried Exhibition. Currently on view at the Banfil-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley, MN.

Lil' Black Puffs

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Just busy working away!

Dress

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A smaller installation of a larger piece I would like to do someday... I remembered what the dress looked like that I wore to my Mother's funeral. It had flowers on it that looked like this.

I remember refusing to wear black

Puff Room #1

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Puff Room #1

an experiment to see how they would interact with this space. Some pros, many cons.

Though, I found it rather comfortable

A few of my favorites

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If I'm not sewing, I'm reading

Black Puffs??

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We'll see how it goes, a few black ones are on their way!

current statement about my work

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Statement

The most vivid memory of the day my Mother died, is the pillow I cried on.

By creating objects that speak of comfort, and also feel comfortable, my work is filling the holes of grief and loss with playful forms and textures.

During sewing, by machine and hand, the connection is either gentle or forceful, creating a dichotomy of control and lack there of. The forms either adapt to my manipulation, or reject it in certain areas, then morphing on their own.

I am sewing because I must mend. I must mend because I feel an obligation to fix, to take care of and to nurture. My recent “soft sculptures” attempt to bring enjoyment to the loss one suffers, creating a soothing and yet humorous environment.

Lyz Preus
February 2008

puff, puff, puff!

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my puff hammock is getting heavier everyday!

I just finished my second series and will be installing it at MCAD shortly.

I've got to cuddle with them also:)

White Puffs

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adjusting my ideas of installation

White Puffs

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these recent pieces are reflecting comfort, mourning and acceptance

materials: fabric, thread, polyfil

size: varies

there are 7 shown, complete installation will inculde 13

More Puffs in progress

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Here they are at the beginning stages

Then in the "puff hammock" that I built in my studio

pretty folded fabric

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Puff

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a lil' puff

my studio

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my second home

Puffs in Progress!

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here are some smaller ones one their way. I'm planning on making my current series of 13 total, I'm almost done with 5!

Newer White Puffs

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here are the most recent ones. Starting to incorporate different fabrics for a variation in color and texture.

Prints

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some collagraphs

a few older pieces

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here are some older pieces when I started using fabric, paper and thread

I heart my sewing machine

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sometimes this thing hates me for all I put it though, but I love it!

Untitled

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another older piece

Medium: acrylic, mixed media

size: 4'8" x 4'10"

date: 2006

Subtle Growth, Part 9

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Here's an older piece...

Medium: fabric, paper, thread, acetate

Size: Varies

Date: 2007

Soft Rocks

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Medium: fabric, thread, polyfil

Size: varies

Process: cut, sew, stuff, sew, sqeeze, sew

Subtle Growth, Part 10B

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This is the 10th piece of the series (also possibly the last), and the 2nd time I installed it. Hence the title Part 10B.

Medium: Fabric, paper, thread

Process: cut, rip, sew, make piles of sewn pieces, then make larger sew elements

Untitled (White Puffs)

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Medium: fabric, thread, polyfil

Size: varies

Process: I cut, sew, stuff

currently working on larger scale pieces, that have contrasting fabrics, in different shades of white (will post later:)

Grad School

2007-12-28T16:45:00.000-08:00

So, I've started graduate school at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design! I've created this blog so you can view my work (eventually I will learn how to operate this better...hopefully. Not too computer savvy)

Also check me out at mnartists.org