Deidre Scherer

Seeing fabrics as fluid, I draw contours by directly cutting and stitching. My scissors and sewing machines are my drawing tools. The detailed textures and pointillist patterning of cloth makes it the perfect vehicle for me to translate elements that are complex, non-verbal, and even invisible. A gr…

Scherer’s thread-on-fabric work has been shown in over 50 solo exhibitions at venues such as: ● Baltimore Museum of Art, MD ● Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, BC ● Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY ● Williams College Museum of Art, MA ● Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New…

In 2007 Scherer was featured in Camilla Rockwell’s documentary, "Holding Our Own", which was screened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her images are reproduced widely in publications such as the renowned cover of "When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" and throughout OWL’s "2010 Mother’s Da…