ARTIST STATEMENT
I’m Fighting For… represents voices from different woman and non-gender conforming people, where they have completed the statement “I’m fighting for…”.
Each voice has been embroidered on to a label and stitched to an oven mitt/ boxing glove. The oven mitt, a symbol seen in advertisements in the 1950’s where women being shown in domesticated settings in the house, has been transformed to a boxing glove.
This installation is a protest to things going on in our society, in hopes to allow people to stand up, resist and fight back.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michelle Wilkie is an artist who works predominantly in textiles. Her practice blends traditional quilting techniques with contemporary aesthetics, embracing both improvisation and minimalism. Over the past two years, Michelle’s work has been featured in prominent venues, including the North Carolina Museum of Art, the PNW Quilt and fiber Arts Museum, the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, and CAM Raleigh. She is coming off the success of three solo exhibitions at the PAAL Gallery (VA), the Page-Walker Arts and History Center (NC), and the Durham Art Guild (NC). She has participated in notable juried international exhibitions in England, Taiwan, France, Italy, and Czechia. Michelle has completed artist residencies at Chateau d’Orquevaux (France), Pine Meadow Ranch, Ox-Bow School of Art, Durham Art Guild, and Penland School of Craft. Her work has been featured in multiple publications and included in the book Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century.
© Michelle Wilkie