Dominie Nash

Biography

Dominie Nash is a self-taught textile artist working in a studio in Washington DC.. Her work is included in the collections of the International Quilt Museum, Renwick Gallery, International Monetary Fund, Braintree District Museum (England), Kaiser Permanente, SanJose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and DC Art Bank. A recipient of 2001 and 2012 Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and a 2010 Creative Projects grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD), and has received awards in juried exhibits. She has exhibited widely in group exhibits,nationally and in Europe and Japan and has had  numerous solo exhibits in the DC area and around the country. Her work has been published in Art Quilts Unfolding,Artistry in Fiber:Wall Art, Art Quilt Portfolio:The Natural World, Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie, 500 Art Quilts, Surface Design, American Craft,Embroidery, Quilt Art by Kate Lenkowsky, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw , and Fiberarts Design Books 2-7.

Artist Statement 

One of my favorite surface design processes is deconstructed screenprinting, especially the version that involves “writing” on the screen with a dye-filled syringe. No one can read it, including me, and it changes with each successive print, becoming even more mysterious.