ERMA MARTIN YOST www.ermamartinyost.com ermaleon@gmail.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Erma Martin Yost graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia with an M.A. in Painting and Ceramics. Noho Gallery represents her where she has had 18 solo shows. In 2009 Yost had a solo show at the Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters and her work was included in “Art of the State,” an annual juried show at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. An art quilt is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Art and Design and was included in their New Acquisitions exhibit in 1995. The New Jersey Council on the Arts awarded her fellowships in 1991 and 1999. Through the New Jersey Art Annual: Crafts exhibitions Yost’s work has been exhibited in the Jersey City Museum, the Newark Museum, the New Jersey State Museum, the Hunterdon Museum, and the Morris Museum. In 1994 Yost’s stitched constructions were part of an international embroidery exhibition at six Takashimaya Galleries in Japan. Included in over twenty books, Yost’s art work appears in The Art Quilt Book by Robert Shaw and in Beautiful Things, published by GUILD.com and juried by Michael Monroe, former curator of the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery.
ABOUT THE WORK
Flightscapes is my latest work. Birds of endless variety and behaviors inhabit the environment outside my studio. A flash of color, a calliope of calls, flickering flight, or shifting silhouettes. When I found myself giving keen attention to this scene, I decided to make birds the focus of my new work and investigations. My goal is not to capture the likeness of birds, rather to capture something of their essence.
Trained as a painter, my creative canvas is now felt–and thread has become my pencil and brush. Photo transfers, found objects and mono-printing add surface detail. I came to felting by accident, but once introduced I was captivated by its tactile qualities, deeply embedded colors and range of subtleties. From the magical mesh of fibers I try to create a language of symbolic images and archetypal forms.
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ARTIST LINKS
Discover Jersey ARTS Featured Artist
Montpelier Article (James Madison University Magazine Article) Fabric of Art
New York Times Article CRAFTS; Intriguing Concepts From Fellowship Winners
Wax Wing Waiting
16” x 16”
Hand-felted, stitched construction
Wren World
18" x 28"
Hand-felted, stitched construction
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