CUDDLY CONTEMPORARY CRAFT
Esther Imm-Ostertag is a textile artist who was drawn to quilt design as a medium to explore abstraction and construct it into a tangible tactile form. Her porcess is rooted in intuition and spontaneity of execution, with each work emerging through experimentation. She uses colour and line to create bold visual forms which up close are held together by tiny hand stitches.
Imm-Ostertag lives and works in Toronto, Canada
patchwork BOJAGI
Drawing on the traditional Korean art of bojagi, a centuries old textile practice from her Korean heritage, Imm-Ostertag reinterprets this form in a contemporary context.
Bojagi highlights the luminous, translucent qualities of fabric, using layered seams to create compositions reminiscent of staned glass. These seams both reinforce the textile and evoke the delicacy of fragile materials.
WORK
form through feeling
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INTERNAL GEOGRAPHIES
Solo Exhibit/Donna's
Toronto, Canada
WEST END MICRO MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 & 2024
Backdrop/Set Design
Toronto, Canada
CRAFT ONTARIO COLBORNE GALLERY
Annual Juried Exhibition
Toronto, Canada
WEST END MICRO MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022
Backdrop/Set Design
Toronto, Canada
DESIGNTO 2022: GEOMETRIES & GEOGRAPHIES
DesignTO Festival Exhibition
Toronto, Canada
2021 COMING UP NEXT: NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF EMERGING FINE CRAFT ARTISTS
Annual Juried Exhibition
Alberta Craft Council, Alberta, Canada
GLADSTONE HOTEL ROOM COMMISSION
2021 -2026. Toronto, Ontario
2021 MATERIALS: HARD + SOFT INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CRAFT EXHIBITION
Annual Juried Exhibition
Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Dallas, USA
2020 FIBERWORKS
Biennial Juried Exhibition
Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge, Canada
2019/2020 HARD TWIST
Annual Juried Exhibition
Toronto, Canada
