Louisiana Bendolph is among the younger generation of quilt makers whose work was included in the national touring exhibition Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. She starts her process with a sketch and then moves into improvisation and innovation using bright, new fabrics. The resulting quilts are stunning abstractions. She has exhibited at the Addison Ripley Gallery in Washington D.C. and Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the U.S. Department of State, the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies and the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.
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Born 1960
EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Irreplaceable Human- Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2022
Living Legacies: Art of the African American South, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2020
Trip to the Mountaintop: Recent Acquisitions from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2019
Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2016
House or Home: Architectural Form in the Print, Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA
2015
The Gee’s Bend Tradition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, the Bronx, New York
Linda Day Clark: The Gee’s Bend Photographs, Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, the Bronx, New York
2014
In Edition, Addison Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
Foundation forArt and Preservation in Embassies, East Hampton, New York
Doorway To a Dream: Prints by Louisiana Bendolph, Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA
2012
Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial, First Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
2007-2009
Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend and Beyond Tour, The Paine Art Center & Gardens Oshkosh , WI (Traveled to: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia , Halifax Nova Scotia; Museum of International Folk Art Santa Fe , NM; Cultural Resources Commission Tallahassee , FL; Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO)
2006-2008
The Architecture of Gee's Bend Quilts, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD; Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, WA; Speed Art Museum, KY; Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA)
2002-2006
The Quilts of Gee's Bend, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (Traveled to: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX)
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
As I Leave Shall I Return
2013
Color softground etching with aquatint.
Somerset white paper
Paper and image size 34 x 26.5"
Edition 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Doorway To a Dream
2013
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Somerset soft white paper
Paper and image size: 28 ½” x 32 ½”
Edition 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Housetop Block At My Mother's Knees
2013
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Somerset white paper
Paper size: 23 x 32”
Image Size: 16" x 27"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Look Underneath
2013
Color softground etching with aquatint.
Somerset white paper
Paper size: 37” x 32”
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
History
2007
Color softground etching with aquatint.
Paper size: 27 ¾" x 34 ½"
Image size: 17" x 25"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
New Generation
2007
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Paper size: 31" x 36"
Image size: 21" x 28"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Shared Legacy
2007
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Paper size: 30" x 32 ¼"
Image size: 19" x 25"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
American Housetop (For the Arnetts)
2005
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Paper size: 45 ½" x 38"
Image size: 36" x 30"
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
First
2005
Color softground etching with aquatint.
Image size: 31" x 27"
Paper size: 40 ½" x 35"
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Going Home
2005
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Image size: 32" x 30"
Paper size: 41 ½" x 38"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Mayday
2005
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Image size: 32 ½" x 27 ½"
Paper size: 42" x 35 ½"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Three Squares
2005
Color aquatint and spitbite aquatint etching with chine collé.
Image size: 12" x 22"
Paper size: 21" x 30"
Edition of 50
Louisiana Bendolph: Gee’s Bend
Triangles (After Annie E. Pettway)
2005
Color softground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint.
Image size: 20 ½" x 16 ½"
Paper size: 29 ½" x 24 ½"
Edition of 50