Karyl Sisson

Karyl Sisson (b.1948) is a fiber artist originally from Brooklyn, NY.  Using recycled or repurposed materials (like old cloth tape measures, wood clothespins, vintage paper drinking straws and vintage zippers), she creates wall art and sculptural forms.  Sisson says, “My practice is a means for exploring the physical and psychological properties of holes, cavities, insides and outsides.  I’m influenced by the beauty and simplicity of ancient, indigenous, and animal architecture, organic growth, and patterns found in nature and in the nature of man.”She holds a BS from New York University and received her MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Her work is in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Racine Art Museum, and the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of Art.

www.karylsisson.com

  • Karyl Sisson, Dizzy, 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws and polymer
    Karyl Sisson, Dizzy, 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws and polymer
  • Karyl Sisson, V (pink), 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws and polymer
    Karyl Sisson, V (pink), 2016
  • Karyl Sisson, Sunny Side Up, 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws and polymer
    Karyl Sisson, Sunny Side Up, 2016
  • Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (Pepsi II), 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws
    Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (Pepsi II), 2016
  • Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (III), 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws
    Karyl Sisson, Straw Suites (III), 2016. Vintage paper drinking straws
  • Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots (Salsa Sets), 2015
    Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots (Salsa Sets), 2015
  • Karyl Sisson, In Stitches, 2015
    Karyl Sisson, In Stitches, 2015
  • Karyl Sisson, Puff IV, 2015
    Karyl Sisson, Puff IV, 2015
  • Karyl Sisson, Growth II, 2014, Fissures & Connections, Craft in America
    Karyl Sisson, Growth II, 2014. Vintage cotton zipper tape and thread
  • Karyl Sisson, Reaching Out, 2013, Craft in America
    Karyl Sisson, Reaching Out, 2013. Vintage zipper tape and thread
  • Karyl Sisson, Looped, 2013
    Karyl Sisson, Looped, 2013
  • Karyl Sisson, Untitled, 2012
    Karyl Sisson, Untitled, 2012
  • Karyl Sisson, Straw Skyline, 2011
    Karyl Sisson, Straw Skyline, 2011
  • Karyl Sisson, Heavy Hearted, 2001
    Karyl Sisson, Heavy Hearted, 2001
  • Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots, 1997, Tape Measures
    Karyl Sisson, Faux Pots, 1997, Tape Measures
 

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