Profile


Andrea Deimel

Artist’s Statement

My work is alive with color, pattern, liveliness and energy. Inspiration comes from Islamic and Indian art, ethnic textiles, botany, patterns, Pierre Bonnard… everywhere. The work has gone from the precision of embroidery housed in mixed media frames to the freedom of painting. I love making these paintings starting with the drawing and watching the unfolding mystery as the color fills the spaces. Please enjoy looking at them.

SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

  • Embroidered Reflections Through a Traveler’s Eye · Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA, solo show

  • Au Fils du Temps, sponsored by DMC Corp. · Takashimaya Dept. Stores, Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Kokura

  • Folk Inspirations, Society of Arts and Crafts · Boston, MA

  • Needle Expressions · Arizona State University – Tempe

  • Needle Expressions ~National Traveling Show · Indianapolis, IN; Bakersfield, CA; Alexandria, LA; Bloomington, IL; Newport News, VA

  • Celebrating the Stitch · Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA/Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

  • Celebrating the Stitch ~ International Traveling Show · Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Bellevue, WA; Raleigh, NC; St. Paul, MN; Columbia, SC; Vancouver, Canada; London and Harrowgate, England; Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Japan

  • Art for Aids Sake · UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA

  • Fiber international · Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

  • Fiber National · Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY

  • Arts Worcester · Grover Street Gallery, Worcester, MA

  • Crafts 23 · Zoller Gallery/Penn State University, University Park, PA

  • Fiber Celebrated · Salt Lake Art Center, UT

  • Embroidery and Clay: An Exploration · Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA, solo show

  • Worcester Artists – An Exhibition · Atwood Gallery, Worcester, MA

  • Wichita National · Wichita Art Association, KS

  • Needle Expression · McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IN

  • National Traveling Show · Worcester, MA; Fresno, CA; Bowling Green, KY; Bemidji, MN; Norwalk, CT

  • Cross Currents · Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

  • Paper/Fiber XI · The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA

  • Women in Arts · Arts Center Galleries, Southbridge, MA

  • Northeast Open · Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA

  • Artful Crafts · Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

  • ArtsWorcester · Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA

  • Curator’s Choice · UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA

  • National Contemporary Crafts · Luckenback Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

  • Contemporary Masks · Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, IL

  • On My Own Time · Marine Bank, Springfield, IL

  • Solo Exhibition · Prairie House Gallery, Springfield, IL

  • Lake Superior ’81 · Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

  • Julie Artisan Gallery · New York, NY

  • Contemporary Textile Show · Westlake Gallery, White Plains, NY

  • Textiles · Wadsworth Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA

SELECTED SHOWS AND CRAFT FAIRS

  •  Art in the Barn, Reigelsville, PA -2025

  •  Chestnut Hill Home and Garden Festival, 2016  

  •  Lititz Outdoor Fine Art Show – Lititz Springs Park, 2011 - 2016
    Third Place - Acrylics and Oils, 2015

  • Downtown Bethlehem Fine Art and Craft Exhibition, 2011–2015

  •  Doylestown Arts Festival, 2011 – 2015

  • Princeton NJ Crafters’ Marketplace;  2011 – 2015

  • Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen; Blue Bell, PA, 2010 -2012

  • Owen J. Roberts Friends of the Arts, Pottstown, PA, 2012

  • North Penn Craft Market, Lansdale, PA, 2012

  • Lansdale Festival of the Arts, Memorial Park, 2011 - 2012

  • New Hope Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival, 2011 - 2012

  • Fall Fine Art and Crafts at Brookdale Park, Montclair, NJ, 2012

  • Owen J. Roberts Friends of the Arts, Pottstown, PA, 2012

  • North Penn Craft Market, Lansdale, PA, 2012

  • 16th Annual Arts in the Park – Elkins Park, PA, 2011

  • West Reading’s Art on the Avenue ,2011

  • Tinicum Arts Festival, Erwinna - 2011

  • Paxson Hill Farm-Artists in the Garden, New Hope, 2011

  • Highlands Craft Show – Fort Washington, PA, 2011

  • Morristown Craft Market, 2011

  • Kimberton Waldorf Craft Show, 2011

Publications

  • Au Fil du Temps, image in exhibition catalog

  • FiberArts magazine, article in  Profile column

  • Flying Needle Magazine, image in column “Books that Motivate”

  • Flying Needle magazine, image in article on “Cotton”

  • Needle Expressions, image in exhibition catalog

  • Celebrating the Stitch by Barbara Lee Smith, profile on page 152

  • Fiber National, image in exhibition catalog

  • FiberArts Design Book III, Lark Books, image of my work

  • Needle Expressions, image in exhibition catalog

  • Illinois History Magazine: “An Artist at Work,” article, Illinois Historic Preservation

Awards and Grants

  • Massachusetts Arts Lottery Recipient, 1987 and 1992

  • Francis A. Kinnicutt Travel Award, Worcester Art Museum

  • Needle Expressions, Purchase Award

  • Paper/Fiber XI, First Prize – Fiber

  • On My Own Time, Best of Show

Collections

  • St. Elizabeth’s Hospital · Boston, MA

  • Numerous Private Collections