Help the Climate Crisis! Join our Yarn Bombing. Make art in Textile. Help Textile Reclaim it’s place as a creation of wonder. And let’s build an installation to be reckoned with! All textile lovers are invited! Make a triangle 20 x 20 x 20 cm. Any textile medium – felting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, stitching, creative …
I am so humbled to announce that I am one of the leaders of the Textile Journey groups participation in this years Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Festival of Inclusion. Come and join me at one of my workshops where you will make a triangle (20 x 20 x 20 cm). You can use any textile medium – …
Sustainable Fashion Let’s teach our children to express themselves using what we already have. Let them learn about materials: what they are, where they come from, and how they are made. The future designers and innovators are made in Marlay in this summer camp. Want to know more? Reach out to Niki- she would show …
I was let in! I was just offered a Craft Artist in Residence at Richmond Barracks, Dublin.I cannot start to explain what that means to me.I never thought this would be possible for me – a carer for a special needs teen cannot do some of the daring stuff artists do. Travelling to a sexy venue …
Niki Collier and Olga Melnikova met at an IMMA event in support of Ukraine in April 2022. We clicked straight away and chatted long after the gathering finished. We went onto meeting each other on several social occasions at each other’s houses and at events. We chatted a bit about Olga’s travel from Kiev to …
Craft and Chats was a creative engagement in Richmond Barracks. It was one of the most valuable growths for me as an artist to date. I delivered a block of six Craft and Chat workshops that enabled people to share their love for creativity in different textile mediums. I was so grateful for the enormous and truly inspiring support …
Visual artist Niki Collier in collaboration with award winning photographer Barry Cronin and dancers Vitor Bassi, Yves Lorrhan and Favour Odusola present an installation of large wings and live performance at the red pins on the docklands. A combination of installation, performance and live streaming of work made as part of Collier’s exploration of Symbols …
An International Exhibition presenting Dr Niki Collier’s Felt Stained Glass technique through the artworks of 20 of the most interesting contemporary fibre artists was funded by Culture Ireland to travel to Vienna this autumn. “The most successful show in a decade” as described by the Pearse Museum staff, is invited to travel to Gallery Kabllo, …
Felt Stained Glass @ Gallery Kabllo, Vienna, Austria 2022 Read More »
Chuffed to be able to announce that I was invited to speak at the International Fibre Arts Festival in Roscommon on the 1st May, 2022. At the event, I discussed my artistic practice and some of the milestones in my work. It was a positive event in which I developed a strong bond with some …
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An international exhibition of felt stained glass held at the Pearse Museum that runs from the 14th April until the 24th June. It includes the work of over 30 artists from Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Japan and the US. Some of the most influential artists across the globe are part of it. The call out …
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