Leni Levenson Wiener is a fiber artist and quilt instructor living in New Rochelle, NY. She holds a BA in Art History from Simmons College in Boston and a combined MA in Art Restoration/Conservation and Museology from the Universita Internazionale dell’Arte in Florence, Italy.

For many years Leni worked in the garment industry in NYC, designing private label lines for many Department Stores. She has also worked professionally as a commercial photographer.

In recent years, Leni has enjoyed working exclusively on her fiber art, teaching and lecturing on a variety of quilt techniques and quilt history. Thread Painting was a natural outgrowth of the things she loves; photography, sewing, and art quilts.

Her own work is in contemporary art quilts and art clothing; her pieces are in many private collections and in several traveling shows. She prefers to work in a style that combines fabric collage and thread painting.

Leni is happy to discuss commission work and private instruction. Please contact her for more information.

Exhibitions:
Chosen as one of the ten artists to participate in Fiberart for a Cause, 2008 to benefit the American Cancer Society
Tactile Architecture, Houston, October 2007, and traveling
National Small Art Quilt Works, Groton, NY July 27-Sept 2 2007 (Juror’s Choice Award)
Fiber Force, California October 2007 and traveling
Quilt Expo, 2007
Art Quilts XII: Chandler, 2007
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Center, 2008
Up In Stitches, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY 2008
A Tear in the Fabric, California Polytechnic State University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA 2008

Publications:
Thread Painting, Krause, 2007
Featured emerging artist, SAQA Journal, Fall, 2007
Featured article in From The Sewing Room Newsletter; “That’s my story and I am sticking to it” September, 2007

Speaking Engagements:
Featured speaker, Tenement Museum, NYC “The Quilt Code of the Underground Railroad”, Feb, 2006

Professional Organizations:
IQA, International Quilt Association
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) Co-regional Rep for NY
SDA (Surface Design Association)