Bettina Matzkuhn

Artist’s Bio

Bettina Matzkuhn has worked in fibre since 1976 with an emphasis on embroidery and fabric collage. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts and an MA in Liberal Studies from Simon Fraser University. In the 1980's she animated and directed three award-winning films using textiles for the National Film Board of Canada.

An interest in narrative through serial imagery, continues to inform her work. She has exhibited nationally in solo and group shows and gives talks and workshops in conjunction with her exhibits. Bettina also writes professionally on the arts, teaches as a sessional instructor at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and is an ongoing volunteer for the Crafts
Association of BC.