Rephrased Moments (What the Light Erased)/purpurascens, 2026 Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen
The Cold Stitch
Scandinavia House, New York
4.–16. september 2026
Jeg deltar i The Cold Stitch, en del av Nordic Textile Takeover på Scandinavia House under New York Textile Month. Utstillingen samler kunstnere fra de nordiske landene som arbeider med tekstil som materiale og språk, og undersøker hvordan tekstile tradisjoner videreføres og omformuleres i samtidskunsten.
Medvirkende kunstnere er: Margarethe Aanestad, Valgerdur Bergsdottir, Ellen Dynebrink, Ragna Froda, Heidi Hankaniemi, Ingunn Fjóla IngÞórsdóttir, Lee Jensen, Andrea Magdalena Jonsdottir, Randi Samsonsen, Sunna Sigfridardottir, Nora Martine Hjelle Strand, Thorunn Elisabet Sveinsdottir, Josabet Green Werkmeister, Mette Winkelmann, Kiyoshi Yamamoto og meg selv.
The Cold Stitch er kuratert av Ragna Froda og Emily Stoddart.
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The Cold Stitch
Scandinavia House, New York
4–16 September 2026
ABOUT THE COLD STITCH
In the Nordic countries, stitching has long been more than decoration or domestic craft. It is a necessity, a form of storytelling, survival, memory, and care. In landscapes shaped by cold climates and long winters, textiles have become vessels of warmth, protection, repair, and continuity, carrying traces of everyday life and cultural identity across generations.
THE COLD STITCH brings together artists from across Scandinavia whose practices engage with textiles as both material and language. Through quilting, patchwork, collage, weaving, hand embroidery, sculptural textiles, and visible and invisible stitching, this exhibition explores how textile traditions have continued to evolve within contemporary art. The exhibition’s title refers both to the geography of the North, the relationship with textiles and the act of stitching itself.
A stitch repairs, connects, layers, and transforms. It binds fragments together while allowing histories, emotions, reflections on the political climate, and personal narratives to remain visible. Echoing this feature, many of the works in the exhibition embrace reuse and transformation, giving discarded fabrics, garments, yarns, and textile remnants new meaning through the artistic process.
THE COLD STITCH celebrates textile art as a living and evolving practice deeply rooted in the cultures of the North, where there is a strong tradition of working with textiles as an art form and where stitching continues to mend, preserve, and reimagine the world around us.
Rephrased Moments (What the Light Erased)/purpurascens, 2026 Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen