Virginie Peyre
Virginie Peyre, contemplative and solitary by nature, is a wonderer who refuses to be cured. Rural and deeply rooted in her biotope of Mont Ventoux, she feeds on beauty.Nature fulfills her, and creation has become her way of being in the world. Since childhood, she has developed a taste for DIY, drawing, and writing.Professionally, after […]
Maria Stoller
Maria Stoller was born in the United States and has lived in Switzerland for over 40 years. She has always loved textiles and making objects. Her first textile works were quilts, which gradually became figurative and inventive.In 2006, she discovered drawing and painting, which greatly influenced her work. Today, Maria works as a mixed-media artist, […]
Léna Meszaros
Léna Meszaros is of Hungarian and Russian origin, living in France, where she discovered patchwork in the 1990s. Through contemporary patchwork, she finds her personal expression in figurative art quilts, which she transposes into mixed media. The use of various materials in her creations—acrylic pouring, plastic, metal, recycled cardboard—pushes her toward 3D.She employs different techniques […]
Heidi Drahota
Heidi Drahota studied to become a middle school teacher with knowledge in art, history, mathematics, and biology. After teaching for 27 years, she has been working exclusively as an artist for 10 years.She practiced photography, ceramics, and watercolor painting. Since 2002, her artistic style has shifted towards techniques combining textiles and materials. She is self-taught […]
Grenzenlos
Doris Leuenberger (Switzerland), Sophie Maechler (France), and Monika Schiwy-Jessen (Germany) have been working together for several years and regularly exchange ideas.Since 2019, they formed the “Grenzenlos” group to exhibit together. They are mixed-media artists who have exhibited in various European countries. They have also been teaching various courses for many years to share their knowledge.
Debra Milkovich
Debra Milkovich is a quilt maker, mother of four daughters, soldier’s wife, and collector of unusual vintage treasures. From a very young age, she dreamed of becoming an artist, but chose to pursue a safer path by obtaining a doctorate in pharmacy. Debra created her first quilt in 2017 with encouragement from her friend, Emi. […]
Amiche di Patch
Amiche di Patch is a group of quilt makers from various regions of Italy and the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland who began working together in 2012 by creating “Il Gioco dell’Oca”.Previously, the group was called OCAPATCH and consisted of members of Quilt Italia. The aim of this group was to create quilts for charities […]
Aliyah Bonnette
Aliyah Bonnette is a multidisciplinary artist working in Raleigh, North Carolina. She employs various methods and creates painted quilts (mixed media). Using powerful and abstract shapes in the background, she juxtaposes realistic silhouettes as a way to play with the natural comfort of the quilt and the inherent discomfort of her themes. Her work primarily […]
