Toulie

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 toulieprice@gmail.com

 

Biography

My entire life has been art-oriented.  My grandfather, Marius Barbeau, one of the founders of the Museum of Civilization, collected French Canadian and Native artifacts from all over the country.  My father, Arthur Price, was a professional painter and sculptor, and most of my siblings have pursued careers in visual arts.  I started full-time work on fabric sculptures in 2001.  I am a member of the Textile Study Group of New York, and of the International Sculpture Center.

 

Explosion of Love

Explosion of Love has been accepted in the Kinsey Institute’s 2011 Juried Art Show, this year’s show being adjudicated by Betsy Stirratt, Director of the School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University and Garry Milius, Associate Curator at The Kinsey Institute.

 

Explosion of Love
12 ½” x 11” x  6”
Cotton wrapped roping, thread and nylon wrapped piping, stitched nylon, glass and brass beads, copper tubing and wire,
viola strings, 2011
Photo by Aeode Ellenbogen

Sweet Love

Sweet Love

9" x 9"

Wooden box, quilted silk and nylon, glass beads, body piercing hardware

2011

Photo by Aeode Ellenbogen

Prickly Love

Prickly Love

9” x 9”

Wooden box, quilted silk, nylon and silk wrapped roping, metal beads, pottery bead, porcupine quills

2011

Photo by Aeode Ellenbogen

Draco

Draco was in the membership exhibition, “Surface Matters”, as part of the Surface Design Association’s International Conference “Off the Grid” held during the summer of 2009.  There were two judges for this exhibition, Jennifer Angus, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has exhibited her work internationally and has been the recipient of numerous awards, and Alice Kettle, a contemporary textile and fiber artist based in the United Kingdom, who is also a Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Fellow at the University of Winchester.

Draco

18” x 18” x  2 ½”

cotton, unknown fibers, glass beads, guitar strings

2009

Photo by Aeode  Ellenbogen

Aeode Ellenbogen Collection



Orgasm

Orgasm was shown in The Kinsey Institute’s 2009 Juried Art Show, adjudicated by Jennifer Cahn, currently curator for the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.  The exhibition was held at the School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University in Bloomington, and appeared in that year’s virtual exhibit on the Institute’s website.  Both Orgasm and Silky are in the permanent art collection of The Kinsey Institute.

Orgasm

17 ½ x 18 x 14”

silk, rope, copper thread, wire and tubing

2008

The Kinsey Institute Permanent Art Collection

Silky

Silky

6 ½ x 16 x  10”

mixed fabrics, rope, copper wire, viola strings, brass pins, wooden base

2008

The Kinsey Institute Permanent Art Collection

Pierre a l'eau

Pierre à l’eau

11 cm x 10 ½ cm x 6 ½ cm

Unknown fiber, pearl beads, steel armature and wire, viola string, and stone base

2008

Hilda Nantais Collection

The Egg in Me

The Egg in Me was in the exhibition, “In Your Dreams”, an all media show sponsored by Pen and Brush, held in New York City during the month of April 2009. 

This exhibition was curated by Edward Sullivan, Professor of Art History (Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History) and Dean for the Humanities at New York University.

The Egg in Me

13 x 18 x 13”
silk, rope and piping, pearl beads, copper and steel wire, copper tubing, viola strings, glass base
2008

Universe

Universe was in the Textile Study Group of New York’s exhibition, “Economies of Scale” held in New York City in January 2009.  The exhibition was juried by Lewis Knauss, exhibiting artist and textile art professor at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. 

Universe

4 ½  x 31/2 x 4 ½”

silk, cotton, unknown fiber, pearl and glass beads, steel armature and wire, copper wire and viola strings

2008

Louise Forsyth Collection

Dance

Dance

10 x 16 x 11”

silk and velvet, pearl beads, Hawthorn needles, viola strings, copper tubing and wire

2007

Denis Croux Collection

Foetus

Foetus appeared on the Members’ Gallery page on the web site for the Textile Study Group of New York,  in 2009.

Foetus

15 X 15 ½ X 13”

jersey, piping, commercial pillow, metal stand

2006

Pleasure II

Pleasure II

34 ½ x 22 ½ x 23”

mixed fabrics, piping, plastic beads, metal armature and wire

2006

Black Mystery

Black Mystery

27 x 40 x 14”

mixed fabrics, rope, glass beads, Hawthorn needles, porcupine quills, metal armature

2005

Deep Inside

Deep Inside appeared on the Members’ Gallery page on the web site for the Textile Study Group of New York,  in 2008.












Deep Inside
54 x 27 x 11”
mixed fabrics, rope, basket reeds, glass and metal beads, steel strapping, copper wire
2004

Mitochondria

Mitochondria
31 x 34 x 21”
mixed fabrics, string, piping, basket reeds, metal and glass beads, viola strings,
copper wire
2003

Reborn

Reborn appeared on the Members’ Gallery page on the web site for the Textile Study Group of New York,  in 2010 and 2011.


Reborn
22 x 12 x 15 ¾”
unbleached cotton, cow bones, piping, copper wire, glass beads, seed pods, field stone, chicken wire
2002

Pleasure I

Pleasure I
26 x 56 x 12”
mixed fabrics, string, glass beads, found objects, metal armature
2002