About
Catherine C. Sherman
quiltmaker/emerging museum professional/teaching artist
Catherine’s narrative work reimagines symbols, textures and themes found in textiles. “Spotting patterns and making connections is my ‘game of concentration’ with the universe and my attempt to connect color and pattern across period and place. I exercise agency and hope by constructing new assemblies from the fragments.”
piecemovement emerged from the BEYOND RED WHITE AND BLUE quilt series she began in 2016. “I started tearing fabric to grieve our divided country. Those torn strips became stripes and soon I was building American flags with new colors, patterns and textures. Putting the quilt tops together allowed me to grieve and transform at the same time. It revolutionized every aspect of my art process.” I wanted to make new meaning from materials with lived experience. Quilts can be enjoyed and observed in so many ways.
In addition to gallery and museum exhibits, her work can be found in the arms of collectors, on couches, walls, beds or sandy beaches making memories through lived experience.Her ongoing series, SiGNS OF LiFE and THE HEXAGON PROJECT hold comprehensive collections of fabrics included in her work.
Welcome to the movement!
“Catherine Sherman’s quilts are more than fabric stitched together—they are stories, symbols of empathy, and expressions of unity . . . her work blends craftsmanship with intention, creating pieces meant to be cherished by collectors and passed down through generations.”
- Bay Area Photographer, David Enloe
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