Sheila Hicks’s Araucario (2015) is composed of delicate braids of linen, cotton, and nylon interspersed with araucaria branches—from a family of coniferous evergreen trees found across South America and Oceania. The tiered, spreading whorls of the tree’s leaves contrast the fiber in color and texture but echo its seemingly endless
undulations. Each thread and leaf passes smoothly into the next, creating a rich interplay between the nature’s organic design and handcrafted form.
Exhibitions
Sheila Hicks: Material Voices , Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, June 5–September 4, 2016
Reencuentro - Sheila Hicks , Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile, August 8, 2019–January 31, 2020
Acclaim! Work by Award-Winning International Artists , browngrotta arts, Wilton, CT, April 29–May 7, 2023
Publications
Campbell, Karin, Ted Kooser, Jason Farago, and Monique Lévi-Strauss. Material Voices . Omaha, NE: Joslyn Art
Museum, 2016: p13. Print.
Hicks, Sheila, et al. Sheila Hicks: Reencuentro (Reencounter) . Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 2019: p100. Print.