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Location	Seattle, WA, United States
Introduction	Martha Shade is a mixed-media fiber artist in Seattle. Shade studied printmaking at the University of Arizona and ceramics at Louisiana State University. After a move to the Pacific Northwest, her early art career found her showcasing ceramic and paper-pulp sculptures at MIA Gallery, Bellevue Art Museum, Bumbershoot, and more. While living in Taos, New Mexico, and later Portland, Oregon, she exhibited in shows including most notably “Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment”, co-curated by Lucy Lippard, and “Originals 2005″, a group show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe. Since returning to Seattle, Shade has exhibited her work, mainly hand-stitched embroideries, at ArtXchange Gallery. In their 2015 “Mythos” exhibition, Shade’s tapestry work was pictured in the Seattle Times and highlighted by Michael Upchurch as “gentle, eccentric and exquisitely crafted". Shade also had a piece featured in the Surface Design Association's 2021 International Exhibition in Print, "From Confrontation to Catharsis".

Location

Seattle, WA, United States

Introduction

Martha Shade is a mixed-media fiber artist in Seattle. Shade studied printmaking at the University of Arizona and ceramics at Louisiana State University. After a move to the Pacific Northwest, her early art career found her showcasing ceramic and paper-pulp sculptures at MIA Gallery, Bellevue Art Museum, Bumbershoot, and more. While living in Taos, New Mexico, and later Portland, Oregon, she exhibited in shows including most notably “Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment”, co-curated by Lucy Lippard, and “Originals 2005″, a group show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe. Since returning to Seattle, Shade has exhibited her work, mainly hand-stitched embroideries, at ArtXchange Gallery. In their 2015 “Mythos” exhibition, Shade’s tapestry work was pictured in the Seattle Times and highlighted by Michael Upchurch as “gentle, eccentric and exquisitely crafted". Shade also had a piece featured in the Surface Design Association's 2021 International Exhibition in Print, "From Confrontation to Catharsis".