Dorian (Dohrn)
Zachai (1932 – 2015) was an American fiber artist. Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition ''Woven Forms'' at the
Museum of Contemporary Crafts
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in New York City.
She is considered an important innovator in the field of fiber art.
Biography
Zachai was born in 1932.
She worked in the ''off-loom'' weaving style to create sculptures.
Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition ''Woven Forms'' at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, the 1969 exhibition ''
Objects: USA'' at
SAAM and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, and the 1971 exhibition ''Deliberate Entanglements'' at the UCLA Art Galleries.
Zachai died in Vermont in 2015.
Her work is in the
Museum of Arts and Design and some of her papers are in the
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Legacy
The
Vermont Studio Center has a ''Dohrn Zachai Fellowship'' awarded to female visual artists aged 65 and older.
References
Further reading
“Fiber – Clay – Metal”article by Dohrn Zachai in the January/February 1965 issue of
Craft Horizons
''Craft Horizons'' is a periodical magazine that documents and exhibits crafts, craft artists, and other facets of the field of American craft. The magazine was founded by Aileen Osborn Webb and published from 1941 to 1979. It included editoria ...
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1932 births
2015 deaths
American women artists
Women textile artists
American weavers