Denise Lithgow
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Denise Lithgow is a textile artist who uses felt as her sculpture medium. She exhibits her work widely in Australia and internationally. Denise’s works have been selected for the biannual exhibition World of Threads, Canada, the Biennial Contemporary Mini Textile Art, Ukraine, and recently as a finalist in the Australian Fibre Art Awards, winning the Excellence in Felting award.
In 2022, Denise exhibited in the Netherlands and France. She was the guest artist at Royal Art Society of NSW, Camden Art Prize and Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair. She is also published widely, including in “Worldwide Colours of Felt” (Netherlands), “Dimensional Cloth, Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists” (USA), “Australian Textile Art Award 2020” and also in her book, “Living in a Felt World”.
Denise’s works are produced using an intuitive layering of fibre and fabric for both her sculptures and 2-dimensional works. Her inspiration comes from an emotional response to her surrounding landscapes. She uses felt as it’s an ecological, sustainable textile. Teaching others to make their own felt creations in places such as Portugal, London, at the AGNSW and Art Est.