Xenobia bailey

Xenobia Bailey photographed December 13, 2012 in New York City. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. Xenobia Bailey takes a moment to relax inside a Mickalene Thomas installation at Lehmann Maupin’s West 26th Street gallery in New York. Ms. Bailey was there in celebration of Thomas’s exhibit How to Organize a Room Around a Striking Piece of Art and appeared in good spirits despite the fact Hurricane Sandy destroyed the storage space containing her artwork and materials. Last year the…

Distilling a wide range of influences – including African, Native American, and African-American cultures, art historical precedents, female handicraft, and her own elaborate cosmologies – Xenobia Baileys vibrantly colored crocheted tondos and goddess figures present a holistic view of what art can embody. Following Phase I which took place last fall at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Phase II features more of the folk tales and creation myths, archetypal earth mothers and muses that have been…

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

Greetings, I am pleased to bring you this post about an extraordinary artist by the name of Xenobia Bailey. When most people think of crocheting, they think of blankets, hats and scarves just to name a few items. Take a look at her work and you will see that there is much more to crocheting. I am going to post some pics of her work and also the link to her blog. Originally from Seattle, Washington, and now living in Harlem, New York, Xenobia Bailey brings African American roots music into…

Venus Over Manhattan is dedicated to illuminating the work of a diverse range of historical and contemporary artists through dynamic rotating exhibitions and scholarly publications. Since it was founded by Adam Lindemann in 2012, the gallery has been responsible for revitalizing and establishing commercial, scholarly, and public interest for artists such as Peter Saul, Richard Mayhew, and Joan Brown.

GREETINGS GLOBAL COMMUNITY, I'M BACK WITH MY LATEST CROCHET CROWNS. OVER THE SUMMER SOME OF MY WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS WERE ASKING ME TO CROCHET...

Xenobia Bailey's Artist Journal

From bright yarns and pony beads artist and activist Xenobia Bailey crochets elaborate shooting stars, suspended shelters, and sacred forms.

Xenobia Bailey (b. 1955) just ROCKS! I once met her when she gave a presentation at Hallmark Cards, Inc., my former employer for seven years. She wore this magnificent crochet coat and shared that she crocheted her suitcase the night before. She stunned the audience with her energy and her immense creativity. She lectured on "funk" that day. I couldn't believe that someone in the audience asked her to define funk! I remember she also told us that she had visions for creating a crochet city…

Xenobia Bailey is a fiber artist whose ongoing installation, Sistah Paradise’s Revival Tent, appears in much wider than a line at SITE Santa Fe.