about threadwinners
Threadwinners is a crochet collaborative that aims to subvert the status quo through the vehicle of crochet, often with a disarmingly whimsical and lowbrow aesthetic. Their collaborative pieces often ruminate on the body as landscape, the intersection of memory and loss, and the constant overwhelming sensory overload present in modern society.
Threadwinners began their collaborative art practice in 2016 and are currently based in OC + LA. Their work has been shown in galleries across the US and internationally.
solo exhibitions
2021
Party for One, Moreno Valley College / Moreno Valley, CA
2019
zer | o, Aquila Projects @ WorkWell / Irvine, CA
2018
Blanket Statement, McKendree University Art Gallery / Lebanon, IL
2017
Water/falls Even at Night, Eon Gallery / Santa Ana, CA
Reveries, Branch Gallery / Inglewood, CA
2016
Pleasure Objects, Gallery 211 / Santa Ana, CA
selected group exhibitions
2024
Running with Scissors, Gallery1988 / Glendale, CA
Made in California, Brea Gallery / Brea, CA
2023
No Touching, John Wayne International Airport / Santa Ana, CA
NOMAD II, Torrance Art Museum / Torrance, CA
2021
Social Fabric, Torrance Art Museum / Torrance, CA
Yarn Bombing Festival, Hub/Art / Milan, Italy
2020
Craft Nouveau, Blue Line Arts / Roseville, CA
In Your Own Words, Jackson Dinsdale Art Gallery / Hastings, NE
Made in California 2020, Brea Art Gallery / Brea, CA
2019
All Media 2019, Irvine Fine Arts Center / Irvine, CA
Yarn Bombing Day, Yarn Bombing Trivento / Trivento, Italy
Made in California 2019, Brea Art Gallery / Brea, CA
Neoteric: The New Avant-Garde, Golden West College Art Gallery / Huntington Beach, CA
Now Entering Irvine, WorkWell / Irvine, CA
2018
All Media 2018, Irvine Fine Art Center / Irvine, CA
Hungry Art Show, Shockboxx Gallery / Hermosa Beach, CA
New Threads: Perspectives In Contemporary Fiber Art, Laband Art Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
2017
Sweet n Low, Bedford Gallery / Walnut Creek, CA
All Media 2017, Irvine Fine Arts Center / Irvine, CA
Welcome Blanket, Smart Museum of Art / Chicago, IL
California Yarnscape, Autry Museum of the American West / Los Angeles, CA
2016
Monster Show, Haight Gallery / San Francisco, CA
All Media 2016, Irvine Fine Arts Center / Irvine, CA
Dirtmaking, 1255 E. 6th St. / Los Angeles, CA
selected press
“Threadwinners’ Yarn Art Provides Stunning & Unusually Tactile Installations & Sculptures,” Irvine Weekly - Oct. 2019
“Threadwinners challenges the assumption that crafts associated with ‘women’s work’ aren’t fine art,” LA Times Daily Pilot - Sept. 2019
“Meet Alyssa Arney and Liz Flynn of Threadwinners,” VoyageLA - May 2019
Create! Magazine, Issue VI - 2017
Martha Stewart Living Magazine - 2017
Happily Hooked Magazine, Issue #35 - February 2017
workshops & projects
2019
“As we work we think about,” WE SPOKE, Feminist Center for Creative Work / Los Angeles, CA
2018
The Weeping Willow Project, community art install, Gather DTLA / Los Angeles, CA
Healing Circles: Mandalas For Marinke, collaborative exhibition, workshops, and pop-up events with Kathryn Vercillo / Long Beach & Santa Ana, CA
2017
Crochet workshop, Grab Bag Studio / Long Beach, CA
Crochet workshop, Homestead Museum / City of Industry, CA
Artist talk, Laguna College of Art & Design / Laguna Beach, CA
2016
There Is A River Here, community art install, Riverside Art Museum / Riverside, CA