Please join the Friends of the ATW for a series of special lectures ahead of the ATW’s prestigious small tapestry prize, the 2021 Kate Derum Award and Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award for Small Tapestries.

Speaker: Mariana Ortega (MEX)
Tuesday 13 July 11am AEST*

WATCH THE LECTURE

Celebrating 10 years since the Kate Derum Award was established the tapestry weavers selected for this speaker series will have been winners or finalists of either the Kate Derum Award or Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award for Small Tapestries. This series of lectures celebrates the diversity and scope of contemporary tapestry practice worldwide in anticipation of the awards. 

Mariana Ortega is a tapestry weaver from Mexico and was a finalist in the Irene Davies Award in 2017 and 2015. Mariana Ortega received her Bachelors in Art from the University of Puebla in Mexico. Ortega has also studied at the Art Center in San Luis Potosi, The School of Painting Techniques Vincent van Gogh in Mexico City and at the Allende’s Institute in San Miguel de Allende where she was introduced to tapestry weaving. In 2016 she was an Artist in Residence at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia and studied tapestry under Valerie Kirk. In addition, Ortega has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions around Mexico as well as in Australia and the USA. Currently, she teaches tapestry around Mexico and at her studio MAROG Mexican Textiles Workshop located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.