It is through art that I discover more about the world I live in. I am inspired by human and natural events, both historical and current. This interest usually expresses itself through the exploration of line, colour, and shape on painted or occasionally recycled fibre mediums. My work serves as a record of this exploration.

I love to combine spontaneous painting with the more technical and time-honoured quilting and embroidery processes. I see cloth less as fabric and more as an un-primed, un-stretched ground. The material is soft and pliable. It is easy to colour, paint, fold, rip, slice, seam and embroider at will. The processes I use allow me to build in texture and layered meaning into my work. I feel that there is more to discover with this approach as it is less constraining than with stretched canvas. For instance, I can build up a large top and then crop it back if desired.

Lately I have been preoccupied with the stitched drawing (hand or machine). I am less interested in quilt embellishment and more with how the stitched line and its relationship to drawing can be incorporated into fibre art. I want to generate new imagery through this medium.

Kit Vincent is a full-time studio artist who lives in Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada. She has always loved art and fabric. In 2002, she retired from a corporate career to dedicate all her time to this pursuit. In the beginning Kit focused on developing a body of work made up of pieced fabrics which she hand dyed. More recently, her focus has been on acquiring a better understanding of how fabrics can be manipulated to enhance the tactile nature of the quilt. Kit is an avid enthusiast of most textile mediums and techniques that can be combined and translated into a new visual vocabulary. She quilts using non-traditional techniques, relying on improvisation and working directly on the wall.

Exhibits

2007

Two Studios: The Work of Paul and Kit Vincent, Sandra Whitton Gallery, Kingston , Ontario in September
Best of Thousands Islands Arts (TIA) Juried Show, Kingsman Hall, Gananoque , Ontario in August
Grand Opening – Sarah Sterkin Gallery, Gananoque , Ontario in June
Beginnings: Seven Threads Studios Exhibit, Britannia Gallery, Ottawa , Ontario in May

2006
Fibre Expressions: Elements, Mississippi Valley textile Museum , Almonte , ON
Changing the World One Thread at a Time European Exhibit, Carrefour du Patchwork, Val d'Argent, France
IQA, Patchwork & Quilt Expo, Lyon, France
Canadian Quilters’ Association, National Juried Show, Ottawa , ON
Waterloo Quilt Festival, Waterloo, ON
Lowell Quilt Festival, New England Quilt Museum , Lowell , MA
Changing the World One Thread at a Time, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac , AR

2005
Constants and Variables, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Quilt National 2005, Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
FiberConnection: International Miniatures Exhibit, Ocean County Artists’ Guild, Island Heights, NJ

2004
World Views, Common Ground, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Fine Focus 2004, National traveling exhibit 2004-2006
Inspirations, Trend-Tex Challenge, Ottawa Ontario (wall-art first place)

2003
QSDS Invitational, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH, Invitational
Portfolio of Makers Program, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario

Awards

Best Small Quilt - Swept Up - Waterloo Quilt Festival, May 2006, Waterloo , ON
Foundation Scholarship, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, June 2003, Columbus Ohio, USA

Publications

Fabrications Quilting Magazine, UK, Issue 44, Review of Quilt Festival Week in Waterloo, pp. 58-62.
The Humm, November 2006, Arts and Entertainment Review of Fibre Expressions Exhibit , Almonte ON, p. 11.
Quilt National 2005: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books
Quilts Captivate the Eye, Columbus Dispatch review, June 15, 2003

Affiliations

Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Crafts Council
American Crafts Council
Out of the Box Fiber Arts Guild
Canadian Quilters Association
American Quilters Society
Fiberarts International
Surface Design Association
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Studio Art Quilt Associates