Bio

OZANA GHERMAN (CANADA/USA) is an emerging textile artist whose work explores the intersection of art, craft and architecture. Through her combined practice of handmade craft, sculpture, and architecture, Ozana Gherman explores the interface of interior and exterior spaces. In particular she is interested in how architecture is related to soft materials, and uses weaving techniques and other labour-intensive textile processes to create forms in attempt to inform the built environment. She has exhibited her work in several group shows in Toronto, Halifax and internationally. Her most recent exhibitions include New Essentials, Seattle Washington (2022) Soft Boundaries: Woven Meanings of Chandigarh in Ahmedabad, India (2019), Woven Light at Lumiere in Syndey, Nova Scotia (2017), Surface/Surfacing at Artscape Youngplace in Toronto, Canada (2015), and Hand & Machine at the Ontario Craft Council gallery (2014). Gherman holds a Bachelor of Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design University where she majored in Textiles and Environmental Design and a Master of Architecture from Dalhousie University.