About Grace Errea
Fiber artist, designer and quilter, Grace J. Errea
Fiber artist, designer and quilter, Grace J. Errea, began quilting in 2000. Her art focuses on the depiction of inspiring scenes in a “value based” contemporary-realistic manner. She feels very fortunate to have many of her first quilts become exhibited in juried shows and be recognized for their innovation in technique and depiction of nature and people.
In 2005 she chose to retire from a very successful career as an executive in a Fortune 500 computer and telecommunications company to devote herself to her art on a full-time basis. Grace is a self-taught artist and her work illustrates and has been recognized for exceptional primary use of values and secondary use of color. Her focus on value makes it easy for her and her students to create inspiring botanicals, landscape scenes and portraits, in any color.
Grace’s innovative techniques and her focus on value have attracted widespread interest from quilters, as well as national and international galleries, museums and publications. She has been invited to show her art and to teach overseas and in various locations in the United States. Her class offerings are well attended, in demand, and are presented in fun, informal, and educational manner.
Grace currently resides, quilts, and teaches in Southern California. She and her husband have two daughters, Julia and Lauren, and three cats, Kizzy, Thelma and Louise.
Grace’s work has been and is currently being exhibited in a wide variety of venues including:
- American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, Ky., Nashville, Tn., and Knoxville, Tn.
- Art Quilt Lowell, Lowell, Mass., 2009
- California Heritage Museum Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts, 2006
- Cutting Edge Fiber Art Exhibit, San Louis Obispo, Ca., 2008-2009
- Fantastic Fibers Exhibit at the Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY., 2010
- IMAGES, Lowell, Mass., 2009
- International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Houston and Long Beach
- Pacific International Quilt Festival, Ca.
- Quilts=Art=Quilts 2009 Exhibit at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, NY.
- Road to California, Ontario, Ca.
- Quilt Visions: Interpretations 2009
- San Diego Quilt Show
- Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA): Creative Force Exhibit, 2008; Fibrations 2009; SAQA@20, 2009-2010
- Tactile Architecture Juried Exhibition
- Tokyo International Quilt Festival, 2009
Grace’s publications include:
- 500 Art Quilts- An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work, Lark Books, 2010
- American Quilter Society 1Q10 Magazine Profile Artist
- Quilting Arts Magazine, April/May 2008
- Studio Art Quilt Associates “Creative Force” Exhibit, 2007
- Fons & Porter’s “Love of Quilting” Art of Quilting Artist, May/June 2007 issue
- Cover quilt for the Quilts, Inc., “Tactile Architecture 2007? brochure
- National Quilting Association (NQA) “The Quilting Quarterly” Editor’s Choice, Summer 2006 issue
- Cover quilt for the AQS Winter 2005 issue
- Contemporary Quilting by Cindy Walters and Stevii Graves, Krause Publications
- Fabric Art Gallery, Banar Designs Publications
- International Quilt Festival’s Commemorative Catalogue, 2008, 2006, and 2005 issues
Teaching Bio:
- Quilter’s Paradise , Escondido. CA.
- Quilter’s Studio, Newbury Park, CA.
- Sacred Moondance, Lake Forest, CA.
- Material Possessions, Lake Forest, CA.
- Time to Sew, Laguna Hills, CA.
- Leah’s Fabrics, Mission Viejo, CA.
- El Camino Quilter’s Guild, Oceanside, CA.
- Surfside Quilter’s Guild, San Clemente, CA.
- Beach Cities Quilter’s Guild, San Juan Capistrano, CA.
- Tuscany Art Institute 2007, 5-Day Seminar, Pienza, Italy
- Quilting in the Desert 2010, 5-Day Seminar, Phoeniz, AZ.
- Empty Spools at Asilomar 2010, 5-Day Seminar, Pacific Grove, CA.
- Grapevine Quilter’s Guild of Mendocino County, Ukiah,CA.
- Material Girls Quilters’ Guild, Hopland, CA.
- Canyon Quilters’ Guild, San Diego, CA.
- Friendship Quilters’ of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
- Orange Grove Quilters’ Guild, Garden Grove, CA.
- Faithful Circle Quilters’ Guild, Downers, IL.
- Kenya Quilter’s Guild, Kenya, Africa
To contact Grace, please visit the Contact page.