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Collaborative community artmaking
Ascent/Dissent: Flags for Peace
(In)Visible Textile LaborOngoing study and performance of textile crop cultivation and labor, including flaxâ€“u003elinen and multiple species of indigoâ€“u003edye and resist embroidery.
States of Emergenc(y)e
(Un)spoken Family HistoriesTranslating family legend and myth, oral histories, written and photographic documents into textiles
Native/Immigrant City
Breaking the Glass CeilingGlass and fiber have numerous connotations. Here, I bend, twist and recontextualize words we commonly associate with glass (breakable, transparent, clear, fragile, delicate) and fiber (domestic, spinsterish, traditional, conservative, quaint, womenâ€™s work) to show how those same words reveal our assumptions about each other based on race, age, ethnicity, country of origin, native language.
Selfies and Latergrams
Were I So Besotted
- The Brooklyn Love Exchange
Post-its/Tweets
Reach Out and Touch Me: Selfies and Ussies
FiberGraf
Custom embroideries
CurationIn addition to being a practicing visual artist, Iviva has curated exhibits of work by professional artists and student artists since 2014.

Shorty Needlepoint

"ShORTy NeEdlePoiNt with thE tiGht a$$." 2013. Embroidery on fabric .ext by @EmbroideryPoems (from art opening conversations). 33." x 2.75". — “ShORTy NeEdlePoiNt with thE tiGht a$$.” 2013. Embroidery on fabric. Text by @EmbroideryPoems (from art opening conversations). 3.3.” x 2.75″.

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July 21, 2013

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