Alexandra Friedman Tapestry

Several years after working in an architectural office as a model builder among other tasks, Alex became interested in weaving and took classes at the Boston, YWCA. This led to a period as an apprentice in a NYC tapestry studio making shaped tapestries for the then new Pan Am 747 jumbo jets in addition to other commissions. From that point on, Alex Friedman has maintained a studio wherever she has lived, Connecticut, London, England and now the Bay Area, California. She has taken workshops with highly regarded weavers who have trained in several different European traditions.

Her earliest interests were in the architectural aspects of the medium; the structural imagery and the way that light plays across the surface both illusory and in reality.

More recently, Alex is exploring both the potential illusion and the constructive aspects of tapestry in a way that preserves the idea of ‘textile’ rather than a more traditional image based narrative subject. She has executed many commissions and exhibited internationally.