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@abbeymuza

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weaving and drawing and pictures and forms
Fanny Knapp Allen AIR / Visiting Assistant Prof,
University of Rochester
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Rebirth, Judgement, Boundary
silk, cotton, dye, steel
42 x 27 inches

Flames, clouds, and waves, depictions of environmental disaster taken from the medieval apocalypse tapestries, dye painted in silk threads on a steel frame. by @abbeymuza

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I spent the last week in Paris, and before that, the last few months in Rochester working on a collaborative quilt making project with students in Intro to Fiber @urochester and 2nd year textiles students @ecoleartsdecoparis. Students at URochester naturally dyed cotton yardage that they and students at EnsAD then used to make quilt squares (in patchwork and appliqué) under the theme parcours de vie - connecting their own life journeys with the histories of quilts as cultural and familial artifacts. To realize this project, I was lucky to collaborate with my dear friend and former colleague @orsina.visconti and Cuture Director Tori Johnson at the FEU.

Thank you to the @fondationusa for making the project and the exhibition of this artwork possible! And thank you to @supima for the donation of materials. Most importantly, thank you to the wonderful students at both schools for engaging with the project and making exciting and ambitious work!

The final slide is back in Rochester this week, where after many of my woo-woo explanations of natural dye processes, a biochemistry major in the class was kind enough to make a presentation explaining exactly what was happening chemically as we mordanted and dyed our kilos of fabric… taken in Paris, France by @abbeymuza

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Another one from this spring, photographs transcribed into dye paintings shifted into woven cloth mounted in welded steel.

Ore
silk, cotton, dye, steel
42 x 27 inches
2026 by @abbeymuza

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a month ago

I’m finally back in the studio after a summer of transition and travel, and sharing images of this piece from earlier this year while other things hum in the background.

Rebirth, Judgement, Boundary
42 x 27 inches
silk, cotton, dye, steel
2026 by @abbeymuza

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I’m unpacking my studio in Rochester and pulled out the sample I made @haystack_school to photograph.

It’s a test that might become something else later, where i dye painted eight different images on two warps that weave together into these interrupted stripes on both sides of this double-sided textile, more abstraction that anything else. by @abbeymuza

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In May, I wrote about Abbey Muza’s latest body of work for @sensusphilly issue 3.0. I have loved getting to know and work with Abbey during their time in Philadelphia—when I visited their studio last winter and saw these works in progress, I wanted to write about them immediately. Thank you for introducing us, @art_bumble 🩵 by @abbeymuza

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3 months ago

Some close up images of recent dyed, painted, and printed weaves 🌫️ by @abbeymuza

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4 months ago

I’m so happy (truly riding waves of joy) to have spent the last two weeks at @haystack_school for Open Studio Residency 2026. It was life changing in many ways. Working alongside my fellow residents and Haystack’s amazing staff meant working within a constant current of ideas, energy, joy, laughter, care, intention… I leave these two weeks with new lifelong friends and collaborators, but also with greater care for ideas about craft within my own work and communities, and with big hope to carry some of the communal energy we built together forward in my work and life. Thank you, Haystack, and till all of our meandering paths cross again!! ❤️❤️❤️ by @abbeymuza

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4 months ago

Weaving during final days at @haystack_school. 💗🦦 Two weeks at Haystack = three days of setup, one week of painting, and six short hours of weaving!! taken in Haystack Mountain School of Crafts by @abbeymuza

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One week in residence at @haystack_school - no weaving yet but lots of dyeing! taken in Haystack Mountain School of Crafts by @abbeymuza

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Abbey Muza @abbeymuza

Muza makes weavings and drawings centered in narrative, archival and historical research, and abstraction. Their work references the historical use of symbol and narrative in order to respond to contemporary political and social realities, with content sourced from archival research, history, and literature, and collaged and abstracted into the drawn, dyed, and painted surfaces of their work.

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Abbey Muza @abbeymuza

Muza is an interdisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia, USA. Their work has been shown across the US, France, and Belgium, and they have been an artist in residence at ACRE, Tusen Takk, and Alternative Worksite, and have been a Fulbright France Harriet-Hale Wooley Awardee, a Leroy Neiman Fellow at the Oxbow School of Art, and a Visiting Artist at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. They have received awards and grants including an Arthur King Peters Fulbright Award, a Jumpstarter Grant from the Society of Arts and Crafts, and artist’s grants from the cities of Chicago and Philadelphia.

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#AbbeyMuza by @abbeymuza

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Just got my copy of the spring issue of @sensusphilly, featuring this article by @katiegarth on my recent body of work shown at @sliphouse__ .

What a pleasure to talk about art and ideas with @katiegarth over the last few months!! And thank you @wink.ink and @diego_c_juarez for SENSUS and new pathways for arts writing in Philly! xoxo by @abbeymuza

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