Balancing tradition and innovation I create sculptures with elaborate layers of stitch, pattern and meaning using materials from soft domestic to rigid ceramic. My recent work intertwines familial connections and the inheritance of objects, skills and ideas passed through generations. Grandmother’s quilts, wedding dresses, drapes, plaid shirts, furry remnants from toys, upholstery, threads from unfinished needlework, and family photos are manipulated with crochet, weaving, wrapping and embroidery. - JC

Jodi Colella exhibits and teaches internationally and she lives on Munjoy hill here in Portland.  Colella is a member of Boston Sculptors Gallery and the recipient of a 2019 MA Cultural Council Fellowship Award for Sculpture. Her exhibitions include The Textile Museum in Washington DC, Textile Center, Minneapolis, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, World of Threads, Toronto and Da Wang Culture Highland in Shenzhen China among others.  She has collaborated on several public art projects, and her work is held in multiple museum collections.