Ann Glazer considers the ideas and techniques associated with the centuries-old craft of textile embroidery while employing modern technology and research guided by her “faith in intuition” to create “textiles of our time.” The results are large tapestries containing, what appears to be, ancient symbols and iconography. Motifs of animals, insects, and plants can be easily be identified, while at times Glazer combines or morphs them into abstract shapes and designs. Often details appear to have disintegrated due to age and wear, yet on closer examination the anticipated traditional stitches have been replaced by digital pixel images printed or collaged directly onto rich velvets and fabrics. As a result, Glazer’s “tapestries” offer cryptic meaning along with engaging and intriguing imagery.

Glazer lives and works in Dallas and New York City. She received a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and has been awarded fellowships from the Dallas Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited at numerous institution and galleries across North and Central America. 

The 2025 Cell Series of exhibitions is generously supported by National Endowment for the Arts, McGinnis Family Fund of Communities Foundation, and the Charles E. Jacobs Foundation with additional funding from Jay & Barbra Clack, Joe & Susie Clack, Jenny & Rob Dupree, and Kathy Webster in memory of Charles H. Webster.