A History of Tufted Rugs

Qualeasha Wood: tufted and woven tapestries of digital life, New York

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Made by
Qualeasha Wood
Date
2021 onwards
Place
Brooklyn, New York (Hauser & Wirth listing)
Themes
Companies & modern tufting

Cite this source

Hypebae, June 2023; Pippy Houldsworth Gallery press; WePresent artist profile. hypebae.com/2023/6/qualeasha-wood-tl-dr-tapestries-exhibition-works-details.

Research notes

A textile artist whose tufted and jacquard-woven tapestries combine craft with digital imagery. Her 2023 exhibition "TL;DR" at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, included tufted works in wool and acrylic, among them "Into the Blue" (2023, 50 by 64 in.), a figure in a bath among pink tiles and rubber ducks, and "All You Must Hold On To" (2023, 66 by 68 in.) (Hypebae, June 2023). The Metropolitan Museum acquired her woven tapestry The [Black] Madonna/Whore Complex (2021). Artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 2021–2022. Instagram: @qualeasha (artist biography; WePresent). Research note (Oct 2026): from search results; pages not opened.