Liz Collins is an artist known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy—qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures.
Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Touchstones Rochdale, England (2022) and Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York (2015–17), and been featured in a range of international exhibitions and within a broad range of galleries and institutions, including at the 60th Venice Biennale exhibition (2024) and in the Woven Histories exhibition presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2023), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2024), and Museum of Modern Art (2025). She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the USA Fellowship, MacColl Johnson Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri, Yaddo and MacDowell Fellowships, and the Anonymous Was a Woman Award. Her work is held in a range of public and private collections, including the RISD Museum, Museum of Arts & Design (New York, NY), Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC), Museu de Arte de São Paulo (Brazil), Leslie-Lohman Museum (New York, NY), and FIT Museum (New York, NY), among others. Collins was the Inaugural Artist in Residence at Longhouse Reserve in 2024.
Photo by Joe Kramm.