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Biography

Tilleke Schwarz was born in in a small town in the countryside in The Netherlands.

Her work combines the use of mixed media with a clear focus on embroidery on linen, as well as drawings and paintings.

Her work combines the use of mixed media with a clear focus on embroidery on linen, as well as drawings and paintings.

Stitched Stories is a solo show of recent work of textile artist Tilleke Schwarz who is internationally known for her fine embroidery on linen.

Dutch textile artist Tilleke Schwarz has been embroidering from childhood and participated in exhibitions since the late s.

—Tilleke Schwarz () lives near Delft (Netherlands) with her husband and a lovely British Shorthair cat.

Tilleke Schwarz (, Pijnacker, Netherlands) experienced in the nineties trying to exhibit and sell her work at galleries.

After her secondary school she went for a year to California as an exchange student. Back home she decided to follow her passion and to study at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts Enschede and later for one day a week at the Free Academy of Modern Art in The Hague.

For many years now she has lived with her husband and a lovely Norwegian Forest cat near Delft.

For many years (till autumn ) she combined her art activities with a professional career for the Dutch national government (as a policy developer).

She started her art career around Since then her activities have included exhibiting her work (all-over the world), lecturing and tutoring, writing for international textile magazines, organising exhib