Victoria Findlay Wolfe is a New York City and Long Island-based award-winning quilt artist, teacher, and author whose work balances modern, traditional and art quilting styles. A farm girl raised in Minnesota, her influences are heavily based on her grandmother’s scrappy colorful double knit polyester quilts which started her on this textile journey.

Her quilts have traveled the globe with notable exhibits in the US, Japan, Australia & UK. Victoria won ‘Best in Show’ at the first QuiltCon in 2013 with her quilt, “Double Edged Love,” the first in her large series of double wedding ring quilts, for which she is well-known. Her quilting books include: 15 Minutes of Play, Double Wedding Rings, Modern Quilt Magic, Playing with Purpose, and most recently, The Quilting Experience: A Celebration of Community & Patchwork Patterns.

She was honored to be featured in the Craft in America: Quilts episode in 2019 on PBS.

Victoria is the founder of the New York City Metro Mod Quilt Guild and has served as a board member of the International Quilt Association, the Quilt Alliance, the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, and the International Quilt Museum.

Artist Statement

Joyful memories of childhood spent with my grandparents - making quilts with my quiltmaker grandmother and tending to gardens with my nature-loving grandfather - are the creative essence woven into my contemporary art quilt creations. Throughout my artistic journey, I have been driven by a curiosity to blur the boundaries between fine art and craft—a discourse that resonated deeply during my years in art college, studying painting and photography for my fine arts degree. Despite being discouraged from integrating quilting into my art projects due to its classification as craft rather than art, I have remained steadfast in my belief.

Like moving paint around on a canvas, my process involves playing with fabric shapes on a wall, making connections both visually and emotionally, being open to changes in the direction of a piece, as I tell a story. My quilts merge the techniques I learned in the 90s—painting, photography, and digital skills—with my expertise in sewing, patchwork, and layering of color for works that evoke a variety of emotions. My large-scale process-driven works present a visual ode to the past, a poignant, playful display that reverberates with nostalgia and reverence for these cherished memories.

Artist Statement

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