Fritzi Huber (born 1950) has been making handmade paper for more than 45 Years. Her work has been exhibited and collected nationally as well as internationally.
Huber has taught hand papermaking workshops across the United States. Some of the workshop locations are Pyramid Atlantic in Maryland, Southwest School Of Art In Texas, Arrowmont School Of Arts And Crafts in Tennessee, Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, Mingei Museum in California, San Diego State University, and Tennessee Tech. in Tennessee. In addition, she has received numerous grants including from the Kenan Trust, the National Endowment of the Arts, and a California Arts Council Grant for Artist in Residence. Her workshops In North Carolina have been held at the old St. John’s Museum of Art, The Cameron Art Museum, East Carolina University, UNC Wilmington, and currently at Acme Art Studios in Wilmington, NC, where she also maintains a studio practice.
Her works is in international collections including Switzerland’s Musee Du Pays Et Val De Charney, Brazil’s Biennial International De Artes and The Ray Johnson Space at Artpool In Budapest, Hungary. More recently the Cameron Art Museum organized the exhibition Fritzi Huber: A Circus Life, which focused on the influences of Huber’s past circus experiences, and the resultant work relating to that background. Ms. Huber’s work is in numerous corporations, organizations, and institutions, Among them are Duke Medical Center, SAS Industries, AOL Corporation, Lord Corporation, IBM, Volvo, as well as many private collections. The Cameron Art Museum holds her work in their permanent collection.
