Eskenazi School
of Art, Architecture + Design

About

Rowland Ricketts utilizes natural dyes and historical processes to create contemporary textiles that span art and design. Trained in indigo farming and dyeing in Japan, Rowland received his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2005 and is currently an associate professor in Textiles at Indiana University. His work has been exhibited at the Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.), Cavin-Morris Gallery (New York), and Douglas Dawson Gallery (Chicago) and has been published in Textiles NowFiber ArtsSelvedgeSurface Design Journal, and Hand/Eye Magazine. Rowland is a recipient of a 2012 United States Artists Fellowship.