Greg Climer is redefining quilting by merging male archetypes with contemporary textile art, challenging its traditional boundaries. His work deconstructs and reassembles fabrics into pixelated images, pushing the potential of quilts to convey historical and cultural narratives. Climer's background, including his education at Rollins College and Parsons School of Design, along with his experiences growing up gay in the South, influence his art. Moving to San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, he emphasizes community support within the art sphere and expresses the complexities of love and belonging through his innovative textile creations.
Infusing elements of queerness, intimacy, and worksmanship in his work, Climer finds ways to overlap content and context, experience and expression, and established technique with curious innovation.
Growing up gay in the South had a profound influence on my work. Imagine being told you're too broken to even comprehend love.
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