“Through the medium of tapestry we are connected with every stitch. As humanity we feel the cutting of each thread. “
- Tanya Sternberg
In THREAD, Tanya Sternberg weaves a visceral and deeply personal visual language that speaks to transformation, loss, and resilience. Through abstract forms, rich textures, and a vibrant, emotive palette, she navigates the emotional terrains that define both the individual and the collective experience. Each work in this series becomes a kind of map, charting the subtle ruptures and flowing continuities that shape us in times of upheaval and growth.
Sternberg’s practice draws from the physicality and symbolism of tapestry, using its tactile nature to explore how pain and pride are often interwoven. Tears, seams, and fluid gestures become metaphors for emotional rupture and renewal. Her process mirrors the complexity of human experience, layered, frayed, repaired, where change is not linear, but cyclical and deeply textured.
At its core, THREAD is a meditation on connection: the invisible threads that tie us to each other, to place, and to memory. In a time marked by fragmentation and uncertainty, Sternberg invites us to witness how these threads can be mended and reimagined through care, colour, and form. Her work is both an act of reflection and resistance thereby refusing to let go of feeling, even when it is difficult.
As Sternberg says, “Through the medium of tapestry we are connected with every stitch. As humanity we feel the cutting of each thread.” In this body of work, she asks us not only to look, but to feel, to engage with art as an emotional landscape, where the threads of our shared and separate stories continue to unfold.
