Lot 36 , Maggie Scott, (b. 1955), Omulolo // 01, 2020, Hand-felted and stitched wall hanging, 170 x 186 cm

Maggie Scott
(b. 1955)
Omulolo // 01, 2020
Hand-felted and stitched wall hanging
170 x 186 cm
£3,500-5,000
Maggie Scott’s vibrant wall hangings, hand-stitched and hand-felted, splendidly express Omolulo, the Lugandan for ‘celebration’. Their maker is known for her sumptuous textile work that explores the politics of representation and these celebrate her relationship with East Africa and are inspired by the antique appliqué fabrics of the former Zaire.

Scott creates her artwork from the particularity of who she is: a black woman, a feminist, a daughter, a mother, an activist and a British textile artist. Born in London, Maggie graduated from St Martin’s School of Art in 1976 and set up her first studio in London in 1980.

Her experiment with a series of large, autobiographical textile pieces led to a bursary award and a one woman show at Leicester Museum in 2012, Negotiations – black in a white majority culture. Since then, she has been invited to exhibit in several major US cities, as well as in Germany, Belgium, Portugal, China and Canada. She lives and works in Hastings.

In 2010, Scott co-founded the charity UK Friends of Healing Focus (UKHF), which has built a school and dormitory for 250 orphans in Busiiro Village, Uganda, and also for the charity Femlead, addressing women’s issues in the same area.