Gerlinde Merl – textile arts and crafts
- Using a sewing machine since the tender age of six
- First patchwork quilt at 13
- Associate student at the HBLA for Arts and Crafts
- Craft teacher
- Married to Dr.Mario Merl
- Birth of the children Colin, Pascal, and Janice
- Since 1990 working in the field of adult education ( own studio and teachers? training courses at the college of education in Linz)
- Art projects in schools
- Exhibitions and participation in exhibitions national and international
- 2002: International Quilt competition during the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City/USA: 3rd prize in the category Non Traditional
- Training for Art Management and Systemic Education
- Member of a group of artists called “Frauenspielräume” (”Playroom for Women”)
- Einzelausstellung beim Europäischen Quiltfestival in Val d´Argent/Frankreich
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