Gerlinde Merl – textile arts and crafts

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  • 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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