On View at the Museum:

The Woven Pixel

Special Exhibit opens at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles on Thursday, January 29th, 2026 through Sunday, May 10th, 2026.

Thursdays, Fridays | 1 pm to 5 pm
 Saturdays, Sundays | 11 am to 5 pm

This exhibition explores the rise of digital weaving which emerged in the early 2000s. It brings together a variety of work by artists and designers who experiment with digital looms and jacquard software. It pays tribute to two artists in particular, Bhakti Ziek and Alice Schlein, who wrote The Woven Pixel (2006), which quickly became something of a bible for weavers in art, design and industry—-and referenced still today. Because every intersection of warp and weft represents a pixel, weaving seamlessly merged with the earliest computer technologies. Today digital weavers are altering the landscape of contemporary art and design using algorithmic painterliness, expressive structures and flexible parametric forms. Curated by Sarah Mills.