Evelyn Roth

Evelyn Roth (born December 27, 1936) is a self-taught community and interdisciplinary artist who has worked in the areas of textiles, sculpture, performance, dance and interactive fabric arts. She specializes in environmentally sensitive events, family festivals, school programs and art gallery exhibits. Roth is based in the town of Maslin Beach, Australia.

Born in Mundare, Alberta, Roth moved to Edmonton, Alberta in the 1950s where she took classes in art, crafts, modern, eastern and classical dance. She also took yoga and fencing classes while working in the local children’s library. When Roth moved to Vancouver in 1961, she joined Intermedia where she became a part of the international art scene at the time focusing on art and technology, wearable art and video art. During the 1970s Roth focused her practice on knitting and crocheting with recycled materials including video tape and natural fibres. She created wearable art, textile installations and furnishings and wrote a book about her work called The Recycling Book published in 1974 by Talonbooks.

From 1973 through the 1980s Roth explored the intersections of sculpture, dance and the environment and formed the Evelyn Roth Moving Sculpture Company. A film Woven in Time was created in 1977 that features Roth's textile work and shows the company in various outdoor settings.

In 1999 Roth won the World of Wearable Art international design competition.

Roth has been featured in many solo exhibitions over the years and participated in various festivals and group exhibitions.

Solo exhibitions

• 1976 - Nylon Zoo at Habitat Forum, Vancouver
• 1977 - Salmon Dance (narration by Hannelore) on the Queen Charlotte Islands
• 1983 - Video Jungle at the Adelaide Festival
• Sept. 29 to Nov. 7, 1993 - Salmon Run at the Surrey Art Gallery

Group exhibitions

• October 30, 2015 to January 10, 2016 - Between Object and Action: Transforming Media in the 1960s and 70's at the Vancouver Art Gallery
• January 12 to April 8, 2018 - Beginning with the Seventies: GLUT at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.