Missy Stevens

Missy Stevens is a nationally recognized fiber artist, who creates “thread paintings” using needle punch embroidery. Stevens’ work is tied to her relationship and response to the natural world. She likens her creative practice to storytelling, where her own story connects to the story of the artwork itself and mingles with the story of the viewer.

Stevens’s work has been shown widely in the US, including the Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin; Wool Bureau Offices, New York; the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut; and the Museum of Art and Design, New York. She has received an individual artist grant from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and a Craftsmen’s Choice Award at the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, DC. Her work is in the collections of the Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Museum of Art and Design; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

A documentary film about Missy Stevens, Missy Stevens: The Spirit and Technique of Painting in Thread, was produced in 2017.

Stevens studied at Boston University’s Program in Artistry and received her bachelor’s degree. She lives and works in Connecticut.