Group
Exhibitions
2008 Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting (upcoming), Indiana
State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2007
Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, Museum of Art and
Design, New York, NY
2005 Pocketsize; Our Fascination with the Miniature, Post
Picasso Gallery
2004 Knitknit New York Book for issue #3, Printed Matter,
New York, NY
2004 Knitknit, Sundown Salon at Fritz Haeg Studios, Hollywood,
CA
Shows (Selection)
2008 Tom Bishop's Chicago International (upcoming), Schaumberg,
IL
2008 GuildShow (upcoming), Teaneck, New Jersey
2007 Tom Bishop's Chicago International, Schaumberg, IL
2006 The Guild Show, New York, NY
2006
Tom Bishop’s Chicago International, Schaumberg, IL
2005 Guild Show, New York, NY
2005 Tom Bishops Chicago International, Schaumberg, IL
2004 The Guild Show, Rye Brooke, New York
Collections-Public and Private (selection)
Toy and Miniature Museum, Kansas City, KS
Museum Center, collection of Kathleen Savage Browning, Maysville,
KY
Mary
Fisher, West Palm Beach, FL
Duffy Wineman, Bloomfield Village, MI
Terry and Stuart Kleeman, Middletown, New York
Bibliography-Articles
and Media
Appearances
in Books:
•Ripley's
Believe it or Not, featured in their 5th book, Published
by Miles Kelley. Upcoming fall 2008.
•The
Culture of Knitting, Joanne Turney, Upcoming 2008. Link
•KnitKnit:
Profiles and Projects from Knitting's New Wave by
Gschwandtner, Sabrina. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang,
2007. Link
Television,
Movies and Radio Appearances:
•Knitty
Gritty Knitsters, Television profile on the DIY
network, Screen Door Production. Upcoming Summer
2008.
•npr.org,
Knitting
Guerrillas Rock the Yarn, Radio Interview with Sabrina
Gschwandtner
•The Weekly Special "Knitted Art"
Television profile on PBS edited and produced by Susanne
Schwibs, WTIU Bloomington, Indiana, June 28, 2007. Link
Newspaper
and Magazines:
•Indianapolis
Star, "Go,"
Jenny
Elig, April 2008
•Herrald Times Magazine,
Jackie Finch, April 18th 2008
•Metro.Co.Uk, Knitting For a Bug's
Life, Gavin Bernard, October 30, 2007. Link
•Vogue
Knitting “Knit Bits; Nano-knitting”
by Michelle Wiener, p. 20, Vol23, no. 3, Holiday 2005
•Textile
Fiber Forum “Adventures in Cyberspace”
by Jenny Dowde on Althea Merback, pp 19-20, Vol. 24, Issue
4, No. 80, The Gap, Australia, 2005. Link
•Knitknit
“Althea Merback knits Miniatures” by
Emily Spivak, pp16-17, Issue #3, New York, NY, January 2004
•Miniature
Collector: “Bugknits” article and color
photos by Mary Kaliski, pp 22-29, Livonia MI, April 2004
•Miniature
Collector “New York, New York” by Mary
kaliski, Color Photo, p.34, Livonia MI, January 2004
•International
Guild of Miniature Artisans Current brochure, color
photo, 2004
•Dolls
in Miniature “Bugknits; Althea Merback’s
Passion for a Challenge ” by Amy Wagner, article,
photos and patterns, pp24-30, Vol XIII, issue 1, Cleveland
Ohio, Spring 2003
•Dollhouse
Miniatures “Colorful In-Vest-Ment”
Pattern and color photos, by Althea Merback, Waukesha, WI
May 2003
•Dollhouse
Miniatures “Show Scene” by Nick and
Ester Fordor, color photo, p. 62, Waukesha, WI, Feb. 2003
•Oasis
Guild News Letter 3.2 “Althea Merback, Miniature
Knitter,” Tel Aviv, Israel; March, 2002
Internet:
Craftycrafty.tv,
Monday
Inspiration: Althea Merback, June 18, 2007
Oregonlive.com, Gems
among the Purls in Fall Magazines, Posted by pmcmullen
August 31, 2007
Museum of Arts and Design, Radical
Lace and Subversive Knitting.
Haha.nu, Althea
Crome Merback's Microknitting. November 9th, 2007
Metro.uk, Knitting
for a Bug's Life, Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Maysvilleexplorer.com, Craft
Kills: Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting , February
28, 2007
Thevilliager.com, Crafting
art out of tradition, Volume 76, Number 41 | March 7
- 13, 2007
Howtobuyart.com, The
intrepid Art Collector, December 27, 2006
Boinboing.com, Bug
sized knit outfits, October 3, 2007
Timeout.com, Thread
alert: Textile artists unfurl counterculture knits in
a new exhibit. Granny would be so disappointed, Time Out
New York / Issue 591 : Jan 25–31, 2007
Bookmarkhub.com, Itsy
Bitsy Teeny Weeny