Hello! My name is Andrea Dupree / Curious Bluebird. I’m an interdisciplinary artist & educator based in Northern New Mexico. I create felt sculptures, wearables & video, and facilitate classes & workshops in art & Yoga for all ages.
My creative practice is always evolving and working in tandem with my teaching practice. Since earning my BA in Studio Arts in 2004, I’ve worked primarily as an educator, with some time working in non-profit admin during 2006-2012. My creative work has been supported by grants from arts organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. From 2016 to 2022, I was an Early Childhood Educator and in 2022 I completed my Master’s in Innovative Early Childhood Education with a focus on the Reggio Emilia approach. I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher with nearly ten years of teaching experience. With over 20 years in art, mindfulness, yoga, and creative movement for all ages, I incorporate these experiences into my creative work.
In 2026 I participated in the “Bound by the High Desert: Contemporary Fiber Art” exhibition at the Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s El Zaguán gallery , and I’m currently preparing for a solo show “Curious Maximalist” featuring my fiber art wearables & sculptures at Little Bites Gallery in Santa Fe (opening 8/21/26). Later this year I will present a large-scale felt, found object and video installation, Gathered and Felt, for the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Vladem Contemporary Window Box Project in Santa Fe (November-March). I’m also a recipient of the 2026 New Mexico Creative Industries Business Expansion Grant, which supports the continued growth of my fiber art studio practice and educational programming through my company, Curious Bluebird, LLC.
Artist Statement
These days I’m working primarily in fiber to create sculptures and wearables that function as altars. Using wool, plant fibers like flax & ramie, silk and other natural materials & found objects, I build textured abstract forms through wet felting, needle felting, and hand embroidery. Many materials are sourced from thrift stores, estate sales, inherited collections, eco-conscious suppliers, and the landscape surrounding my home in Northern New Mexico. Through this process of gathering and transformation, the materials carry traces of history, place, and human touch. I approach materials as collaborators and allow intuitive processes to guide the emergence of form.
My creative practice is shaped by animism, ecofeminism, and ecological attunement. Influences include the aesthetics of Mardi Gras and Catholic iconography & ritual I encountered growing up in South Louisiana, as well as spiritual and land-based practices that emphasize attention, care, and relationship. I’m interested in the interconnected relationships between humans, nature, memory, and the unseen; this is something I try to show in my work.