Hello! My name is Andrea Dupree (Curious Bluebird, LLC). I create fiber art sculptures & wearables, and offer classes & workshops in mindful art making & Yoga.
Artist Statement
My work explores the interconnected relationships between humans, nature, memory, and the unseen. Working primarily in fiber, I create felted sculptures and embroidered forms that function as contemporary altars. These pieces invite reflection, ritual, and reconnection.
Using wool, plant fibers 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.
My creative practice is shaped by animism, ecofeminism, and ecological attunement. I approach materials as collaborators and allow intuitive processes to guide the emergence of form. Influences include the aesthetics of Catholic iconography and ritual I encountered growing up in South Louisiana, as well as spiritual and land-based practices that emphasize attention, care, and relationship.
Across felt sculpture, fiber installations, video, and land-based work, I am interested in creating objects and environments that invite quiet reflection and renewed awareness of our relationship with the living world.
Bio
I’m an interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Northern New Mexico. My work centers on fiber sculpture, found materials, and installation, exploring themes of ecology, memory, and spiritual symbolism.
My creative work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and regional arts and environmental organizations. In 2026 I will participate in a fiber art exhibition at the Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s El Zaguán gallery (5/15-6/20), a solo show featuring my fiber art wearables & sculptures at Little Bites Gallery in Santa Fe (opens 8/21) and 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.
Alongside my studio practice, I offer Reggio-inspired art, Yoga, and mindfulness workshops for children, teens, and adults through my art & education business, Curious Bluebird LLC.