Presented by FieldGuide Financial
August 8 - September 27, 2026
H-E-B Gallery
Reception Saturday, August 8th | 5-7PM
Doerte Weber - Textile Artist
Doerte Weber was born in 1962 in Blender, Germany where she earned a degree in social pedagogy. After a few years of traveling and living in Asia and England, she moved to Texas in 1986. Although she took several years of weaving classes at the Southwest School of Art in the early 1990s, she didn’t start weaving artwork until she returned from a visit to the Bauhaus Exhibit in Berlin in 2009.
Her artistic journey is deeply influenced by the pioneering spirit of the Bauhaus women weavers. These remarkable individuals were autodidacts, unburdened by preconceived notions, and embraced free experimentation in their craft. Their unwavering commitment to learning through trial and error resonates with Doerte’s own path as a predominantly self-taught artist.
Her work revolves around the concept of discovering the subtle beauty concealed within our daily surroundings and transforming often-overlooked materials into expressions of art. In this process, she searches to push the boundaries of the materials she is using which enables her to tell a story.
Artist Statement
My works are infused with traditional weaving patterns, adding texture to their surfaces and evoking a sense of familiarity and connection to our shared history. These patterns serve as a bridge between the past and the present, reminding us of the enduring threads that tie us together.
The wellspring of my inspiration is vast and ever-evolving. It draws from my experiences while traveling, the dynamics of current events, and the intricate nuances of my immediate environment. I see my art as a way to capture a moment, to seize it and transform it through the medium of weaving and the power of human connection.
Ultimately, my goal is to create art that resonates on a profound emotional level. I aspire to kindle a sense of shared humanity in those who encounter my work, reminding us that we have more in common than what sets us apart. Through my art, I aim to inspire belief in the enduring, connective threads that bind us together, even in our increasingly complex and divided world.
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Selected Exhibitions
2026
• Solo Exhibition, Rockport Center for the Arts, invited, Rockport Texas, Aug 8th - Sept. 27th
• Two Way River, Group Exhibition, invited, Westbeth Gallery, New York, July 23rd - Aug 9th
• A Sacred Place, Gallery 400h, invited, Fort Worth, Sundance Square, March 28 - June 8th
2025
• Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, invited, San Antonio TX, Dec 19th
• Red Dot, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio TX, Nov 12th - Jan 4th 2026
• AMoA Biennial 600, Oct 4th - Jan 4th 2026, Amarillo Museum of Art, TX
• Red Dot Art Spree, September 12th - 21st, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
• Reclaimed, juried, ArtSpace Wimberley, Jan 31rd - March 23rd
• Greater than 40, invited, 136 Blue Star, San Antonio TX , Jan 2nd - Jan 16th
2024
• Red Dot, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio TX, Nov 13th - Jan 5th 2025
• Texas Vignette Art Fair, juried, Oct 17 - 19th, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas TX
• Red Dot Art Spree, invited, Sept 5 - 14th, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
• HEAT, juried, Aug 28 - Oct 19, GFAA Gallery, Gainesville Fl
• Resilient and Responsive, Artists and the Enviroment, invited, April 11th - Jan 17, 2025 Culture Commons Gallery, San Antonio Arts And Culture
• heArt at Dock Space Gallery, 4 Artistic Couples, invited, Opening: February 10th 6-9 pm, 107 Lone Star Blvd SAT
• Circular Distortion, Feb.5th - March1st, South Texas College, invited, Art Gallery, McAllen TX
• Latitudes, Jan 5th - Jan 22nd, 2025 group show by invitation at Lake|Flato Architects, San Antonio TX
2023
• Under Construction: The Inaugural Exhibition, a group show by invitation, 616 Broadway, San Antonio TX Opening Dec 15th - Jan 19th, 2024
• Red Dot - Collected Artist, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio TX, Oct 6th - Jan 9th 2024
• Patterns of Change: Enviromental Challenges in Structural Weaving, invited, Overland, San Antonio TX, Sept 22 - April 2nd, 2024
• King William: A German Connection, invited, King William Assc. San Antonio, TX. Opening Sept 14th - Dec 14th
• 2023 TEXAS ARTISTS EXHIBITION, juried, Beeville Art Museum, Aug 5th - 26th
• Transdiasporic Perspectives, Evanston Art Center, juried, Evanston IL, July 8th - Aug 13th
• 10th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition, Art Space 111, juried, Fort Worth, TX June 24 - Aug 26th
2022
• Blue Star Red Dot, Contemporary at Blue Star , San Antonio TX, Nov 11th - Jan 8th 2022
• Fragmentation, Arts Fort Worth, selected solo exhibition, Visit Fort Worth Gallery, Nov 4th - Dec 17th
• Obsession by Numbers and Schedules, invited by Museum van de Geest, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept 21,2022 - Nov 5, 2023
• Messages in Craft, invited by TSU, Gallery of the Common Experience, San Marcos TX, Aug 22 through Feb 14th, 2023
• CAM, Interior Realities, SSA Gallery, selected by Dr Lauren Cross, San Antonio TX, March 5th - April 6th
2021
• Evening Song, Morning Light, invited by Cothren Contemporary, Houston TX, Nov 6th - Dec 18th
• Blue Star Red Dot - Collected Artist, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio TX, Oct 7th - Jan 9th 2022
• Chief Mission Residence exhibition in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, invited by Art in Embassies
• Borderwall, Christiansfeld UNESCO World Heritage Site, Denmark, Aug 27th - Sept 5th, Invited
• Blue Star Contemporary: Shed, by invitation July - August 2021
• The Art Factory, Patterson NJ, by invitation April 2021
2020
• Envision Arts: Winter: A Contemporary Collective, Dec 1 -31, online, juried
• Blue Star Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio TX
• 90th Juried Exhibition, SAALM, San Antonio Tx, Juried, online May 15th (due to COVID-19)
• Feminism is Environmentalism, Upstairs Studio 209 at Blue Star Arts Complex, Invited, March
• Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2020, Juried, Jan 16th - March 13
2019
• Westward Ho!, An Exhibition of Contemporary Craft of the Southwest, Invited, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA, Dec - Jan 2020
• Reused and Recycled, Juried, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn NY, November
• Web of Life, Show with Norma Jean Moore, Aanna Reyes Gallery, San Antonio TX, August
• 48 hrs Neukölln, Invited, Berlin, Germany, June
• Realidad: La Frontera, Invited, Cothren Contemporary at Mercury Projects SA, TX
• Blue Star Red Dot - Collected Artist, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio TX
• Folksy, Juried, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell MD, April 26- Sept.22th
• Texas National 2019, Juried, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches TX, April 13 - June 9th
• Explorations in Sculpture, Invited, Cedar Valley College, Lanchaster TX, Jan 14 - Feb 11th
• Checkpoint Carlos, Invited, National Butterfly Center, Mission TX, Jan - May
2018
• Craft Texas 2018 Biennial, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Juried, Houston TX
• Documented Humans, Juried pop-up Show, Gallery 724 in Alexandria, VA, August
• The Breast Show, Juried Show, Echo Gallery, Johnson City, TX, August
• Common Current, The Carver, San Antonio TX, by invitation, March - April
• Tricentennial: 30 Blooming Leaves of Mexico, March - Aug
Installation at UHS, Sky Tower, San Antonio TX
• At the Surface, Juried Show, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles MO, March - May
• Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration, Santa Clara University, San Jose, CA,Curated by Gutfreund Cornett Art, Jan - April
2017
• Art Pace, Juried, Solo Show, Main Gallery, San Antonio TX, May - Aug
• Blue Star Red Dot, Blue Star Art Contemporary, San Antonio TX
• Artist in Residence, Horlock House, Navasota, Tx, March - July
• 2017 Invitational Show, Group Exhibition, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX
• US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, 2016 - 2020
2016
• Landscapes 2016 Show, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Juried
• Soapbox, Juried Show, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles MO
• Blue Star Red Dot - Collected Artist, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio TX
• Recycle, Spring Group Show , Juried, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
• Threads: A sampling of the Fiber Arts, Juried, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell, MD
2015
• Extraordinary, Cinnabar Art Gallery, by Invitation, San Antonio, 2015 - 2016
• Going Home, Juried, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles MO
• Semi-finalist Show, Artisan Series Bombay Sapphire, Art on 5th, Austin, TX
• Entangled, some things looming, Juried, Reading PA
• Group Hug 5! pump project, Juried Show, 702 Shady Lane Austin, TX
• Structural Speaking, Main Street Arts Gallery, Juried Show, Clifton Springs NY
• Art & Conservation: Our Hidden Treasures, Juried Show, Cibolo Nature Center, Boerne TX
• Group Hug 5!, by Invitation, Lullwood Group @107 Gallery, San Antonio TX
• Thread Sense, Juried Fiber Exhibit, The Art Center of Corpus Christi TX
• International Textile Art Biennale, Haacht Belgium
• The Art of Our Consumption, Juried Show, Foundry Art Centre, St.Charles MO
2014
• Luminaria, by Invitation, San Antonio TX
• Craft Texas 2014 Biennial, HCCC, Juried, Houston TX
• New Art/Arte Nuevo, UTSA, Juried, San Antonio TX
• Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Juried, Paducah KY
• MATERIALITY, Ann Street Gallery, by invitation, Newburgh NY
• Art Inter/National, juried Exhibition, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburg PA
2013
• (Inter)Connections, Juried Exhibition, WoCA Projects, Fort Worth TX
• Texas Top Thirty, Curated Collection, Art on 5th, Austin TX
• Fiber Optics, Juried Show, 1320 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale FL
• Fiber on the Edge, Juried, Butridge Gallery, Austin TX
• City Hall, City of San Antonio TX, Juried Exhibition
• Fiber Art Invitational Exhibit, Kerr Arts and Cultural Center, Kerrville TX
• Luminaria, Juried, San Antonio TX
• Fast Forward, Tokyo Electron, Juried Fiber Arts Exhibit, Austin TX
2012
• Interwoven IV / 18 Hands Gallery, Juried, Houston TX
• Fiber Artists of San Antonio Annual Exhibition, Juried, San Antonio TX
• What's Black, White & Red all over?, some things looming, Juried, Reading PA
• Fiberwerkes, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Juried, Ingram TX
2011
• Texas Museum of Fiber Artist, Juried, Austin TX
• Interwoven III / 18 Hands Gallery, Juried, Houston TX
• Art Guild of Rural Texas, Juried, Fayetteville TX
• United in Textiles, Juried, Butridge Gallery, Austin TX
2009
• Celtic Show, Juried, San Marcos Community Center TX
Awards and Honors
• 2020 Hamilton International Arts in Health Awards: Salud-Arte:
Art of Healing Program has been awarded Honorable Mention
• 2nd place awarded at The Breast Show, Echo Gallery, Johnson City, TX, 2018
• Best of Show Award: Autumn, Cibolo Nature Center, Boerne, TX , 2015
• Juror's Choice Award: The Yellow Brick Road, Foundry Art Centre 2015
• Oscar Silva Most Innovative Use of Materials, FASA 2013
• FASA Annual Show 3rd Place Award 2012
• All School Exhibition, Southwest School of Art, Best of Fiber 2010
Grants and Residencies
• Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin Kreuzberg, Germany Oct 15th - Jan 8th, 2027
• Residency Casa Cache in Merida, Yucatan, June 9th - 29th, 2025
• University Health, Artist in Residence, September 2024
• Navasota Artist in Residence, Feb. - Aug., 2017, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, TX
• Rick Liberto Award for Visual Arts, San Antonio Artist Foundation 2013
Public Collections
• Women & Children's Hospital San Antonio TX
• University Health System, Medical Center, San Antonio TX
• Dr. Robert L.M. Hilliard Center, San Antonio TX
• University Health System, Robert B. Green Campus, San Antonio TX
Commissions
• University Health, Medical Center, San Antonio TX
• TIAA, Dallas TX
• Kimpton Santo Hotel, San Antonio TX
• Eating Recover Center, San Antonio TX
Collaborations
• Violet Protest, Phoenix Art Museum, Spring 2021
• Patchwork Healing Blanket: Piece by Piece and Country by Country, Zocala, Mexico City, Mexico 2019
• Endless and mobile beautiful collapsible Labyrinth, Group Show, Curated by Seth Timothy Larson and Abigail Entminger, Flux Factory, New York, 2017
• LAS MUJERES DE AZTLAN Y EL SEGUNDO DE FEBRERO, Group Exhibition by Invitation, Collaborated Installation with Laurie Dietrich, Amber Ortega-Perez and Erik Bosse, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX, Curated by Deborah Keller-Rihn, 2017
• Paws for a Purrpose, 2014
Publications
• "Tapestry Talking", (page 75) by Micala Sidore
• PLANETARY HEALING BLUE TRIBES FOR OCEAN HEALTH, The Institute for Art and Inovation, Berlin 2025
• Kevin Barry Blog/Inspiration
• Bold Journey
• CANVASREBEL
• "Envision Arts Magazine, Vol. 9"
• San Antonio Public Library: Issue 3, Big Read Zine, “New is Normal”
• https://hyperallergic.com/662216/doerte-weber-hand-towels-woven-during-pandemic/
• "Voices de la Luna's special issue -- Earth: In Peril / In Praise"
• "Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration" by Gutfreud Cornett Art
• "Border art projects bloom in the shadow of Trump’s wall." Texas Observer
• "Social Justice: It Happens To One It Happens to All" by GutfreundCornett Art
• "Where Our Art Stands" by Andrea Garcia and Rosie McNeill
• "Touching Fiber Arts" by Carol Ikard and Jacque Smith