Meike Legler — “July,” 2023 — Geometric Abstract Textile Artwork

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Artist: Meike Legler (German, b. 1983)
Title: July
Date: 2023
Medium: Textile and yarn on stretched support
Dimensions: 20 H … Read more Artist: Meike Legler (German, b. 1983)
Title: July
Date: 2023
Medium: Textile and yarn on stretched support
Dimensions: 20 H × 16" W (50 × 40 cm)
Signature: Signed, titled, and dated verso
July (2023) is a geometric abstract textile work by German artist Meike Legler. Composed of tightly arranged colored fibers in a structured grid of rectangular forms, the work combines contrasting colors and alternating directions of the textile to create a balanced abstract composition.

Legler's practice shares formal affinities with the geometric abstraction of Sonia Delaunay and the textile explorations of Anni Albers, particularly in its use of color, pattern, and material. Her work also reflects the broader legacy of the Bauhaus, where distinctions between fine art, design, and traditional craft were reconsidered.

The textile extends around the sides of the support, allowing the work to be displayed without additional framing.

About the Artist
Meike Legler (b. 1983, Alzenau, Germany) is a contemporary German artist whose practice centers on geometric abstraction through textile-based compositions. Drawing on her background in fashion and textile design, Legler uses fabric, yarn, and other materials to explore relationships between color, form, texture, and structure.

Legler earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) in Berlin in 2010 and also studied at Central Saint Martins in London. After relocating to Los Angeles in 2016, she began developing her fine-art practice, translating her knowledge of textiles into abstract compositions.

Her work belongs to a continuing dialogue between modernist abstraction and textile art, a history that includes the Bauhaus weaving workshops and the contributions of artists such as Anni Albers and Sonia Delaunay. Legler approaches these traditions through contemporary materials and methods, creating works that occupy the space between two-dimensional abstraction and constructed textile objects.

Legler has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at Ladies' Room in Los Angeles, Annika Nuttall Gallery in Denmark, and Soho House West Hollywood. Her work has also appeared in group exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Following her years in Los Angeles, Legler relocated to Vienna, Austria.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 — Himmelskörper (Heavenly Bodies), Ladies' Room, Los Angeles, California
2022 — A Trick of the Light, Annika Nuttall Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2019 — Synchronicities, Soho House West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — X Frames per Space: Different Logics – Shared Questions, Alte WU, Vienna, Austria
2022–2023 — Garden, Ladies' Room, Los Angeles, California
2022 — Salamanders Use the Stars to Find Their Way Home, Ladies' Room, Los Angeles, California
2021 — LAMMAHOUSE, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
2019 — Gémeaux de Minuit, Stella Ripley Contemporary, Québec, Canada
2019 — Modern Contemporary, Show Gallery Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
2019 — Get a Loom, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2018 — Group exhibition, E.P. & L.P., West Hollywood, California
2017–2018 — Art House LA, Pacific Palisades, California
2017 — Mutual Affection, Art Movement LA, Los Angeles, California
2017 — Dimensional Circumstances, Nous Tous, Los Angeles, California

Selected Press & Publications
2025 — Munchies Art Club, “Meike Legler: From Fashion to Fine Art into Cosmic Threads”
2023 — LA Weekly, “It's International Women's Day Every Day at This Los Angeles Gallery”
2021 — Chapter89, artist interview
2021 — Ninu Nina, “The Coexistence of the Destroyed and the Impeccable”
2020 — ShoutoutLA / VoyageLA Media, “Meet Meike Legler | Fabric Artist”
2019 — Hunker, “In Conversation With Meike Legler”
2018 — Stylebook, “Berliner Designerin Meike Legler macht Kunst aus Stoff”

Condition
Excellent condition. Subtle variations in the alignment of the yarn are inherent to the work's construction and material character. Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse. See less