Virginia Gardner Troy is an art historian who examines twentieth-century textiles in terms of their visual, technical and contextual significance. She is interested in twentieth-century designers who collected and admired non-Western and ancient textiles. She has authored two books, The Modernist Textile: Europe and America 1890–1940 (2006), and Anni Albers and Ancient American Textiles: From Bauhaus to Black Mountain (2002), which was recently translated into Japanese, and has published articles on Appalachian weaving, weaving during the Cold War, Bauhaus textiles, Mary Hambidge, Marie Cuttoli and pictorial tapestry, and the display of textiles. She is presently working on a book about the work of Mary and Jay Hambidge and their theory of Dynamic Symmetry. Dr. Troy is an Associate Professor of Art History at Berry College in Georgia. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Western Washington University, a Master’s in Art History from the University of Washington, and a PhD in Art History from Emory University.
