Ian Berry: From conception to creation

Textile artist Ian Berry has been working for 12 years with Denim. During this time Ian has developed a technique to make the art look like paintings or even photorealism.

Ian creates scenes, portraits, and installations in his chosen material and was proud to be named a 30 under 30 artist in the world. He says:

The work is not just about it being in jeans, it’s just my medium, the way of painting our contemporary lives, out of the of material or time.

In this interview, part of our From conception to creation series, Ian walks us through the process of making his 2017 installation The Secret Garden, which is on view at the Children’s Museum of the Arts in New York, until April 2018.