Sheila Hicks (b. 1934, Unites States) is an artist whose extensive engagement with cross-cultural weaving practices has informed expansive explorations of form, color, and scale. Working over nearly seven decades, Hicks has continually challenged the bounds of artistic categorization while bringing work in textile to the center of the contemporary art world. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the Chevalier de la L gion d Honneur, her pieces are in the permanent collections of myriad institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Pompidou, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works from her studio in Paris.