Yvette Grutter: PAPER WORKS

• Saturday, Nov 15, 2025  10am - 5pm Opening Reception
• Sat, Nov 15, 2025 - Sat, Jan 17, 2026  9am - 5pm On view
• Saturday, Jan 10, 2026  3pm - 5pm Artist Talk

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PAPER WORKS is a celebration of ephemeral inlays on paper, reflecting four decades of global research into handmade paper through the works of artist Yvette Grutter. Since the mid-1980s, Grutter has explored traditional techniques across various countries, developing a unique visual language where paper becomes a vehicle for memory, symbolism, and contemporary expression.

Grutter has dedicated her practice to preserving and reinventing the art of handmade paper, building a bridge between ancestral traditions and the present-day art world. Deeply influenced by Mexican culture, her work pays tribute to her country’s indigenous roots while inviting reflection on paper as a medium of communication, ritual, and aesthetic expression. She employs native techniques and natural materials—flowers, leaves, stems, fibers—which she delicately inlays into the paper’s surface. Her creations incorporate the symbolism of religious rituals tied to harvests, gods, the Day of the Dead, and other meaningful traditions. The works in this exhibition evoke stages of childhood, preserve joyful memories, and offer comfort in sorrowful times. 

Join the artist for an opening reception on Saturday, November 15, from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. The exhibition is on view through January 17 in the Bay 200 Gallery of the Silos at Sawyer Yards studio building. 

About the Artist:  Yvette Grutter is a Mexican, Swiss, and American artist born in Mexico City. She received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a concentration in print-making and a minor in sculpture.

She currently has a studio at The Silos at Sawyer Yards in Houston, the largest artist community in the US, where she works and teaches. She has has been an art educator for children and adults for the past four decades and she has also served as a mentor for the intern program for seniors pursuing an art degree at the University of Houston Downtown.

Travel and pursuing artist residencies and workshops abroad have greatly influenced her artistic practice. Grutter has received many awards and scholarships, including an UNESCO sponsored artist residency in Valencia, Spain and recently and a prestigious award from the Mexican government and the Jornada de Artistas 2025 program, which recognizes Mexican artists living abroad, for conveying their Mexican culture and traditions through their art and teaching.

Grutter has exhibited her work in countless solo and group exhibitions both in the US and abroad, notably participating in De Blanco & De Rojo at the Technological University in Mexico City, Washi & Amate - Japón & México within the Japanese Embassy in Mexico City, Réminiscences at the Galerie d’Arfi in Denges, Switzerland, Paper & Flowers at the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston, among others. Her work has been published in articles and catalogues and is part of important art collections.