Hacer Acma (b.1963) is an artist based in the Bay Area. Her fiber work often references the natural world, and incorporates stitching, embroidery, and hand-tufting techniques. She has produced numerous tapestries with butterfly motifs, and has also embroidered atop found imagery with metallic thread to create a sun-dappled, shimmering effect.
Since joining NIAD Art Center in 2018, Acma’s practice has expanded from textiles to incorporate soft sculpture, painting, and ceramics. She describes the experience of working with new materials: “My first time working with clay: I rolled it on the table. I made an animal.” Her recent series of hand-built sculptures are based on 19th century scientific illustrations of rabbits, wildcats, and other forest fauna.
Acma’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at Et al. Gallery in San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and in Disability Changemakers, a traveling exhibition hosted by public libraries in San Mateo, San Francisco, and San Jose.
