Born in 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, Ana Lisa Hedstrom is a fiber artist known for her adaptation of traditional Japanese shibori dyeing techniques. Hedstrom began her studies at Mills College in Oakland, California, focused on ceramics. After completing her BA in 1965, Hedstrom traveled to Japan to continue pursuing ceramics at Kyoto Art College. In 1975, she completed a workshop in shibori with expert Yoshiko Wada at Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts in Berkeley, California. Hedstrom was entranced by the new process, and fiber soon became her primary medium. In 1983, she returned to Japan – this time to research shibori and collect textile samples. Though Hedstrom’s work is deeply informed by traditional techniques, she often experiments with material, dye color, and stitching patterns. Originally interested in creating large-scale wall works, Hedstrom eventually incorporated wearable garments into her repertoire. Hedstrom has taught numerous shibori workshops and lectured around the world. She has exhibited her work internationally and is represented within many major museum collections, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Hedstrom received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1982 and 1988) and was included in the Third International Textile Competition in Tokyo in 1988. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2003.