Eden Quispe is a textile artist and art teacher who creates both in her home and classroom studio in Newton, Kansas. Her work is inspired by the children and young adults around and reflects on textiles, domesticity and childrearing.Although Quispe is a native of Kansas, she lived in Per' for 5 years absorbing the culture, history, and textile focused art of the country, even studying for a short while at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in downtown Lima. Her tapestries are informed by her mixed race household, incorporating textiles from both her heritage and the heritage of her husband's Peruvian culture.She has an MFA in painting from Fort Hays State University and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Brooklyn, St. Louis, New Albany, and Cincinnati as well as multiple exhibitions across the midwest.