Paula Nadelstern has achieved international recognition for her innovative and complex designs inspired by the bilateral symmetry of kaleidoscopic images, including the American Folk Art Museum's first one person exhibition highlighting the work of a contemporary quilt artist (2009). Honored by inclusion in the Twentieth Century's 100 Best American Quilts, her designs have inspired industrial products including the vast carpet in the Hilton Americas hotel in Houston, TX. She was a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1995 and 2001. Paula lives in New York City and travels extensively teaching her kaleidoscopic quiltmaking techniques.