Though trained in painting and drawing, Laskey is interested in the relatively unexplored territory that weaving occupies within the context of art history. Credit: @SFMOMA
- Though trained in painting and drawing, Laskey is interested in the relatively unexplored territory that weaving occupies within the context of art history.
- Laskey makes her small linen textiles with a traditional floor loom. She determines the twill pattern for each work ahead of time.
- Laskey received a BA in art history from UC Santa Cruz in 1997 and a BFA and an MFA in painting from the California College of the Arts in 1999 and 2005, respectively.
- Patton earned a BA in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, and in 2007 he received an MFA in art practice from Stanford University.
- Process oriented and unframed works on paper characterized by their dark, richly textured surfaces.
- Jacobsen creates works from ephemera and found debris, making mirror images of the found works by drawing and watercolors.
- Award winners Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, Kamau Amu Patton: innovative works show conceptual rigor and skillful execution.
- Jacobsen's ongoing series of memory drawings study the process of recollection and reversal.
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