Patterns & Spells, 2019, installation view, Sarah Shepard Gallery

Quilt for the Future, (detail), 2019, hand-cut paper and watercolor, 46 x 40 inches

 
 
Flowering Star, 2021 maple 60 x 60 x 2"

Flowering Star (side view) 2021, maple, 60 x 60 x 2”

 

Drawing for Morning (#10), 2021 watercolor and pen on paper, 16 x 16” inches

 

I identify as an artist and craftswoman in equal parts. Working with tactile processes in a range of mediums including drawing, paper collage, wood sculpture, and embroidery, my studio output extends out of folk-art and craft traditions while also being connected to minimalism, geometric abstraction, Op art, social practice, feminist and political art. The visual language of my work is rooted in a lexicon of shared American quilt patterns, in combination with symbols representing social justice, motifs from nature, queer culture, and the greater universe that is our home. (To read more about my practice, link HERE).

In tandem with my studio work, in recent years I’ve generated several projects to bolster civic engagement and democracy in the United States, including a widespread anti-hate campaign that launched in the Bay Area in 2017 and a national public art initiative to boost voter participation that reached over 25 states in the past three election cycles. Posters from these efforts have been collected by the Oakland Museum of California, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the History Collection at the San Francisco Public Library. (Link HERE to learn more.)

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A Language for the Commons, 2021, hand-cut paper, 60 x 70 inches
(in a private collection)


IMAGES

The images below show a selection of works made between 2014 and 2023 — drawings, embroidery pieces, collages assembled with hand-cut and painted papers, and low-relief wood wall sculptures.

A Language for the Commons, 2021, installation view, Sarah Shepard Gallery