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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Textile art, painting


Website
  
www.ruthlaskey.com

Name
  
Ruth Laskey

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Alma mater
  
California College of the Arts

Ruth Laskey is an American artist known for her Minimalist weavings and grid paintings.

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Biography

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Laskey was born in San Luis Obispo in 1975. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1997 with a degree in Art History. She received a B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1999 and an M.F.A. from the California College of the Arts in 2005.

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As of 2015, Laskey lives in San Francisco.

Work

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Although Laskey has often been grouped with fiber artists her real contribution has been to the discussion of painting.

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Laskey's weaving/paintings are created paistakingly, taking months to weave after first completing a planning stage of preliminary graph drawings.

Awards and honors

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In 2010, Laskey won the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's SECA Art Award.

Exhibitions

Laskey's solo exhibitions include:

  • Ruth Laskey, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA (2010)
  • Six Weavings, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin Germany (2009)
  • Song Song, Vienna, Austria (2008)
  • 7 Weavings, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA (2008)
  • Disarticulate, Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2004)
  • Familiars, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA (1999)
  • Recent Paintings, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA (1999)

    • Selected collections

  • The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

    • References

    Ruth Laskey Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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