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Visiting Artist Lectures

Gay Outlaw

09/13/17

DUE TO THE NAPA/SONOMA COUNTY FIRES THIS LECTURE IS CANCELLED.

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: The CIA at Copia Theater , 500 First Street, Napa, CA

Artist Biography:

Gay Outlaw – In a career of over 25 years Gay Outlaw has examined relationships of sculpture and picture-making, especially photography. She interweaves formal abstraction with 2-D techniques of illusions, opening up possibilities within traditions of artistic production. While respectful of traditional processes—her practice includes educating herself in lesser-known techniques—the artist delights in subverting the expected result. Outlaw’s work has been shown nationally with exhibitions at the Sculpture Center in New York; the University Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach; Mills College; the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; and San Francisco MOMA, where she received the SECA Award. Her artworks are in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, SFMOMA and the Berkeley Art Museum.

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