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Women to Watch 2020: Echiko Ohira

Posted: January 5, 2021
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about Japanese artist Echiko Ohira's process and work, which was featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
In a white brick artist's studio, a small light-skinned Japanese woman stands amongst various supplies, including work paper, paper sculptures, scissors, glue sticks, and paint cans. She wears a black shirt and stares directly at the camera, unsmiling. Her black hair is pulled back and she has streaks of white hair at her hairline's part.

Women to Watch 2020: Dalila Gonçalves

Posted: December 21, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Dalila Gonçalves talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A floor to ceiling contemporary installation of blue square sheets patched together into a long panel that hangs down from two wires and partly rests flat on the floor. A dark blue object lays nearby.

Women to Watch 2020: Lucha Rodríguez

Posted: December 16, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Lucha Rodríguez talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Vibrantly colored strokes of watercolor in shades of magenta, orange, and yellow, flow across white paper, giving the impression of waves.

Women to Watch 2020: Elizabeth Alexander

Posted: December 14, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Elizabeth Alexander talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A light-skinned woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiles at the camera. She wears octagonal earrings and a sleeveless black shirt that reveals one arm full of flower tattoos. Sitting next to her is a brown and white dog, looking off into the distance. They are both positioned in front of floral patterned wallpaper and an antique chair, also covered in a floral pattern.

Reminiscing with Fanny Sanín

Posted: December 10, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
The first comprehensive monograph on painter Fanny Sanín is now available in the Museum Shop. We spoke with the artist about her long career and the painting that embodied her...
An abstract geometric painting featuring three peach colored rectangular columns atop a plane of dark brown, grey, and teal green. There are also red, pink, and white segments that form triangles, rectangles, and squares.

Women to Watch 2020: Rachel Farbiarz

Posted: December 9, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Rachel Farbiarz talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A long horizontal rectangle with small numerous figures and images collaged on the surface. Black and white figures in soldier’s uniforms stand and lay down, along with yellow and red banners, flags, and garlands.

Women to Watch 2020: Sa’dia Rehman

Posted: December 2, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Sa'dia Rehman talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Five panels of paper covered in gray charcoal in which there is a cut stencil of an image of a group of faceless people. The panels have portions of paper that flap and fold.

Women to Watch 2020: Julia Goodman

Posted: November 30, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Julia Goodman talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
An oblique view of two side-by-side sheets made of pulp, one black and one pale pink. They both have raised surface patterns in the shapes of moon phases. Red paint on the back of the sheets reflects a sliver of color on the walls.

Women to Watch 2020: Angela Glajcar

Posted: November 25, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn about German artist Angela Glajcar's process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Panels of white paper hung together to look like a long rectangular box suspended from the ceiling a few feet off the ground. Roughly torn holes in the middle of the sheets create a tunnel-like space.

Women to Watch 2020: Mira Burack

Posted: November 18, 2020
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Mira Burack talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A light-skinned woman with long brown hair smiles happily at the camera. She wears a black t-shirt.