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Fo Wilson
- Chicago, IL
- United States
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Profile Information
- Where do you live ? City, State and Country
- Chicago
- Place of Work ? Example: Studio, College, Gallery, Museum, ...)
- Columbia College
- I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.
- artist | maker | educator | writer | curator
I am trained as a furniture maker and use the language of furniture to investigate ideas around identity, culture and the human experience. I graduated with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design’s Furniture Design program in 2005 with a concentration in art history. Prior to my graduate studies, I ran my own graphic design consultancy with offices in New York and the San Francisco Bay area. I teach at Columbia College in Chicago, and previously taught at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, as well as the California College of Art (formerly CCAC) and Parsons School of Design in New York. I write about art, design and craft. I also work as an independent curator and my exhibition "The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft" is traveling around the country and currently at the Asheville Museum of Art. Several Crafthaus members are included.
- Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.
- http://www.fowilson.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- furniture, metals, mixed media, wood, furniture maker, curator, writer, educator
Exhibition Reviews
• I discuss my exhibition The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft at The Milwaukee Art Museum with local public radio host Bonnie North on WUWM, http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=7294
• The New Materiality started its national tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum March 9 - June 12, 2011 was reviewed at Third Coast Digest, http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2011/03/new-materiality-at-mam-craft-in-the-digital-age/
• Review of Progeny II exhibition with my son, Deborah Willis and her son Hank Willis Thomas at the Harvey Gantt Center in Charlotte, NC by Frank Martin in the Daily Serving Januay 2011: http://dailyserving.com/2011/01/progeny-ii-on-art-family-race-and-culture/
• My curatorial work for the exhibition, The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, was reviewed favorably in the June 20, 2010 Sunday Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/06/20/when_handmade_meets_digital_sparks_fly/
• My work The Baartman Diaries was reviewed in the winter 2008 issue of the International Review of African American Art by R. Shabaka.
IRAA.baartman.pdf
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- by Rebecca Rose. 2013, SNAG/crafthaus Scholarship Recipient
For the next 13 months we'll discuss the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of exhibiting in art shows as emerging artists and established artists. Exhibition coverage will be balanced with tips on how to strategically build a legacy over a length of time, in a way that makes sense to your individual goals as an artist and maker.
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Hi Fo,
Hope Chicago is treating you well!
What will you be teaching at Columbia College?
I took a few classes there looooong time ago.
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