Featured Artist of the month
April/May 2020
Patricia Thomas
Periodic Tales, installation view, SLATE Contemporary Gallery, Oakland
PATRICA THOMAS’s drawings and sculpture blur the line between abstract and representational imagery. Born and raised in St. Louis, Thomas has lived in the Bay Area for 40 years. She has exhibited her work at the Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and SLATE Contemporary, Oakland. Her work is in the collection of the Berkeley Art Museum and private collections.
Word Made Flesh, 2018, charcoal on paper, 42 parts, 116 in. x 201 in.
Word Made Flesh (detail)
Next to Nothing, 2016, brass chandeliers, yarn, steel chains, bronze hook, glass and wood case, 96 in. x 92 in. x 34 in.