Quick Facts
Biography
Ruth Laskey is an American artist known for her Minimalist weavings and grid paintings.
Biography
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.
As of 2015, Laskey lives in San Francisco.
Work
Although Laskey has often been grouped with fiber artists her real contribution has been to the discussion of painting.
Laskey's weaving/paintings are created paistakingly, taking months to weave after first completing a planning stage of preliminary graph drawings.
Awards and honors
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)
- "R Laskey CV" (PDF).