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Patterned Lo Smith, Our Hands, 2024, Inkjet on cotton poplin  

Patterned is a group exhibition of five artists whose work explores different approaches to patterns as visual designs, conceptual constructions and symbols of cultural heritage. Patterned includes textiles, printmaking, photography and sculpture made by an intergenerational group of artists based in the Midwest and East coast regions: Yuko Kimura, Rebecca Marimutu, Susan K. Schroeder, Lo Smith, and Annmarie Suglio. This curatorial project asks the question, can visual patterns help us understand patterns of behavior and vice versa?

This is a curatorial project organized by Thea Spittle, SPACES Curatorial Coordinator

About the Artists

Yuko Kimura

Yuko Kimura was born in Oakland, California to Japanese parents and raised in Tokyo. She has lived in the U.S. since 1989. She received her MFA (Printmaking) from the University of Michigan School of Art and Design in 1997, and her BFA (Printmaking) from the Cleveland Institute of... go to artist page

Rebecca Marimutu

Rebecca Marimutu is a New York City–based artist who explores transformation and spatial politics through her photo-based practice. Drawing inspiration from ancestral lineage, memory and loss, Marimutu creates layered works that merge photographic medium with experimental material interventions, including 3D printing and alternative processes. Marimutu’s work has been exhibited at Spring/Break... go to artist page

Susan K. Schroeder

Susan K. Schroeder was born in 1940 in Conneaut, OH. As a textile artist, Schroeder drew inspiration from her interest in nature and particularly the dramatic four seasons of Northeast Ohio. As a child, Schroeder collected “raw materials” from the nature surrounding her home—thawing clay in the spring, wildflowers during... go to artist page

Lo Smith

Lo Smith (b. Cleveland, Ohio) is a multidisciplinary performance artist, printmaker and curator who is both unapologetically Black and aggressively midwestern. They are interested in institutional critique of medical, educational, and cultural institutions. Also, primarily, black joy. You can find them and their work at LoSmithStudios.com and on instagram @LoSmithStudios go to artist page

Annmarie Suglio

Annmarie Suglio is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a 2023 Master of Fine Art graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Studio Arts. She holds two Bachelor of Fine Art degrees in Fiber + Material Studies and Sculpture from the Cleveland Institute of Art. ... go to artist page

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