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Pae White (born 1963) is an American multimedia
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known for her unique portrayal of nature and mundane objects through her creations of suspended mobiles. She currently lives and works between
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, Retrieved 12 August 2021.
and
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.


Early life and education

White was born in 1963 in
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,
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. White frequently visited
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as a child, which has largely informed her work. She attained a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Scripps College Scripps College is a private liberal arts women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1926, a year after the consortium's formation. Journalist and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps pr ...
in 1985. In 1990 she studied at the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is an artists residency located in Madison, Maine, just outside of Skowhegan. Every year, the program accepts online applications from emerging artists from November through January, and selects 65 ...
. In 1991 she attained a Master of Fine Art from the
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in Pasadena, California.


Work

White is a multi-media artist who frequently creates large-scale installations in various media, from tapestry to ceramics to tinfoil. Her work is said to "merge art, design, craft, and architecture,""Pae White: Too Much Night, Again"
South London Gallery, Retrieved 8 December 2014.
and it has been called both abstract and surreal. She is specifically known to work with yarn, cardboard, and mirror fragments to create suspended mobiles. Some of her pieces are commissioned, and many are site-specific. She has been active through numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1990. Notable for her unusual use of space, White's work has been featured in a range of non-exhibition spaces, including the bookshop window at
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and a children's learning area at the
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. A past exhibition from the
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in Los Angeles included a set of Pae's mobiles that she created using colorful pieces of paper hung on multicolored strings. She often draws inspiration from nature and represents elements like fish, birds, and ponds in her works. She is known to observe the ordinary and often overlooked objects of everyday life and use them in her pieces. Artists like
Alexander Calder Alexander "Sandy" Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobile (sculpture), mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, hi ...
and Sister Corita primarily influence her work. White created a non-mobile piece titled ''Smoke Knows'' in 2009 that consists of a large tapestry expressing her interpretation of photographs of smoke. At this time in her career, White drew inspiration from smoke, creating numerous pieces. One source states that the recurring use of the smoke motif through her works represents her fascination with the ordinary and allows for exploration of the curves and various shades found within its clouds. The
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acquired this piece in 2010, identifying that the tapestry is made of cotton and polyester. It is not on display at this time. Of the concept behind her work, White has said:
"For the last several years, my practice has focused on exploring the neglected, the forgotten, the spaces between things, even the things between things. I am equally drawn to the temporary, fleeting, and ephemera of everyday life. My work has attempted to subvert the viewer's expected relationship to an everyday object, nudging them off balance, encouraging a deeper look."
Notable cities where she has pieces on display include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Münster, London, Berlin, Venice, Manchester, Washington D.C., and Melbourne.


Select exhibitions

*''Directions: Virgil Marti and Pae White'',
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(2007) *''Smoke Knows'' (2009) *
Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...
(2009) *
Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American art organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932; the first biennial was held in 1973. It is considered ...
(2010) *''Sumer XX'',
The Fabric Workshop and Museum The Fabric Workshop and Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a non-profit arts organization devoted to creating new work in new materials and new media in collaboration with emerging, nationally, and internationally recognized artis ...
(2012) *''Too Much Night, Again'',
South London Gallery The South London Gallery, founded 1891, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London. Until 1992, it was known as the South London Art Gallery, and nowadays the acronym SLG is often used. Margot Heller became its direct ...
(2013) *''In love with tomorrow'', Langen Foundation, Neuss (2013) *''ORLLEGRO'', MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Wien (2013) *"Genau or Never", Greengrassi (2014) *"Special No. 127", Neugerriemschneider (2014) *"… and then you know what?", Kaufmann Repetto (2014) *"Command-Shift-4",
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, Seattle (2015) *"Qwalala", Le stanze del vetro, Venice (2017) *"demimondaine", Kaufmann Repetto (2017) *"Spacemanship", Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken (2019) *"Beta Space: Pae White",
San Jose Museum of Art The San José Museum of Art (SJMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum in downtown San Jose, California, United States. Founded in 1969, the museum holds a permanent collection with an emphasis on West Coast artists of the 20th and 21st cent ...
(2019)


Awards and publications

Pae White has had works published in two books on women artists. In 2005, her work was featured "Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century", edited by Uta Grosenick. In 2012, "Women, Art, and Society: 5th Edition", by Whitney Chadwick noted that White's work ". . . point to the rich history and legacy of the contemporary women's movement, and insure that the complex histories of feminism in the visual arts of the 1st century will be carried long into the new millennium".


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Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Pae Living people 1963 births Artists from Pasadena, California American women artists Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni Scripps College alumni