Leah Virsik: COMMON THREAD
July 29th, 2022 – September 3rd, 2022
Leah Virsik’s new collages contain bits of material from previous projects. Her work is formal, consisting of color, line, texture, form, value, shape, and space. Blues and oranges, complementary colors on the color wheel, convey emotional meaning. In Virsik’s work, blues represent comfort and disappointment; while golds, yellows, and browns represent her optimism and warmth.
Virsik’s works contain thread and stitching, painted over self-portraits, silk organza, prints and old business cards, and dots and holes, all which reveal and conceal. These bits of material, no longer used for their original purpose, now torn or cut and repurposed, speak of potentiality and a remaking of the self.
OLLIN RAMIREZ
Ollin Ramirez is an artist, educator, and budding curator currently based in San Francisco, CA. Ollin studied at the California College of the Arts (CCA), where they began their journey as weaver and fiber artist and continued their work as a painter. Ollin’s practice pays homage to their familial roots from El Salvador and creates a space for others in the diaspora to express and reconnect to their roots. Linked to Home’s artists have been part of Ollin’s own journey as weaver, beginning at CCA,and extending to a found-community of weavers based in the Bay Area.