Mokha Laget is an international artist known for innovative geometric abstractions on shaped canvases. Her work explores spatial ambiguity and perceptual paradoxes through a fusion of color, form and architectural sensibility.
Her multifaceted career spans writing, curating, art restoration, theater design, and sound and visual art. Degrees include a BFA, Corcoran College of Art & Design (1982); MA, Museum Studies, Cal State East Bay (2004); and Interpreting/ Translation, Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1992). She was a studio assistant to Washington Color School pioneer Gene Davis.
Accolades include a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant (2019) and residencies at the American Academy, Rome, Italy; Vladem Contemporary, Santa Fe; Mass MoCA, Massachusetts; Millay Arts, New York; and Golden Foundation, New York. Recent solo exhibitions: Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston; Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles; David Richard Gallery, New York; CONTAINER, Santa Fe; American University Museum, D.C.; Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco; and Harnett Museum, Richmond. Group exhibitions: Alfred University, New York; Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe; Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; The Wright Contemporary, Taos; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; and Santa Fe Community Gallery.
Recent publications include Art Forum; Hyperallergic; artdaily.com; Glasstire; The Santa Fe Reporter; The Santa Fe New Mexican; Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art; and Art and Antiques.
Laget's paintings are held in prestigious public collections worldwide, including the Palm Springs Art Museum; Sheldon Museum of Art; Oklahoma City Museum of Art; and the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies program. Her piece Solar Offset will be exhibited in Postwar Abstraction at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in December of 2024. Her installation Watershed III is on loan and currently exhibited at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
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