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- b.
- Algeria
- Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Education
- 2004
- California State University Hayward, Graduate Study in Museum Studies
- 1992
- CCI, Georgetown University School of Linguistics, Washington DC
- Graduate Degrees Interpreting and Translation (E-F-S)
- 1982
- BFA Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC
- DEUG Anglo-American Literature and Civilization, University of Caen, France
- Undergraduate Studies, Art and Anthropology, Montgomery College, Maryland
- 1981
- Atelier Pierre Brignol, Lauragais, France
- Grants and Awards
- 2021
- Artist-in-Residence, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
- 2020
- Artist-in-Residence, Millay Colony
- 2019
- Artist Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- Artist-in-Residence, Green Olive Arts, Tétouan, Morocco
- 2018
- Artist-in-Residence, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY
- 2013
- Tupelo Press Poetry Residency, Truchas, NM
- 1992
- Lorraine Bernstein Award for Painting, Corcoran School of Art, DC
- 1991
- Artist-in-Residence, Institut Français du Royaume Uni, London, UK
- Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2022
- Mokha Laget: Tesseract, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- Mokha Laget: Perceptualism, American University Museum at the Katzen Art Cetner, Washington, D.C.
- 2021
- Improvisations, David Richard Gallery, New York, NY
- 2020
- Capriccios, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
- 2019
- Spatial Chromatics, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- Alcoves 20/20, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
- Polychrome Polygons, David Richard Gallery, New York, NY
- 2018
- Recent Works, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
- Spatial Luminance, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
- 2017
- In Shape, In Color, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2016
- Color into Space, Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, TX
- 2014
- Chromatic Constructs, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
- 2013
- Color Walk, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2010
- Crux, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2002
- Sub Rosa, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2000
- Codes and Notations, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 1999
- More Poetics of Noumenalism, Whelan Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 1998
- Circumnavigations, David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1994
- Schemata, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- 1991
- Morphologies, Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1990
- Materia Prima, IFRU, Galerie Matisse, London, UK
- Archéographies, Galerie Métamorphose, Paris, France
- 1989
- Dream Poetics, The Kunstraum, Washington, DC
- 1988
- Threads & Labyrinths, Carega Gallery, Washington, DC
- 1987
- Impulse & Reverie, Carega Gallery, Washington, DC
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2022
- The Power of Print, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2021
- Mass Pop, Mass MoCA Residency, North Adams, MA
- 2020
- Landfall Press: Five decades of Printmaking, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
- Isolation / Inspiration, New Mexico Museum of Art, Online Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
- Hello World: An act of Global Solidarity, Trans cultural exchange, Global Virtual Art Project
- Quintetto d’Arte, curated by Giorgio di Genova, Online Exhibition/Italy
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- 2019
- Made in Paint, The Golden Foundation SACC Gallery, New Berlin, NY
- Summer Group, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2018
- Unmoored Geographies, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
- Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- Full Circle: Hue and Saturation in the Washington Color School, Brady Gallery at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- 2017
- EXPOSANTS 2016, Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- The Shapeshifters, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Origins in Geometry, Museum of Geometric & Madi Art, Dallas, TX
- Madi: Matter in time, Art Academy of Lecce, Lecce, Italy
- The Shape and the Colour, University of Texas, Amarillo, TX
- 2016
- The Shape of Things to Come, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston,TX
- Chicago Art Fair exhibited by Landfall Press
- 2015
- Symphony of Color, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- TCAF exhibited by Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston, TX
- Salon des Arts Contemporains, Petit Palais, Paris, France
- 2014
- IFPDA exhibited by Landfall Press, New York City, NY
- TCAF exhibited by Sonja Roesch, Gallery, Houston, TX
- Santa Fe Art Fair exhibited by Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
- Washington Art Matters 1940-1980, Katzen Art Center at AU Museum, Washington, DC
- Select Fair NYC exhibited by UNIT, New York City, NY
- 2013
- The Enduring Modernist Aesthetics in NM, Santa Fe Arts Commission, Santa Fe, NM
- Salon d’Automne: L’Alternative, Petit Palais, Paris, France
- 2011
- Biennale of Art and Literature II, Cairo, Egypt
- Salon de Sarria VI, Centro UNESCO de Sarria, Galicia, Spain
- Tohoku Relief, Art Sun Shiwory Gallery, Kurashiki, Japan
- Libre comme l’Art, Salon Espace Champerret, Paris, France
- 2007
- Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
- 2006
- Chamalières, Centre d’Art Contemporain, France
- Salon d’Automne, Espace Montreuil, Paris, France
- 2002
- BFA 25, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
- Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- 1999
- Objects of Desire, David Adamson Gallery, Washington DC
- 1997
- In Print, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC
- 1995
- Gallery Selection, Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington DC
- 1992
- Hemicycle Inaugural Exhibit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
- Revered Earth, American University Museum, Washington DC
- 1991
- Gallery Artists, Gallery K, London, UK
- 1990
- Solstice, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
- 1989
- Three Americas, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France
- Art of the Matter, BC Space, Laguna Beach, CA
- Torn Visions, Window Box Gallery, New York City, NY
- Chromatic Inversions, Billman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986
- Handmade Books, West Gallery, Denton, TX
- Four Arts, Tallahassee Institute for Contemporary Art, Tallahassee, FL
- Fiber X, The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA
- Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 1984
- NY-DC Collaboration with Gene Davis, The Ritz, Washington, DC
- InterDada, The 16th Note, San Francisco, CA
- 1981
- Post Lateralism, Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
- Commissions & Editions
- 2018
- Northern Light, part 2 of atrium painting, Department of State, Art in Embassies, Nouakchott, Mauritania
- Sam and Adele Golden Foundation artist residency, New Berlin, NY
- 2017
- Southern Wing, Johnson Law Group, Dallas, TX
- Springboard West, The Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Off the Grid, portfolio of 7 lithographs, ed. 30, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
- 2016
- Northern Light, Department of State, Art in Embassies, Nouakchott, Mauritania
- 2015
- Pliage, hand-pulled lithograph, ed. 20, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
- 2014
- Homage to the Wedge, lithograph, ed. 20, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
- Blackjack, hand-pulled lithograph, ed. 40, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
- 2007
- Color Field Remix on 8th St, DCAH Public Art Commission, Washington, DC
- Selected Collections
- Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, TX
- Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
- Art in Embassies, The U.S. Department of State
- The Artery Collection, Washington, D.C.
- George Washington University, Washington, DC
- The National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
- Delta Airlines
- Collaborative Work
- 2018
- Reviewer: Anne Truitt at the NGA (DC), The New Art Examiner, May/June, 2018
- 2017
- Guest Curator, Museum of Geometric & Madi Art, Joel Froment & Elvira Daeter (catalog)
- 2013
- Tupelo Press Poetry Residency, Truchas, NM
- 2012
- Interview: Talking art criticism with Derek Guthrie, THE Magazine/Sept. Santa Fe, NM
- 2009
- Catalog essay, Derek Guthrie at Finlandia University, MI
- 2008
- Performer, WaterWeavingWomen, with D. Mazeaud & E. Wiseman, Santa Fe, NM
- 2004-2012
- Art Restoration Specialist, Majuka Studios, La Cienega, NM
- 2004-2006
- Assistant Curator, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2003-2004
- Archival Intern, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 1999
- Translator (into English) Le Livre de Saphir by G. Sinoué (Amarna Books)
- 1993
- Translator (into French) Buddhism, Wisdom and Faith (Sutra Committee, Canada)
- 1992-present
- International Simultaneous Interpreter, Department of State
- 1992
- Project Coordinator, Contemporary Art Exchange US/Africa
- 1991
- Performer, Resonant Environment, R. Butler, McLean Project for the Arts, VA
- Curator, Metaphoric Structures, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, MD
- 1990
- Fine Arts Instructor, Maryland College of Arts & Design
- Vision and Revision in DC Art, The New Art Examiner, Feb 1990, p. 30-34.
- Curator, Detritus & the Poetics of Noumenalism, Gallery 10, WDC
- 1991
- Metaphoric Structures: Science, Symbols & Matter, catalog essay, Rockville, MD
- 1989
- Co-Chair, The Artists Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
- Co-Curator with J.W. Mahoney, Elegies, Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC
- Co-Chair, Coalition of Washington Artists, WDC
- 1988
- Exhibition Specialist, National Museum of American Art & The National Learning Center
- Curator, Permanent Collection Community Center for Creative Non-Violence, WDC
- 1986-1988
- Public Relations Director, Gallery 10, Washington, DC
- 1985-1986
- Archival Specialist-Artists Estates, Washington, DC
- 1984-1991
- Theatre: Set Designer, Performer, Stage Director, Washington, DC
- 1981-1984
- Studio Assistant to Gene Davis, Washington Color School Painter, Washington, DC
- Bibliography
- Abatemarco, Michael. "Mokha Laget, Jennifer Joseph & Gloria Klein at David Richard," The Santa Fe New Mexican, September 29, 2017.
- Cleve, Emily Van. "Home," Santa Fe Arts Journal, September 03, 2017.
- David Richard Gallery, “In Shape, In Color”, exhibition catalogue, Santa Fe, NM, September, 2017.
- Cipriani, Carmelo and Costanzo, Bica and Laura Cristina. Madi Materia nel tempo (exhibition catalogue). ExConservatorio de Lecce, Italy, 2017.
- Catlin, Roger. “The Painter Who Earned His Stripes,” Smithsonian Magazine, Jan., 2017.
- Museum of Geometric and Madi Art. "Mokha Laget: Color Into Space". Essay by Eleanor Heartney. Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, TX, 2016.
- Burgos, Sarah, “Mokha Laget: Color into Space,” Dallas Morning News, July 29, 2016.
- Zastudil, Nancy. "Critics Picks: Houston," Art Ltd. Magazine (online), September 1, 2014.
- Davis, Kathryn M. “Mokha Laget’s Poetics of Color,” TREND MAGAZINE, Summer 2014.
- Jones, Caroline A. Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenberg's Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Senses. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2006. (citation)
- Cohen, Jean Lawlor. Washington Art Matters: Art life in the Capital, 1940–1990. Washington Arts Museum, 2013.
- Abatemarco, Michael. “Implied Spaces,” Pasatiempo - The New Mexican, July 5, 2013.
- Fairfield, Douglas. “Art in Review,” The New Mexican, May 10-16, 2013.
- Carver, Jon. “Cumulus Skies,” THE Magazine, May, 2013.
- Ross, Alex. “Mokha Laget,” THE Magazine, Feb/Mar., 2011.
- Molla, Rani. “The X Factor,” Santa Fe Reporter, Jan. 12-18, 2011.
- Hammond, Harmony. “Compelling Exhibition,” Journal North Santa Fe, Jan. 21, 2011.
- Salon d’Automne. Salon d’Automne 2010 (exhibition catalog). Salon d’Automne, Paris, 2010.
- Santa Fean Magazine, “Top Talent,” Santa Fean Magazine, June/July 2008.
- Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Città Di Firenze, 2007 (exhibition catalog), Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Città Di Firenze, 2007.
- CBS Sunday Morning, Color Field Street Painting, August, 2007
- Salon d’Automne. Salon d’Automne 2006 (exhibition catalog). Salon d’Automne, Paris, 2006.
- Salon d’Automne. Salon d’Automne 2002 (exhibition catalog). Salon d’Automne, Paris, 2002.
- Armitage, Diane. “Mokha Laget: Sub Rosa,” THE Magazine, July 2002.
- Salon d’Automne. Salon d’Automne 2000 (exhibition catalog). Salon d’Automne, Paris, 2000.
- Smith, Craig. “From a Hilltop to the Scenery of the Mind,” The New Mexican, April 23, 1999.
- Jarrett, Dennis. “Maps of the Invisible,” The Santa Fe Reporter, Vol 25, April, 1999.
- Shannon, Joe. “Mokha Laget,” Art in America, June, 1998.
- Mahoney, JW. “Mokha Laget: Circumnavigations,” Washington Review, Aug/Sept., 1998.
- Dorsey, J. “Schemata,” The Baltimore Sun, Aug., 1994.
- Mahoney, JW. “DC Dreaming,” Art in America, Feb., 1991.
- Welzenbach, M. “Science & Art,” The Washington Post, Oct. 6, 1990.
- Addams Allen, Jane. “The Urge to Merge,” Washington City Paper, June 8-14, 1990.
- Zamora, R. “Archéographies: A voyage through Time,” Agence France Presse, June, 1990.
- Holtzman, K. “Conceptual Art in the 90’s,” Critical Mass (exhibition catalog), April, 1990.
- Thorson, A. “Castoffs at the Center of a Local Aesthetic,” Washington Times, Jan. 11, 1990.
- “Emerging Art of the 80’s,” Art News, 1988.
- Collage (exhibition catalog) Maryland College of Art & Design, 1987.
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