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Feddersen, Joe

Last Name: Feddersen
First Name: Joe
Dates:
*1953 (Date of Birth)
Biography/History: Joe Feddersen (Colville) was born in Omak, Washington; earned his BFA at University of Washington and his MFA at University of Wisconsin. Feddersen is a printmaker as well as a glass and textile artist. In the tradition of his Plateau Indian ancestors, he uses symbols in his works to record the landscapes around him, both rural and urban. In Plateau design, geometric motifs on baskets and weavings represent topographical details and other markers of a particular place. Feddersen has created his own symbol system to record details of his contemporary environment, including stylized tire tracks, parking-lot stripes, and utility towers. Feddersen is retired as a professor at The Evergreen State College. From “Best of the Northwest: Selected Works from the Tacoma Art Museum” Margaret E. Bullock and Rock Hushka, 2012
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4266.1 (Sculpture, Rugged Trail 2, 2005)
4450.1 (Sculpture, Paper Gauntlets, 1998)