Mokha Laget
Close At Hand, 2019

Subsequent, 2021

Oversee, 2021

Rattle, 2022

Wherefore #3, 2022

Turnabout #2, 2022

Construction No. 1, 2020

Diablo Canyon, 2018

Sixfold, 2018

Hiphop, 2017

Phase #10, 2018

Abacus (Catwalk #2), 2017

Off the Grid, 2016

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
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