Mitzi Pederson
Mitzi Pederson’s sculptural and installation-based work examines disparate materials, their forms, and the spaces they occupy through minimal and perceptive presentations. Pederson blurs the boundaries between sculpture and painting by using tulle as the surface for paint, sand, glitter, and wood. This material is used in different ways: stretched as canvas, hung directly on the wall, and as support for added media. Her works draw out the inherent qualities of the materials–in some cases, the lightness, weightlessness and soft presence of the fabric nearly disappears from view while calling attention to its versatility and strength. With other pieces, the material cast shadows on the wall in a moiré effect that creates a ground which suspends the static drawing on the surface. Throughout her practice, Pederson plays with the perception of presence–the line between something and nothing.
Pederson has had solo exhibitions at Schleicher/Lange in Paris, World Class Boxing in Miami, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and White Columns in New York. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the American Academy in Rome. the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, MACRO FUTURE in Rome, Milton Keynes Gallery and Harris Museum in Preston, ACME in Los Angeles, and the …
Mitzi Pederson’s sculptural and installation-based work examines disparate materials, their forms, and the spaces they occupy through minimal and perceptive presentations. Pederson blurs the boundaries between sculpture and painting by using tulle as the surface for paint, sand, glitter, and wood. This material is used in different ways: stretched as canvas, hung directly on the wall, and as support for added media. Her works draw out the inherent qualities of the materials–in some cases, the lightness, weightlessness and soft presence of the fabric nearly disappears from view while calling attention to its versatility and strength. With other pieces, the material cast shadows on the wall in a moiré effect that creates a ground which suspends the static drawing on the surface. Throughout her practice, Pederson plays with the perception of presence–the line between something and nothing.
Pederson has had solo exhibitions at Schleicher/Lange in Paris, World Class Boxing in Miami, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and White Columns in New York. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the American Academy in Rome. the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, MACRO FUTURE in Rome, Milton Keynes Gallery and Harris Museum in Preston, ACME in Los Angeles, and the 2008 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
Courtesy of Ratio 3
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, Los Angels, CA
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA