Saya Woolfalk
Saya Woolfalk
Drawing on her own familial history, Saya Woolfalk incorporates African American, European American, and Japanese cultural influences, while alluding to science fiction, feminist theory, mythology, anthropology, archaeology, Eastern religion, and fashion. She re-imagines the world in multiple dimensions, creating works of art and installations in a wide range of mediums–including painting, sculpture, video, performance, and multimedia installations–and frequently engaging in collaborations with other artists, scientists, engineers, and the public in participatory events.
Woolfalk has presented her at numerous museums, galleries, and alternative spaces including the Brooklyn Museum; the Seattle Art Museum; the Studio Museum in Harlem; MoMA PS1; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston; the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; the Nelson Atkins Museum; the Columbus Museum, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Everson Museum of Art.
Born in 1979 in Gifu City, Japan, Woolfalk earned her B.A. in visual art and economics from Brown University in 2001 and her MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004. A Fulbright grant to study in Brazil the following year and a 2007 residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem are among the many honors and awards she has received during the past fifteen years. Woolfalk is represented by Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects.
