Artist Spotlight: Live Q+A with Joe Ostraff

"I see the collections of shapes and layers of paint as a form of mapping as I too attempt to secure my place in the human geography." - Joseph Ostraff

Joseph Ostraff's paintings evoke the varied shapes and motifs of human activity and geography. Using subtle color gradations and rich patterning, Ostraff creates works with startling compositional depth. While choices found in these paintings suggest a personal sense of value, more generally these decisions reflect the processes people use to make sense of the commonplace. His work is a visual documentation of the things that convert spaces into places.

A three-time recipient of the prestigious Fellowship Award from the Utah Arts Council, last year Joseph Ostraff was also voted one of Utah's 15 most influential artists by a panel of his peers. Ostraff was born in Santa Monica, California in 1957, later earning an MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1984, and is now a professor at Brigham Young University. The collaborative efforts he's organized have involved hundreds of artists around the globe and have culminated in more than 30 exhibitions both domestically and abroad.

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