Beth Lo
American artist (born 1949)
Beth Lo (born October 11, 1949) is an American artist, ceramist, and educator.
Early life and education
Beth Lo was born in Lafayette, Indiana. Her parents were immigrants to the United States from China.
Lo received a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan in 1971, and then studied ceramics with Rudy Autio at the University of Montana, receiving her MFA in 1974. She assumed his job as professor of ceramics there when he retired in 1985, and was awarded the University of Montana Provost's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2006 and 2010.
Artistic style
Much of Lo's ceramic and mixed media artwork revolves around issues of family and her Asian ethnicity, culture and language. Lo uses calligraphy and references origami, mahjong and traditional Chinese pottery and figurines. The birth of her son in 1987 inspired her to comment on parenthood. Her 2009 work "The Good Children" includes images of stereotypical ‘good children'. These pieces are two-dimensional images on three-dimensional forms.
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