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SJMA 2020 Gala + Auction
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PAE WHITE
Renowned artist Pae White’s expansive practice transcends the traditional boundaries between art, craft, and design. White’s relentless curiosity about the world manifests in her transformation of ordinary objects and phenomena—chandeliers, clocks, popcorn, tapestries, birdsongs, fog, smoke—into exhilarating experiences that defy logic yet remain oddly familiar. Her innovative work was on view at SJMA in the 2019 exhibition Beta Space: Pae White.

Born in 1963 in Pasadena, California, White received her BA from Scripps College, Claremont, California in 1985 and her MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena in 1991. An internationally established figure in contemporary art, White has presented major projects at Skulptur Projekte Münster, 2007; the 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009; The Whitney Biennial, 2010; Henry Art Gallery, 2015; and Saarland Museum, Germany, 2017. Her work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Tate Modern, London. White currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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