ARTIST STATEMENT

Unearthed

Alonso Sierralta and Lisa Loudon 

Alonso Sierralta and Lisa Loudon are artists whose work is often a conversation with nature. Taking inspiration from, but also collecting, manipulating, and reinventing natural materials and forms. The work in this exhibition all developed from foraged objects. Each artist used these foraged elements to create a body of work. This work is very individual in vision, but very collaborative in the way they experience nature and forage together for materials.

About the Artists

Alonso Sierralta and Lisa Loudon are married artists and educators that live and work in Minneapolis. They both came to Minnesota from Nebraska where they met while studying visual art at the University of Nebraska. Alonso is originally from Chile and came to the United States with his family at age fourteen. Both hold an MFA from the University of Nebraska.

Alonso and Lisa have been featured in numerous national shows and are the recipients of several grants and awards for their work. They primarily work independently but have collaborated as well, most notably for the Jerome Fellowship of Book Arts, awarded and presented by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

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