FORCED/FORCE sculpture installation that questions the ideas of right and wrong, the molds we are forced to fill, the abuse women endure - and celebrated the power of joining voices to speak out.
Tia Keo’s solo exhibition Permission shares new sculpture work that touches on themes of blood memory, women’s work and the armor women craft for themselves. The work is on view at Finlandia University Gallery from November 30, 2018 - February 15, 2019
Tia Keo solo exhibition Three Sixty Five at the American Swedish Institute ASI - on view June 30 - August 5, 2018
Solo exhibition at the Duluth Art Institute, on view Jan 11-February 17, 2018.
Sculpture installation by Minneapolis artist Tia Keo for the lobby of the Lowa46 building in South Minneapolis.
Raised copper and wire sculpture that explores the idea of coming full circle.
Mixed media sculpture by Tia Keo exploring the notion of women’s work as it relates to women’s handwork.
Blood Memory sculpture by Tia Keo explores the notion that our ancestors play in our present existence.
BAGGAGE is a sculpture by Minneapolis artist Tia Keo. Physical, emotional, verbal, psychological trauma can be buried and forgotten but that does not mean it is benign — our bodies don’t forget. We carry it with us as diligently as handbags and jewelry.
Day by day account of Tia Keobounpheng's metal explorations, funded by an 2017 Artist's Initiative Grant from the MN State Arts Board.
Finnish-American artist, TIA (Salmela) KEObounpheng is growing beyond her roots in architecture and jewelry design to create sculpture work that explores themes of women’s work, women’s armor and blood memory.
MORE WORK ADDED SOON
The latest iteration of Minneapolis artist Tia Keo’s daily art practice that started April 4, 2017. One a day equals a prolific collection of expressive art.
As part of #the100dayproject for 2018, #100daysofresisting was conceived as a project of playing with masking fluid and watercolor paint as an experiment that could transfer to batik process for painting on fabric. The sub-context of resisting as it relates to applying the daily discipline of painting to other parts of one’s daily life was an unspoken part of the project. Resisting in a political context emerged front and center during the final 10 days of the project (to be completed on July 10, 2018.)
Tia Keo's daily watercolor project - days 301-365
Days 201-300 were spent painting with only one color: Daniel Smith's Indigo.
Tia's first 100 day project #100daysofcreativebalance sparked a daily creative practice that reaches for 365.
