Minnesota Mines, 2021
What: Art 1A Artist Talk Featuring Sarita Zaleha
When: Thursday, May 26 from 12:30-1:45
Zoom Link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/88345381029
Website: https://www.saritazaleha.com
Instagram: @saritazaleha
Current State, 2017
Artist Bio:
Sarita Zaleha is a Los Angeles based interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her work explores perceptions of the environment through the lenses of environmental history, climate change, and sensory experience. Zaleha’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Kentucky, as well as numerous juried and invitational exhibitions. She has received several grants and awards for her work including the Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Art(ists) on the Verge Fellowship. She has completed artist residencies at Kultivera in Sweden and Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Iceland. Zaleha received her MFA in printmaking with a minor in intermedia and Certificate from the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She has bachelor’s degrees in biomedical engineering and religion from Case Western Reserve University and master’s degrees in art history and religion from University of Minnesota and Harvard University, respectively. She currently teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara. (All images provided by Sarita Zaleha)
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