Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor
Arts/Industry: Pottery, 1997
The hulking sculptures of Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor don’t hide their aggregative nature, packed with wood, quilting pins, styrofoam, bedsheets, nails, foam, and other unlikely materials. The Sacramento-based artist blends mythology and contemporary commentary in the works. The artist has cited Francisco Goya as an influence in her works.
O’Connor’s work has been shown at the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, California. She has received awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and the University of Washington, Seattle.
O’Connor received her MFA from University of California, Davis and her BFA from California State University, Long Beach.
