Lewis deSoto | |
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Born | San Bernardino, California, United States | January 3, 1954
Known for | Installation, Public art, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture |
Website | http://www.lewisdesoto.net |
Lewis deSoto (born 1954 in San Bernardino, California) is an American artist of Cahuilla Native American ancestry.
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Director Lawrence Rinder writes: "deSoto has explored a wide variety of media in his efforts to express the nuances of various social histories and worldwide cosmologies."[1]
The majority of deSoto's work has been in the media of photography, sculpture, and installation. The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art writes that "deSoto's multimedia installations combine sound, light, video, space, and sculpture elements and are site-specific or oriented toward making a complete environment. His conceptual artwork utilizes automobiles, inflatables, electronics, photography, wood and metal construction."[2]
DeSoto is based in Napa, California, and New York City.[2][3] He joined the art faculty at San Francisco State University in 1988 and retired in 2021.[4]