Lewis deSoto

Lewis deSoto
Born (1954-01-03) January 3, 1954 (age 70)
San Bernardino, California, United States
Known forInstallation, Public art, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ Rinder, Lawrence. Generosity of Spirit: the 2003/2004 Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists (PDF). pp. 14–15.
  2. ^ a b SJICA. "Lewis deSoto: BEFORE AFTER". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  3. ^ "Lewis deSoto / resume". Brian Gross Fine Art.
  4. ^ San Francisco State University. "Emeritus-Emerita Faculty".