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Lisa Kokin lives and works in El Sobrante, California with her spouse, the photographer Lia Roozendaal, and Austin and Ollie, her canine studio assistants. The daughter of upholsterers, she stitches everything she can get her hands on. Kokin brings a fiber sensibility and a conceptual approach to a diverse array of materials, including fabrics, paper, metal, books and shredded money. Her work is often a commentary on the world around her, often incorporating the age-old Jewish response to adversity, humor, and an empathy with the underdog, which she attributes to growing up in a secular, liberal Jewish family in which issues of social justice were often discussed. Recently, Kokin has spent time in Mexico, recording her observations on her iPhone. lisakokin.com and on Instagram @lisakokin
See more of her work in 14.1 and 14.1 and 13.1 and 13.1 and 13.1 and 11.4 and 11.4 and 11.4 and 8.1 and 8.1 and 4.3 and 2.4 and 1.1