Lines, Value & Rhythm

2D Design Artist Research

Composition tangle

Sarah Morris
Sarah Morris is an acclaimed artist who has won a number of
awards, such as the 1999-2000 Berlin Prize from the American Academy
in Berlin and the 2001 Joan Mitchell Painting Award. Morris has had her
works on display in numerous exhibits around the globe in places like
New York, San Francisco, London, Austria, China, Brazil, Germany, the
UK, and many more, spanning from 1990 to today.
Morris studied art at Brown University from 1985-1989, then at
Cambridge from 1987-1988, and participated in the Whitney Museum of
American Art Independent Study Program from 1989-1990. Morris’ works
focus primarily on the use of lines, patterns, and many colors to create
abstract designs. No two of her pieces are alike, and many of them use
interesting techniques to help trick the viewer to imagine a 3D space.

https://sarahmorris.com/biography/
https://whitecube.com/artists/artist/sarah_morris
Anni Albers
Anni Albers was a textile artist and printmaker who studied art at
The Bauhaus, an art school in Germany that was open from 1919-1933
known for combining fine arts and crafts. Albers also studied under the
mentorship of notable artists from the early 1900s. At one point, she was
even discouraged from pursuing art as a career.
Albers’ works not only included lots of color, but often incorporated
some sort of feeling or texture in them. Most of her works were print
makes and cloth-like, knitted, physical objects with designs on them.
Albers’ work was mainly for decoration and wall hanging, but much of
her physical work was done for curtains, drapery, and even children’s
room rugs, among plenty of other wall, floor, or object coverings. Albers
also wrote various books, like On Weaving, which was a powerful voice
for the textile design movement in the U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_Albers
https://www.moma.org/artists/96#exhibitions
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is both an artist and novelist who has had her works
on display all around the globe. While she was born in Japan, she moved
to the United States in 1957 to show off her large paintings and
environmental sculptures that used mirrors and electric lights, and in the
60s, she put on many body painting shows, fashion shows, and anti-war
demonstrations. In 1973, she returned to Japan, and began holding
exhibitions for her work in the 80s. In 1994, she started making open air
sculptures, and continues to showcase her work to this day.
Kusama has won multiple awards for her work, like the 2006
National Lifetime Achievement Awards, and has had her work displayed
around the world. Kusama even collaborated with Louis Vuitton to design
a line of products. Her works range from paintings to sculptures that use
very vibrant and contrasting colors and unique patterns mainly consisting
of dots and lines. The use of mirrors in some of her sculpture work adds a
lot of depth to her designs, as well as appearing like her work goes on for
a while.

http://yayoi-kusama.jp/e/biography/index.html