Western Blue: Exhibition Guide

Western Blue

Ever deeper, never done

You become the morning sun

For those we hold, and those away

I’ll never waste another day

When the evening moon has fledged

You become the world at edge

Both the spirit and the sky

The veiled surface- singing nigh

When she left I did not mourn

Because she rose at every

dawn

And looked a baby in the eyes

Whose colors spread across the skies

Ever deeper, never done

I’ll find you in a morning song

And greet you as the summer moon

Omnipresent western blue

Thais Mather is an installation artist born and based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spanning sculpture, printmaking, painting, new media, and installation, Thais’ work explores themes of feminism, authorship, mythology, the objectification of culture, and women’s labor.

Mather has been a student and teacher of feminism for a decade. She holds an MFA in installation art and feminist theory from the Vermont College of Fine Arts where she is now a Graduate Professor of Art. She is a recipient of the Shipley Swan Fellowship for Printmaking, the Levin Lutz Fellowship for Installation and Research, and the LewAllen Grant for Educators. She has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and fairs across the country, including Gallery Sonja Roesch (Houston) and Select Art Fair (New York,) among others.

Mather also owns and operates Good Folk Gallery in Santa Fe, NM with her husband, artist Todd Ryan White. The focus of Good Folk Gallery is to support and create careers for folk artists from Northern New Mexico and Oaxaca, Mexico.