Jacqui Biggs Larsen

In July 1997 Jacqui Biggs Larsen will exhibit at the Art Access Gallery in Salt Lake City in a show titled “These Stories That We Carry.” Her work speaks like stories, featuring the familiar in unusual new ways. Her work is mixed media and includes collage, oil paint, pastels, charcoal, and many found objects such as torn-up maps, safety pins, miniature furni￾ture, and even a set of piano keys. She says, “These found objects and images are crucial to my work. I see them as artifacts that connect the work to the here-and-now, and provide an entrance to each respective piece.” Her subject matter is also the familiar, in her own words, “I find myself exploring childhood, sisterhood, maternity – in ways that question Western traditions of idealism. By replacing idealized images of femaleness with photocopied photographs of everyday women, I hope to piece together new myths and narratives.” Jacqui Larsen has exhibited in New York, Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, and Texas as well as throughout Utah. She has an MFA from Brigham Young University.