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Artist: Ketal Patel (Columbus, OH)
NOT FOR SALE. This work is part of the exhibition and is not available for purchase.
Year: 2026 | Medium: wood, magazine, & metallic acrylic | Dimensions: 18X18X1 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
“A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam” is a collaged mixed media piece about deep hope and how creating is an active form of resistance. Creating is a radical chance to make something where so often the echo chamber can be focused on the destruction of the places we live, love, and commune. My work is exploring concepts of connection and how we are creatively and cosmically connected to every other living thing and one another in ways that show up in macro and micro ways to the pattern of our lives and the universe. The hexagonal pattern is a repeated shape in my art making practice that symbolize interdependence and interconnectedness. I liken this to my collaging work, the act of taking paper and interacting with something deeply interconnected with nature, trees, and one another through the material act of making/remaking with paper and imagery that can be visually read from many angles. The interdependence shares how even as we navigate the contemporary moment, it is a reminder of collective work and care for one another that can bring us together. This parallels the way collage assembles in new ways in creative resistance work, that we do individually and together! The title is a nod to the last image of Earth taken by Voyager 1 as it left our solar system, it serves as a reminder the incredible vastness and connection as we all live, create, and love together on this mote of dust.
About the Artist
Ketal Patel is an artist, researcher, and teacher. She values all of these identities as a way to engage her practice is a continual intermixing of how ideas come to fruition. For more than 2 decades, Ketal has taught art in a variety of settings and worked as mixed media & sculptural artist examining how art and community connect through making and authentic interaction with people and places! Currently Ketal serves as the art education licensure director at OSU and has the pleasure of teaching and learning with artists, educators, and scholars dedicated to our collective creative futures!
https://aaep.osu.edu/people/patel.648
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Ketal Patel (Columbus, OH)
NOT FOR SALE. This work is part of the exhibition and is not available for purchase.
Year: 2026 | Medium: wood, magazine, & metallic acrylic | Dimensions: 18X18X1 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
“A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam” is a collaged mixed media piece about deep hope and how creating is an active form of resistance. Creating is a radical chance to make something where so often the echo chamber can be focused on the destruction of the places we live, love, and commune. My work is exploring concepts of connection and how we are creatively and cosmically connected to every other living thing and one another in ways that show up in macro and micro ways to the pattern of our lives and the universe. The hexagonal pattern is a repeated shape in my art making practice that symbolize interdependence and interconnectedness. I liken this to my collaging work, the act of taking paper and interacting with something deeply interconnected with nature, trees, and one another through the material act of making/remaking with paper and imagery that can be visually read from many angles. The interdependence shares how even as we navigate the contemporary moment, it is a reminder of collective work and care for one another that can bring us together. This parallels the way collage assembles in new ways in creative resistance work, that we do individually and together! The title is a nod to the last image of Earth taken by Voyager 1 as it left our solar system, it serves as a reminder the incredible vastness and connection as we all live, create, and love together on this mote of dust.
About the Artist
Ketal Patel is an artist, researcher, and teacher. She values all of these identities as a way to engage her practice is a continual intermixing of how ideas come to fruition. For more than 2 decades, Ketal has taught art in a variety of settings and worked as mixed media & sculptural artist examining how art and community connect through making and authentic interaction with people and places! Currently Ketal serves as the art education licensure director at OSU and has the pleasure of teaching and learning with artists, educators, and scholars dedicated to our collective creative futures!
https://aaep.osu.edu/people/patel.648
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.