Larkin Higgins

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Larkin Higgins is an American cross-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work includes paintings, drawings, visual poetry, artists' books, book sculptures, installation art, collage, mail art, photo-related works, and performance art. Her published books of poetry combine text with logographic drawings. [1] She is a tenured professor of art at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. [2]

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Her work was celebrated at the Festival of Women in 1993, where she gave a talk on visual objects and the stories they tell. [3]

She was included in a group exhibition focused on assemblage at the Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture in 2009. [4]

Work in permanent collections

Her work is in the permanent collections of the following institutions:

Bibliography

Her published books of poetry include:

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References

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  2. "Larkin Higgins, M.F.A. | California Lutheran University". www.callutheran.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. "Log In - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest". ProQuest   282025288.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Assemblage Exhibit Slated at CLUArtists Create 3-D works from Found Objects". Targeted News Source. January 26, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. "Larkin Higgins, M.F.A. | California Lutheran University". www.callutheran.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  6. Higgins, Larkin; Lummis, Suzanne; Red Wind Books (Firm) (1999). Matchbook: poems. Los Angeles: Red Wind Books. ISBN   9781889504018. OCLC   224623741.
  7. Higgins, Larkin (2013). Of traverse and template. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books. OCLC   865014021.
  8. Higgins, Larkin (2015). Soil culture, Frankenstein-grafted. OCLC   1009756291.
  9. Higgins, Larkin (2015). comb- ing mine- ings. OCLC   939415219.