NAOMI MISHKIN
b. New York, New York, USA 1989
Naomi Mishkin received her MFA from the University of Oxford, Oxford, England, where she was a Clarendon Scholar; her BFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; and, her Certificate in Innovative Pattern Cutting at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, England. Mishkin is an artist and a designer. The conceptual themes of her sculpture ring true in her clothes: love your materials and put meaning in your making. In 2018, Mishkin launched Naomi Nomi, a made to order garment line for the working woman. Mishkin lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Installation view: Maker Model Muse, 2017
Pedestal (Dress Form) Custom dressmakers form, 2017, 60 x 17 x 13 inches, muslin, pins, foam, and metal. Edition of 1 with 1 AP
Detail: Pedestal (Dress Form) Custom Dressmakers form, 2017
Pedestal (Hanger), 2017, 17 x 11 x 5 inches, muslin, pins, foam, and metal Edition of 8 with 4 APs
Installation view: Maker Model Muse, 2017
Woman Tailored Work Shirts, Handmade shirts made from custom digitally printed cotton fabric, 2017. Edition of 10 with 1 AP
Installation view: Maker Model Muse, 2017
Scenes of Work (Blue), 2017, 25 x 35 1/4, carbon paper and frame
Scenes of Work (Red), 2017, 25 x 35 1/4, carbon paper and frame
To unstitch is not to destroy, it is to re-consider. To take out the stitches of a garment is an enormously careful and considered process - one that you do when something is not working as it should, something needs to be done again. Stitch ripping is something you do to things you care about, but need a little help., 2017, 33 1/2 x 37 3/4 inches, archival pigment print. Edition of 5 with 1 AP. Image taken at Sulgrave Manor, the British ancestral home of US President George Washington
When I was little I swore I slept with my eyes open., 2016, 43 x 26 inches, archival pigment print Edition of 8 with 1 AP Equating the work of the reader with the work of the dreamer, Mishkin refashioned the traditional foam book rest into a hand-made pillow for the mind.
Calm Conversation, 2015, Table dimensions: 36 x 36 x 29 inches, Cherry wood coffee table, un-annealed glass. The glass at the center of this table was made to be molecularly unstable. It could explode at any time.
Death of an Idea | Burial of the Ground | Funeral for What Is There, 2010, a funeral, After the death of an idea, Mishkin held a traditional funeral for its burial. Mishkin dug a six foot deep grave, asked a Rabbi to write a eulogy and invited her loved ones to the ceremony.
Death of an Idea | Burial of the Ground | Funeral for What Is There, 2010, a funeral, After the death of an idea, Mishkin held a traditional funeral for its burial. Mishkin dug a six foot deep grave, asked a Rabbi to write a eulogy and invited her loved ones to the ceremony.
Death of an Idea | Burial of the Ground | Funeral for What Is There, 2010, a funeral, After the death of an idea, Mishkin held a traditional funeral for its burial. Mishkin dug a six foot deep grave, asked a Rabbi to write a eulogy and invited her loved ones to the ceremony.