Focused on memories whose lingering power belies their seemingly banal unimportance, Tapola’s intensely intricate and colorful works conceal moments where individuals are subsumed by the environments surrounding them. From fears about the digital colonization of the lifeworld to a child’s terror at being stuck in a tube slide, Tapola’s assemblages address looming threats by asserting the value and importance of the handmade and intimate.
Oakley Tapola lives and works in St Paul, MN. She received her MFA from NYU in 2019. Exhibitions include FJORD (Philadelphia, PA), Pond Gallery (Fayetteville, AR), Post Times (NYC), Hair and Nails (Minneapolis, MN), and A. D. NYC (NYC).
