Feddersen (Colville) was born in Omak, Washington, and teaches at Evergreen State College in Olympia. His work investigates signs—capitalizing on personal connections of memory interwoven in basket patterns from the Inland Plateau Region of the Columbia Basin. Feddersen’s art speaks to a portrayal of the landscape in a visual language, embedded in simple repetitive design. His interest lies in the zone where the signs tenuously dissolve into a modernist aesthetic while still maintaining direct ties to the designs of his people.
     
 
   
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