Vicki Stone | |
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Born | 1949 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Folk art |
Spouse | Jim Stone |
Vicki Stone (born 1949) [1] is an American folk artist. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Hurn Museum in Savannah, Georgia, [1] [2] the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum, [3] and the Geezer Gallery in Multnomah Village, Oregon. [4]
Stone creates paintings, ceramics, [5] and hand-hooked wall hangings. [4] Her themes include family, motherhood, biblical imagery, and images drawn from Judaism. [1] [6]
The American Visionary Art Museum, the Hurn Museum, the Mennello Museum of American Art, and the Oregon Jewish Museum have her work in their collections. [7]
A native of Chicago, [1] Stone currently resides in Portland, Oregon. [2] [4] She is a member of the Oregon Jewish Folk Arts Society, and delivered that society's inaugural lecture in 2009. [5] She and her husband, Jim, are Orthodox Jews, having become baalei teshuva in 1988; they are affiliated with Chabad of Oregon. [8] They have a son, Ari, who moved to Israel in 2007. [9]