Artwork copyright Lynn Basa. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Lynn Basa. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Lynn Basa. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

"Kara: Frappucinos of Opportunity" from the series N = 10, 2004

Lynn Basa
(American, born 1954)

Location: Cascadia College, Bothell

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

"Kara: Frappucinos of Opportunity" is part of the "N=10" series of tapestry "portraits" by artist Lynn Basa. Each tapestry is created based on a questionnaire by Basa that was completed by a set of ten people. Basa designs the artwork using symbolic colors and forms to represent the answers. The questions included: Pick four colors; Do you prefer a window or aisle seat?; Pick three shapes; Would you rather be sailing, hiking, flying, or sunbathing?; and more. The resulting conceptual artwork is a portrait of that person.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with University of Washington - Bothell and Cascadia Community College.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist Lynn Basa creates public art sculptures, conceptual paintings, works on paper, textiles, and assemblages. She lived in Seattle from 1977 to 2002 and credits that time as her formative years as an artist. She worked for the Seattle Arts Commission and as an art reviewer for the Bellevue Journal-American. She was also a curator for the art collections at Safeco Insurance (1981-1984) and the University of Washington Medical Center (1984-1999). Basa has been a full-time artist since 1999.
Basa received a Bachelor of Arts degree in ceramics from Indiana University in 1977 and a Master of Public Administration degree in public art policy and administration from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1981. She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. She also studied at the Gobelin Tapestry Workshop in France. She currently lives and works in Chicago.