Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission.

Artwork copyright Jack Archibald. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Solar Mitosis, 1997

Jack Archibald
(American, born 1950)

Location: A.G. West Black Lake Hills High School, Tumwater

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Solar Mitosis is part of a series of three window installations created by artist Jack Archibald. The abstract compositions feature a combination of geometric and organic forms. Each artwork highlights dynamic changes in color and light. Archibald notes, "just as light metamorphoses through the day, the windows too have a kinetic energy"

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tumwater School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Glass artist Jack Archibald uses light to animate the colors and abstract shapes in his stained glass artworks. In his own words, "As a stained glass artist, I work with light. Glass is uniquely interactive with light, its transitions, its intensities, its colors. Throughout the day, a window constantly undergoes transformation. The changing light animates the glass."

Archibald earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1972) from the University of Wisconsin. In 1981, he established the private studio called "Revisionary Glassworks" on Camano Island, on North Puget Sound, Western Washington.