Kohler Arts/Industry
Edra Soto’s Arts/Industry Interview Stills / 2017
Edra Soto’s Arts/Industry Interview Stills / 2017
Video by Kohler Arts/Industry Program
Tiles / 2017 / slip cast tiles, matzo, resin, wood
Tiles / 2017 / slip cast tiles, matzo, resin, wood
In 2017, Egnater was a mold making intern for the Kohler Arts Industry Program. During her time at Kohler, Egnater assisted artists such as Edra Soto, Samantha Fields, and Mary Anne Kluth while pursuing her own studio practice. Egnater created a series of slip cast tiles exploring visual assimilation; how cultural words and symbols can be hidden in familiarity, sameness, or repetition. The tiles to the left are created from the texture of matzo, while the tiles to the right spell “Deli” and are held by matzo grout.
Popps Packing
Popps Packing / 2019
Monotypes / 2019 / paper, ink
In 2019, Egnater was an artist in residence at Popps Packing located on the northern border of Hamtramck and Detroit. During her residency, Egnater created a series of over 100 monotype prints that were exhibited at the end of her residency.
Fortress Studios
Monument Series / 2020 / mild steel, red enamel, red dye patina
Monument Series / 2020 / mild steel, cast aluminum cloth, blue dye patina
Monument Series / 2020 / mild steel, forged wreath, titanium dioxide
During her residency at Fortress Studios in Detroit, Egnater utilized the studios’ CNC Plasma and Gas Forge to create a monument series. Influenced by James E Young’s The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Spaces Between, she began investigating what is means to make a memorial with no named victims.