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May 19, 2004
Profile: Breanne Trammell
Age: 23
Hometown: Fairfield, California (between SF & Sac)
Where do you now live?: Fort Worth, Texas
Where would you most like to live?: Hmmm. I'd do the big city or the country. NYC vs. Montana or something like that -- I'd like both. Or the beach. Or Italy.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: My grandmothers - Virgie & Janita
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Eat a bagel, thrift for stuff I probably don't need or have space for, work on work, sew, get shit done, sleep in FOR SURE, sit on my porch, knit.
What is your favorite color?: A combination of brown-pink-red.
Who (or what) do you love?: Baby animals that I can kiss on the nose, attention to detail, good pens, my station wagon, musicmusicmusic, AmAnSet, Smith's Rosebud Salve, buttons, diagrams, my friends & fam.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Everyday things. nature, repetition, family photographs, good line quality, handwriting, images of the Virgin Mary & Baby J, good songwriters, kitsch,
vintage stuff: fabric/cookbooks/knick knacks, my nana Virgie & the people that I list below -->
What other artists do you most admire?
So so many. Here is a semi-short list: Jenny Hart, Sophie Calle, Evan Hecox, Duane Michals, Lorna Simpson, Tracey Emin, Raymond Pettibon, Alice Neel, Joseph Cornell, Wes Anderson, Laurie DeMartino, Paul Bonelli, Duchamp, Rauschenberg/Warhol/Basquiat & a few more I've been diggin' recently: TM squared, Bone, Michael Sieben, Susie Ghahremani, Kelly Jones, Keren Richter, Jessica Williams. Oh, and there is some really cool knitted stuff at the Whitney Biennial, but I can't remember the artist.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
Mostly printmaking/collage on & with fabric, sometimes stuffed. Kinda like taxidermy for printmaking, without the death part.
What other talent would most like to have?
Well, I never learned how to ollie, so that. or to play the piano.
What do you fear the most?
Eye/hand/limb injuries. The election.
What is your greatest ambition?
Be happy, keep on keepin' on & all that junk.
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