Tranesha Smith-Kilgore
b. 1998, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 2020
Tranesha Smith-Kilgore recently joined CE during the pandemic, working virtually with teaching artist Pilar Olabarria. Tranesha recently began making art at the studio and creates beautiful multimedia sculptures using textiles and collected odds and ends. Her sculptures are made up of string, yarn, cut fabric, and ribbons, knotted together with objects like keys, bells, beads, pill bottles, and more. Tranesha ties her fibers quickly in knots, creating chains intersparsed with found objects. At the studio you can find Tranesha singing along to Bob Marley as she works.
You can discover Tranesha’s magnificent pieces in Mode Brut Atelier at the Creativity Explored gallery, on view from September 10 through October 30, 2021.
When asked about how she was doing and what it’s like being at CE she responded, “Life is good.”
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2021
Mode Brut, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
Mode Brut Atelier, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA