Jolene Dosa is an artist and grade school teacher based in New York. Through her art, she partakes in a playful process of connecting and bonding contrasting materials, paying close attention to the areas where heavy and lightweight material meet. While play and material exploration are driving forces of her process, metaphors unfold through associations and juxtapositions of material; sweet/aching, constricted/ draped, cold/ nested. Jolene uses the symbology of fibers to explore the dichotomies of emotion. Basketry, plaiting and weaving techniques are essential to this process.
In 2017 Jolene completed a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and has shown work throughout the United States.