
Oakland-based artist Jaime Lakatos’ sculptures have risen from the ashes — quite literally. Lakatos imagines a dystopian world not far along on our trajectory of environmental destruction. She burns her hunting trophy-like busts of various animals until their surfaces become blackened and charred. Lakatos created this technique to portray her animals in a “confused state of cross-species evolution” in order to broach the topics of unchecked scientific progress and human expansion. Coming up at Empire Seven Studios in San Jose, Lakatos’ solo show “Cinderscape” will debut a new series of sculptures, installations, and paintings on May 8.






Oakland-based artist
To Japanese sculptor
Famed sculptor/installation artist
Currently on view in Mexico City's
We might not think much of sheets of paper, something we see every day, strung together in our notebooks and journals. German sculptor