MK Guth (born 1963)[1] is an installation artist from Portland, Oregon, United States, whose work engages ritual and site of social interaction.
[3] She first came to international attention for her work at the Whitney Biennial in 2008,[4] which the New York Times described as "sweet, New Agey expansiveness that is atypical for this year's hermetic, uningratiating show".
[5] Her installation, entitled "Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping" asked visitors to record what was most dear to them on scraps of cloth, which were then woven into the sculpture.
[6] To accompany the exhibition "When Nothing Else Subsists, Smell and Taste Remain", Marylhurst University published a 150-page text that addresses many of Guth's recent bodies of participatory work including "Red Shoe Delivery Service", "Lenticulars", "Braids", and "Knots and Networks".
[12] 2016: Shout, Recount, Get Drunk, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY[13] 2016: This Fable is Intended for You: A Work Energy Principle, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR[14] 2014: Advice Station, Aqua Miami Basel, Miami FL[15] 2014: MK Guth, Gallery Pfeister, Gudhjem, Denmark[1] 2012: When Nothing Else Subsists, Smell and Taste Remain, Marylhurst Art Gym, Lake Oswego, OR[16] 2011: Best Wishes, P3 Studio, Cosmopolitan Resort, Las Vegas, NV[17] 2016: In Scene, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR[18] 2015: Andy Warhol to Kara Walker: Picturing the Iconic, Art Museum of Sonoma, Santa Rose, CA[19] 2014: Memory Palace, Center for Contemporary Arts, Cincinnati, OH 2008: Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY[20] [1]