Marita Dingus

[3] Early in her career Dingus was represented by Portland, Oregon's Fountain Gallery, which was helpful in getting her work out to a much wider audience.

"[4] Tacoma News Tribune critic Rosemary Ponnekanti wrote, "Seattle artist Marita Dingus opens the Kittredge Gallery season with 'They Still Hold Us,' work that, through discarded and cast-off materials, references the persistence of cultural injustices that affect people of color.

Exhibiting internationally and locally, Dingus’ work is a commentary on the slave trade, recycling, and the politics of poverty.

Basically, it's whatever she lays her hands on and includes zippers, strips of cloth, light-bulb sockets, paper clips, tooth guards, paint brushes, bits of wire, computer innards, bent silverware, pacifiers, colored tape, paint, plastic and coarse thread.

I seek to use recovered materials, reconfiguring and incorporating them into pieces of art where possible and appropriate, and to mitigate waste and pollution in all my work.