Thais Mather
Works
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Out of the Blue 2 (framed), 2020$ 550.00 -
Into the Black (Cupped Hands), 2021$ 300.00
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Into the Black (Full arm), 2021$ 275.00
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Shineth in Darkness, 2021$ 2,900.00
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Nothing Holy, 2021$ 2,900.00
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Nothing Cursed, 2021$ 2,900.00
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Blazing Open, 2021$ 2,100.00
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True North, 2021$ 2,100.00
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Dark Adaptation, 2021$ 2,900.00
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Sunlike Star, 2021$ 2,900.00
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Out of the Blue 1 (unframed), 2020$ 700.00
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Out of the Blue 2 (unframed), 2020Sold
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Out of the Blue 3 (unframed), 2021Sold
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Transmundane (2), 2021$ 1,500.00
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Transmundane (1), 2021$ 1,500.00
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The Shades of Living Light (4), 2021$ 2,200.00
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The Shades of Living Light (3), 2021$ 2,200.00
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The Shades of Living Light (1), 2021$ 2,200.00
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Eternal Time (1), 2020$ 800.00
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Eternal Time (2), 2020$ 800.00
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Preserve the Flame, 2020Sold
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Black of Space, 2021
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The Shades of Living Light (2), 2021$ 2,200.00
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Beatific Vision (1), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (2), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (3), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (4), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (5), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (6), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (7), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (8), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (9), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Beatific Vision (10), 2021$ 1,600.00
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Perpetua I, 2015$ 2,000.00
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Perpetua III, 2015Sold
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Be Yourself II, 2015$ 1,500.00
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Perpetua II, 2015$ 2,000.00
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Total Other (Spider), 2016$ 1,200.00
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Ex Ovo Omnia IV, 2019$ 2,000.00
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Ex Ovo Omnia III, 2019$ 2,000.00
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Ember II, 2018$ 900.00
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Ember I, 2018Sold
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Total Other (Snake), 2016$ 1,200.00
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Total Other (Octopus), 2016$ 900.00
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Thaumaturge, 2017$ 1,400.00
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Heretical Sect III, 2017$ 950.00
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Heretical Sect II, 2017$ 950.00
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Heretical Sect V$ 950.00
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Heretical Sect VI, 2017$ 950.00
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Heretical Sect IV, 2017$ 950.00
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Mine & Thine I (watercolor), 2017$ 900.00
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Mine and Thine I, 2017
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Mine and Thine II, 2017$ 2,000.00
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Ex Ovo Omnia II, 2019$ 2,000.00
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Ex Ovo Omnia I, 2019$ 2,000.00
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Keepsake, 2016$ 100.00
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 2016$ 150.00
Overview
Thais Mather is an installation artist born and based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spanning sculpture, printmaking, painting, new media, and installation, Thais’ work explores themes of feminism, authorship, mythology, the objectification of culture, and women’s labor.
Mather has been a student and teacher of feminism for a decade. She holds an MFA in installation art and feminist theory from the Vermont College of Fine Arts where she is now a Graduate Professor of Art. She is a recipient of the Shipley Swan Fellowship for Printmaking, the Levin Lutz Fellowship for Installation and Research, and the LewAllen Grant for Educators. She has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and fairs across the country, including Gallery Sonja Roesch (Houston) and Select Art Fair (New York,) among others.
Mather also owns and operates Good Folk Gallery in Santa Fe, NM with her husband, artist Todd Ryan White. The focus of Good Folk Gallery is to support and create careers for folk artists from Northern New Mexico and Oaxaca, Mexico.
Press
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Review: Thais Mather, Western Blue
Steve Jansen, Southwest Contemporary, September 17, 2021 -
Review: Thais Mather, Reckless Abandon
Diane Armitage, THE Magazine, February 1, 2018 -
Primal Power: Artist Thais Mather
Iris McLister, Pasatiempo, December 1, 2017 -
Choosing what to abandon
Megan Bennett, Albuquerque Journal, November 24, 2017
Exhibitions
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Thais Mather: Western Blue
11 Aug - 13 Nov 2021The New Mexico artist is referring to the western bluebirds that live in her garden and the surrounding high desert terrain. They’re often preyed upon by fiercely territorial swallows, but...Read more -
Summer Show 2021
25 Jun - 31 Jul 2021Carolyn Riman’s lush new series of 11 paintings, Plant People, anchors this year’s Summer Show at form & concept. The annual exhibition features new work by all of the gallery’s...Read more -
Summer Show 2020
26 Jun - 10 Oct 2020Every summer since its founding in 2016, form & concept has invited our dynamic array of represented artists to unite for a group exhibition of new works. Local and far-flung...Read more -
Summer Show
28 Jun - 12 Oct 2019It might be a little early in our gallery’s history,” says form & concept director Jordan Eddy. “But our summer exhibitions have become our favorite tradition.” Every summer since its...Read more -
form & concept Annual Exhibition 2018
27 Jul - 15 Sep 2018“ From the beginning, we were interested in reimagining what an art gallery could be,” says Frank Rose, Director of form & concept gallery. “The natural starting point was asking,...Read more -
Thais Mather: Reckless Abandon
24 Nov 2017 - 10 Feb 2018“I think people are getting these catastrophic feelings, that this is the end,” says Thais Mather. “I don’t believe in that. I think this is a beginning.” The feminist artist’s...Read more
Events
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Meditation with Thais Mather
5 - 6pm Nov 6, 2021Sit with Western Blue artist Thais Mather within her candle installation room for a guided meditation and breathing exercise. This event is free. However, all...Read more -
Poetry Reading: N. Scott Momaday
5 - 6pm Sep 10, 2021Join us at form & concept for a special reading of N. Scott Momaday’s award-winning poetry, read by the Native American author’s daughter Jill Momaday...Read more -
Lantern & Candle Lighting with Thais Mather
7 - 9pm Aug 27, 2021Join New Mexico artist Thais Mather for a special lighting ceremony of her monumental installation Blue Devotion and her latest series of hand and arm-cast...Read more -
Artist Open House with Thais Mather
12 - 1pm Aug 14, 2021Meet the artist behind Western Blue at form & concept. Thais Mather is an installation artist born and based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spanning...Read more -
Opening Reception: Western Blue
5 - 7pm Aug 13, 2021Join New Mexico feminist artist Thais Mather for the Opening Reception of her monumental new show, Western Blue . “As always, Thais has chosen a...Read more -
Opening Reception: Summer Show 2021
5 - 7pm Jun 25, 2021form & concept celebrates our annual Summer Show with brand new work by new and returning artists, including 11 new paintings by Carolyn Riman; a...Read more -
Opening: Summer Show
5 - 7pm Jun 28, 2019Every summer since its founding in 2016, form & concept has invited its dynamic team of represented artists to come together for a group exhibition...Read more
Blog
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Artist Interview: Pedro Barrios & Jaime Molina
Flags of Resilience July 2, 2020Interview with Denver Muralists Pedro Barrios and Jaime Molina about the Flags of Resilience Project at Form & Concept Gallery.Read more -
Partners in Art: Good Folk
Community Spotlight May 8, 2020form & concept is proud to spotlight Santa Fe's beloved Good Folk gallery for our new Partners in Art program. Owned and operated by artists...Read more -
Artist Interview: Thais Mather & Todd Ryan White
Studio Release May 8, 2020Interview with Artists Thais Mather and Todd Ryan White of Form & Concept Gallery.Read more