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Location

Dallas, TX

Discipline

Works on paper, site-specific installation, calligraphy, artist's books

Paper (origami, cut, folded, stitched); calligraphy; bookbinding; installation

Andrea Tosten

About the Artist

An artist, calligrapher, and bookbinder, Tosten's works on paper and installations explore social constructs, binary thinking, and the nature of existence. Referencing her Creole-Jamaican heritage and identity as a Black woman with European and Indigenous roots, she uses letterforms, paper, and sewing to recontextualise her Catholic upbringing and her place in history — drawing equally from Louisiana Voodoo, spiritual practice, and the material culture of the archive.

Tosten holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M and a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma. She has exhibited across Texas — from the African American Museum in Dallas to the Oak Cliff Cultural Center and the Galveston Arts Center — and was named runner-up of the inaugural CADD x Maddrey Artist Prize in 2020. She is also known as A.Scribe, reflecting her deep roots in calligraphic and textual practice.

Based In

Dallas, Texas, USA (Oak Cliff)

Medium

Paper (origami, cut, folded, stitched); calligraphy; bookbinding; installation

Discipline

Works on paper, site-specific installation, calligraphy, artist's books

Themes

Social constructs and binary thinking, Catholic upbringing and ritual, Creole-Jamaican heritage, the nature of existence, letterforms as both writing and image

Notable Exhibitions

Paper Altars* (Terrain Dallas, Dec 2020 – Jan 2021); *Martyrdom* (Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas); *Going Through a Phrase* (Galveston Arts Center); *GRIFFE* (2022); *She Blinded Them with Science* (2022); shown at the African American Museum of Dallas

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