This week, Khara Cloutier’s art collection, “Fabricating Identity” was featured at Cal State Long Beach. Khara is from Austin, Texas and originally went to Texas State to get her BFA. After receiving her BFA, she lived in Los Angeles for ten years and then decided to go back to school. She is now currently attending Cal State Long Beach in order to get her MFA. She chose to attend Long Beach for her master’s because it is a very good college of the arts for the price.
Khara’s designs are “inspired by the man-made landscapes that surround (her) and (she) applies those patterns to the landscape of the body”. She wants to emphasize that her work is not art, but merely graphic design. Khara wanted to use fashion in order to convey certain messages because it is a universally known way to express one’s identity.
Emma Madsen 