For over 30 years, Ann Weber has been using corrugated cardboard to make monumental sculpture out of found cardboard boxes. Her interest is in expanding the possibilities of making beauty from a common and mundane material. Weber’s sculptures have a mystery and double meaning to them. Neither entirely representational nor abstract, but something in between, she wants the viewer to bring their own associations to the artwork. Weber was born in 1950 in Jackson, Michigan, and earned her BA in art history from Purdue University in 1972. After living in New York, Weber moved to California to pursue her MFA at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, where she studied with Viola Frey. The 2018 recipient of a Pollock Krasner Award, She has held residencies at the American Academy in Rome; the International School of Beijing; the de Young Museum, San Francisco, and the Lux Art Institute near San Diego, among others. Her work is in collected by many institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Crocker Museum in Sacramento, and the Boise Art Museum, Idaho among others. Currently residing in San Pedro, CA, Weber is surrounded by Cabrillo Beach, giant container ships, and the lights from the Port of Los Angeles. The artist finds inspiration in the dreamy landscape and on her frequent trips on the Metro Silver Line Express Bus to places throughout this Wonderland.