Born in Seattle, Washington (1923-2016)

Yvonne Cole Meo

Status Quo, 1965

Mixed media on medium-­density fiberboard, in original found frame
© Yvonne Cole Meo; courtesy the Estate of the artist and Ortuzar Projects, New York. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Yvonne Cole Meo and painting of the moon. Photo by Willie Ford.

“My aim, as an artist, is to portray the indescribably beautiful as well as the most frightening aspects of man’s plight in hopes that he will save himself and assure the next generation a future.”

—Yvonne Cole Meo