2011 Project

The 2011 Project is a work by San Francisco artist Tofu. Each day in 2011 he created a 4”x4” mixed media piece. The finished project was made up of 365 smaller mixed media pieces. In 2013 the individual pieces will be distributed to project supporters. The project also acted as sketchbook for new ideas, which continue to be incorporated into new work For more information please visit 2011project.com

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Día de los Muertos

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As I was working on this year’s Day of the Dead themed mail art, I realized it is 40 years since I discovered this now favorite holiday. The...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Back to the Year of the Rabbit

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12 years after the 2011 Project we have cycled back to the Year of the Rabbit.  In 2011 it was a mixed media piece.  In 2023 it is mail art ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

After 10 Years of Collecting Postcards

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In 2011 I often used postcards in the individual pieces I made each day.  And then I started collecting more and more vintage postcards for ...
Monday, January 11, 2021

2011 Project — 10th Anniversary

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Ten years have already passed since the  2011 Project .  Whenever I look back at those 365 pieces, I always notice the seeds of what would b...
Friday, January 5, 2018

National Bird Day

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Today is National Bird Day so it seemed a good time to look back at some bird-themed art from the 2011 Project .   T...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Time and Art

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Valley of the Wiggle — mixed media photo collage on board, 12”x9” Five years ago, in the middle of the 2011 Pro...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Tennessee Valley 16 - Back to the 4x4 format

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Earlier this winter friends and I enjoyed a hike in Marin County’s Tennessee Valley.   That day it rained on and off but we ...
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Tofu
Tofu is a San Francisco artist working primarily in mixed media, collage and landscape painting. His work has included maps, postcard-themed art and mail art projects. In 2013 he began moving away from found ephemera and shifted to making his own material. This started with a series called Collagescapes. With Collagescapes, he starts by painting paper with areas of color representing the palette of a specific place. Next, he cuts up the paper into hundreds of small pieces. The final steps are to randomize the pieces and then reassemble them in various geometric patterns. Collagescapes are both landscape paintings and collages. Tofu’s latest work is a series called Post-Folk Art. It is a nod to the color palettes found in costumes, textiles, pottery and other forms of traditional Kashubian and Polish folk art. Since 1997 his work has shown in over 40 venues, primarily in California but also in other locations in the United States and abroad. His artwork can be viewed at tofuart.com
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