• Two Polaroid portraits of Brent Sikkema
    Two Polaroid portraits of Brent Sikkema, photographed by Michael Bishop, ca. 1975 (VSW Still Image Archive)

  • In Memory of Brent Sikkema (1948 – 2024)

    Brent Sikkema was an important figure in the early days of the Workshop where his leadership in the sales gallery and exhibitions influenced VSW programs for decades to come. Brent was responsible for organizing, with founding director Nathan Lyons, many early VSW exhibitions with artists Lee Friedlander and Jim Dine, Sonia Sheridan, Eikoh Hosoe, William Larson, Keith Smith, Todd Walker, and Linda Connor among others.

    You can read more about Brent in ArtForum.

    Below are two recently preserved 1/2″ tapes from the VSW Video Archive that feature Brent and his work at VSW.