Artist
Statment
My
work is made
by distilling
and decanting
ingredients
from my habitat.
My paintings
are radiant
energy captured
on canvas.
I try to contain
my vision,
which is formed
by my conscious
and unconscious
analysis of
the world
in which I
live. I have
four guiding
principles
for the visual
creation of
my paintings.
Those principals
are: unexpected
composition,
skillfully
and cleverly
crafted forms,
richness in
color, and
unique layering
effects. According
to these principals,
I manipulate
dimension,
form, and
color. Lately
I have started
using East
Asian traditional
art elements
such as stylized
natural forms,
Buddhist iconography,
haiku poems
and Chinese
Buddhist mantras.
This is part
of a search
for connection
with my Japanese
heritage.
I paint what
I know and
observe. By
presenting
my vision
to the world,
I hope to
open a dialog
with my audience.
When my audience
can relate
to my result,
and see their
own experiences
through my
piece, my
job is done.
Selected
exhibitions
Solo
Exhibitions
2007:
7Arts Studio,
Wilmington,
DE (March)
The Interchurch
center, NYC,
NY (April)
Cornucopia Art
Center , Lanesboro,
MN (June)
2005: Rotunda
Gallery, the
City Hall of
Jersey City,
NJ
Seton Hall University
School of Law,
Newark, NJ
l.i.t.m., Jersey
City, NJ
2004: l.i.t.m.,
Jersey City,
NJ
2003: Arts on
6th, Hoboken,
NJ
Vartali, New
York, NY
l..i.t.m., Jersey
City, NJ
1999: Siddartha
Gallery, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Curatorial
Work
2006:
Reverie, 58
Gallery Annex,
Jersey City,
NJ
2005: Magical
Realism, 148
Newark, Jersey
City, NJ
Across a Fresh
Landscape, Jersey
City, NJ
Group
Exhibitions
2006:
NYCoo Gallery,
NY
Williams Center
gallery, Easton,
PA
2005:
Hammond Museum,
North Salem,
NY
Art Gotham,
New York, NY
Tenri Gallery,
New York, NY
The Lemmerman
Gallery, New
Jersey City
University,
NJ
Palmer Museum,
Springfield,
NJ
B. Beamsderfer
Gallery, Highland
Park, NJ
Monmouth Museum,
Lincroft, NJ
City Without
Walls, Newark,
NJ
2004:
Balance, Jersey
City, NJ
City Without
Walls, Newark,
NJ
Djerassi Artists
Program Open
House, Woodside,
CA
What Have You
Got To Say,
Jersey City,
NJ
Tenri Gallery,
New York, NY
PFO Gallery
, Busan, Korea
ISO tower exhibition,
Jersey City,
NJ
Consulate General
of Japan in
NY, NY
Bemis Center
for Contemporary
Arts Open House,
Omaha, NE
Residencies
2006:
I-Park, Art
Residency, East
Haddam, CT
Cornucopia Art
Center Residency,
Lanesboro, MN
by Jerome Foundation
2004:Djerassi
Resident Artists
Program, Woodside,
CA
by Rebecca Goldfarb
Fellowship
2003: Bemis
Center for Contemporary
Arts Residency,
Omaha, NE
Blue Mountain
Center Residency,
Blue Mt. Lake,
NY
2002: Vermont
Studio Center
Residency by
Dodge Foundation
Other
activity
since
2001: Participated
Jersey City
Artist Studio
Tour
since 2002:
Contributor
to "Postcards
from the Edge"
show by Visual
AIDS, NYC, Contributor
to "A Night
of 1000 Drawings"
show at Artists
Space, NYC
since 2003:
Art*o*mat Artist,
http://www.artomat.org
since 2005:
Mentor to a
high school
student at City
Without Walls,
Newark, NJ
Education
1997:
MFA from the
University of
Wisconsin, Madison
1995: BA from
Sonoma State
University,
Rohnert Park,
CA
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