ARTISTS MEMBERS /

INTENSIVES in VENICE 2016

“I am a mixed-media artist with an interest in juxtaposition of imagery and themes through various media; there is something appealing to me in the combination of fractured or fragmented images that coalesce into something new and different especially in that the “rough-edges” of the units have meaning and can’t be broken down any further as “morpheme” in language; these visual units are then put together with other, often dissimilar morphemes producing something between the lines, so to speak; an alchemy beyond intention; the parts not distilled, but united with other units of visual meaning, information producing a higher plane of communication.”

"... Needle and thread and fabric are steeped deep in my body and blood. Twenty-three years ago I began to do making and studying of patchwork quilt. I made works using the antique kimono first from the effects of my grandmother and my teacher (Michiko Shima). But my design is not traditional from first; it was abstract from my original. I can express my feelings well using abstract shape. Recently, I have also made work of mixed media."

"Multidisciplinary artist (tools: body, choreography, tweaking images, photographs, graphics, video, comedy, pen, half point, energy, space, time, dreams ...).

I developed my work in improvisations during many performances (cultural events, exhibitions of contemporary art openings) and mixing my dancer and visual capabilities. Dance instructor graduate of French State, I teach a dance focused on the transmission of sensations and their projection in space."

"My work is rooted in how narrative intersects with collective memory. The use of fragments is attuned to the notion of scar tissue, with the combination of visual language co-opted from the urban landscape, and the history of abstraction in drawing and painting. Intimacy, in the moment of violence and intense energy, seems to be what really is the main vein running through my work."