Elvis Irizarry
A river of flowers, birds and artistic majesty on display at NYC’s China Institute...
"Flying cascades, passage upon passage, the flowers bloom in proper accord…
East, west south and north, are not all things the same?"
– Zhu Da (Bada Shanren)
New York City’s China Institute Gallery, the one museum in...
A language of haunting beauty: Shinichi Sawada
“When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.”
― Yukio Mishima
Creativity does take on many different forms of expression and as such, go beyond the norm of anything we...
Julia Chiang’s NYC exhibition ‘Salt On Our Skin’ brings viewers into a world of...
“I’m always interested in our bodies as vessels, what we contain and what we cannot”.
- Julia Chiang
At New York’s Nicola Vassell Gallery, an exhibition entitled Salt On Our Skin, brings about someone who is...
Deep space and eloquent shapes: The Art of George Miyasaki
“I deal with things like hard and soft, whether they’re organic or synthetic.”
- George Miyasaki
In his second solo exhibition at New York’s RYAN LEE Gallery, the Hawaii-born artist
George Miyasaki brings to us a visual...
Blood and Tears is a striking exhibition of plight, protest
You must survive. And later become witnesses to history.
- Sang-won Yoon (1950-1980), activist
At a time where the importance and maintenance of democracy seems to be more of a challenge than a basic fact of...
Presence of space, masses of (visual) delight
“The more I see, the less I believe in the accuracy or reality of the images I draw.”
- Heeseop Yoon
Drawing has always been considered something by which one can surely capture specific moments in...
A transformation of mirror images and Chinese identities
“We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters.” ~ Aldous Huxley,...
Nails, strings and abstraction: Kazuko Miyamoto
“I grew up in the art world…This is all I have, and I like the creativity: art.” ~ Kazuko Miyamoto
Minimalism always had an important heart on the West Coast – by its influence on Pacific...
Beauty and the bojagi: The art of Wonju Seo
“To me, ‘travelogue’ refers to a process of visualizing virtual landscapes and nature, utilizing textiles as abstract art.” ~ Wonju Seo
The Pacific Northwest has a vibrant history and movement in textile/paper art and production...
“Unburied Sounds / Material Memories”: A review
“I find it absolutely crucial at this moment to make these connections between spaces, people, times, and stories, as well as to reevaluate the relationship between object and maker, victim and agent.” ~ Tuan...