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Studio Kura Resident Artist Exhibitions – September 2018

START: Sep 22, 2018 END: Sep 24, 2018

Well-known Itoshima artist-run gallery, studio and residency programme Studio Kura will host an exhibition this coming weekend featuring the work of six international artists currently working at the space. The artists come from Australia, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, United Kingdom and New Zealand.

• 9/22 (Sat.) ~ 9/24 (Mon., hol.)
• 11:00~18:00
• 9/22: Party and artist talk 17:00~
• Free
• Studio Kura
586 Nijomasue, Itoshima City, Fukuoka
https://studiokura.info/en/


The following outlines the six artists and their work.

Caitlin Bowe, Australia: “keep me far from harm and fault”

Exhibition style: Sculpture
Caitlin is an emerging artist based in Adelaide, working in the field of sculpture. Looking at beliefs and symbols of protection as her main theme for this show, she mixes Japanese imagery with Victorian mourning aesthetics and symbols from her own Celtic heritage which explore beliefs surrounding the idea of protection through sculptural forms.

Rino Kodama, United States: “Homecoming”

Exhibition style: installation/wearable art/drawings
Born in Singapore to Japanese parents and raised in California for the majority of her life, it is her first time to stay in Japan this long for four weeks. Studying Fine Arts and Asian American Studies at university, Rino expands on themes of family and belonging, showing drawings and new wearable art using her grandma’s old kimono in her exhibition.

Davin Saputra, Indonesia: “Figure in Filaments”

Exhibition style: Digital Sculpting and 3d printing
A 3D artist from Indonesia, Davin is interested in creating character art which include figure sculpting, portraiture, and anatomy studies. At his exhibition, he plans to present his keen studies of figure sculpting as well as results from his first time using a 3D printer.

Eleonora Allan, Brazil: “Entre Deux”

Exhibition style: Video installation
Eleonora Allan from Concordia University, Montreal is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily with drawing, video and performance art. She aims to show a poetic video installation in Studio 1. Her nostalgic flyer gives an impression of old 16mm film images. Look forward to her final result!

Lesly Holliday, United Kingdom: “SKIES, KITES & CRABS”

Exhibition style: print and paint
Having experience of teaching Art & Art History, Lesly works on figurative and traditional painting and printmaking. In her exhibition, she combines skies, crabs and kite-making via paint and printmaking through the seasonal changes of weather. Her current working series are paintings of children engaged in outdoor activities. (*There is a free lino-cut print workshop by Lesly on the 24th, advance booking required. Available only in Japanese, contact us via email at info@studiokura.com.)

Debbie Donnelly, New Zealand: “Moving Continents series #2”

Exhibition style: Textile explanation
A specialist in art textiles, Donnelly from New Zealand is a practitioner and mentor, lecturing in Applied Arts. Focusing on family history and the connections, she presents textile exploration using Japanese traditional dyeing techniques as her regional textile research, reflecting her auto-ethnography theme, a journey of past, present and future.

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Published: Sep 20, 2018 / Last Updated: Sep 20, 2018

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