{"id":110321,"date":"2018-05-22T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=110321&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-05-22T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:22:08","slug":"studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibitions-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibitions-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Kura Resident Artist Exhibitions \u2013 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well-known Itoshima artist-run gallery, studio and residency programme Studio Kura will host an exhibition this coming weekend featuring the work of eight international artists currently working at the space. The artists come from Norway, Germany, Italy, Singapore, and the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2022 5\/26 (Sat.), 5\/27 (Sun.)
\n\u2022 11:00~18:00 (Sun.: 15:30 party and artist talk)
\n\u2022 Free
\n\u2022 Studio Kura
\n\u2022 586 Nijomasue, Itoshima, Fukuoka<\/a>
\n\u2022 https:\/\/studiokura.info\/en\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The following outlines the eight artists and their work.<\/p>\n

Tonje Horn Kolbj\u00f8rnsen, Norway: \u201cFortsettelse f\u00f8lger: to be continued<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Illustration
\nTonje Horn Kolbj\u00f8rnsen is an illustrator from Norway. At “Fortsettelse f\u00f8lger: to be continued”, she presents illustration drawings for a children\u2019s book she has been working on, incorporating creatures such as charming crabs and big crows, and natural landscapes she saw in Itoshima. <\/p>\n

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Miriam Salamander, Germany: \u201cReturning Lines<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Video and drawing
\nMiriam Salamander from Germany focuses on drawn based and printmaking work, depicting the imagery of landscape. At her show here, Miriam presents work representing an abstracted imagery of the natural surroundings and color schemes of Itoshima. <\/p>\n

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Serena Della Bona, Italy: \u201cEssenza dei luoghi: Notion of the place<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Painting and installation art
\nThis is her second time participating this program at Studio Kura. Serena exhibited large paintings on Japanese mythology as an installation show last February. This time, her installation consists of a collection of objects, watercolors and travel notes. Fantasy characters and landscapes are depicted through the observation of naturalistic landscapes.<\/p>\n

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Warren Goh, Singapore: \u201cItoshima Childhood<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Watercolor and ink
\nWorking in the field of digital design and illustration in Singapore, he challenges to work on watercolor and ink paintings themed of daily magical moments realized by children. The experience of living in rural Japan may have reminded him of his own sweet childhood memories. <\/p>\n

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Ashley B. Favor, United States: \u201cBecoming (fully) Awake: (\u5b8c\u5168\u306b)\u76ee\u899a\u3081\u308b<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Mixed media painting on wood panel and paper
\nAshley Favor is a visual artist based in Denver, Colorado. Her work concerns sensations relating to energy, vibrance, connectedness, presence. Two months in Japan has allowed her to become more meditative, observant, and in tune with her surroundings. This opportunity has led her to become inspired by elements within the nature environment such as algae growing and water flowing.<\/p>\n

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Alexis Hill, United States: \u201cBurnables: \u53ef\u71c3\u7269<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Mixed media printmaking and painting
\nAlexis Hill is a printmaker based in New Hampshire in the bU.S. \u201cBurnables\u201d showcases mixed media pieces exploring visualization of the unfamiliar through memory. The paintings and prints operate outside of direct observation and interrogate feelings of distance as a foreigner in Japan mirrored in the distancing of process. Prints covered by paint, exposed by sanding, recovered by collage, there are many gestural processes and textures you could see in her works. These monochromatic colors stand out these unique features.<\/p>\n

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Eric Strauss, United States: \u201cBuilding Journeys<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Black marker pen, watercolor and pastel
\nFascinated with natural and built landscape, Eric Strauss enjoys plain air painting process. \u201cBuilding Journeys\u201d represents a fantasy of building environments, he incorporates his love of architectural design to celebrate various structures in his mind. \u201cSometimes my journeys take me rural environments which also come through in my drawings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marcus Farr, United States: \u201cMaterial Patterns<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Pencil, oil pen, intaglio
\nMarcus Farr is a Fulbright Scholar and leader of Material Artifact, a studio interested in matters of material reference & assemblage. Discussing the mundane and everyday use of patterns in architecture, place, and landscape in his show, the drawings create basic scenarios using patterns of material and monochromatic hue, and build upon geometric history found in local craft such as textiles, buildings, gardens, and tapestries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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