{"id":111188,"date":"2018-06-19T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T03:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=111188&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-06-19T12:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T03:02:55","slug":"studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibitions-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibitions-june-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Kura Resident Artist Exhibitions – June 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 six international artists currently working at the space. The artists come from Singapore, Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2022 6\/23 (Sat.), 6\/24 (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 six artists and their work.<\/p>\n

Nadia Oh Sueh Peng, Singapore: \u201cThe Butterfly and The Crab\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Watercolour painting
\nNadia Oh Sueh Peng is a visual artist based in Singapore. She depicts a date with the butterfly and the crab with lovely colors and delicate brushwork. Feeling the beauty of nature, she is inspired to have a balanced and harmonious lifestyle by looking around and being a part of this local area. <\/p>\n

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Elisabeth Belliveau, Canada: \u201cItoshima Still Life\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Stop-motion Animation \/ Time Lapse Video
\nA Canadian artist and author of four graphic novels, Elisabeth Belliveau seeks to capture moments of transformation and material narratives, inspired by the art history and tradition of still-life painting. Using stop-motion animation techniques, flowers and found objects collected from the Itoshima area are brought to life. <\/p>\n

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Labdo Grahito, Indonesia: \u201cFor the Sake of Sanity\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Illustration
\nDionysius Hatmaji or Labdo Grahito as his artist name is a student\/visual artist based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, currently a liberal arts college student in the United States.
\nThe exhibition will share some fragments from Anoman, one of his favorite wayang (the Javanese shadow puppet) tales, as well as series of illustration about his contemplation and thoughts and what he got during his stay in Japan, especially from Itoshima.<\/p>\n

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Sa Youngin (\uc0ac\uc601\uc778), South Korea: \u201cA FLOWER CITED FROM FAR AWAY \u9060\u304f\u304b\u3089\u5f15\u7528\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304d\u305f\u82b1\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Digital Installation
\nSa Youngin is working in the area of installation integrating sculpture with media devices. She is based in South Korea and the United States. \u2018A Flower cited from far away\u2019 investigates how strategy is disguised as aesthetic and intends to uncover the symbol which inhabits shifted meaning from political context and influencing the perception of the society. <\/p>\n

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Eun-Kyung Suh, South Korea: \u201cIn Between\u201d<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Sculpture
\nKorean-born artist Eun-Kyung Suh has been investigating the diasporic experiences of immigrants, transracial adoptees and refugees, highlighting their fragmentary lives that resulted from involuntary or voluntary displacement. For this exhibition, she investigates individuals\u2019 fragmentary and fluid identity when exposed to a new environment that is not his\/ her homeland or residential country.<\/p>\n

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Ebony Ibrahim, United States: \u201cConnected<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>
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\nExhibition style: Animation and Illustration
\nStudying 3D animation at Pratt Institute in New York, Ebony Ibrahim works in animation and multimedia art. At her exhibit, she aims to show the balances and connections that she noticed people’s balanced lifestyles and social connections during her visit to Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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