{"id":179294,"date":"2026-08-21T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=179294&lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:35:12","slug":"studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibition-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/studio-kura-resident-artist-exhibition-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Kura Artist-in-Residence Program: August Resident Artists\u2019 Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studio Kura, based in Nijo, Itoshima, presents its August resident artists\u2019 exhibition, featuring work created by 13 artists during month-long stays in the area. Participants from 10 countries work across painting, photography, animation, performance, illustration, mixed media and wearable art, revealing how Itoshima\u2019s landscape, culture and summer atmosphere have influenced their individual practices.<\/p>\n

Encounters with Itoshima\u2019s sea and rice fields, the intensity of summer light, local festivals, Japanese culture and folklore provide starting points throughout the exhibition. The works also trace what the artists saw and felt during their stays, along with insights that emerged as they adapted to a different environment\u2014one of the distinctive qualities of residency-based practice.<\/p>\n

An artist talk begins at 14:30 on Aug 22 (Sat.). Visitors can hear directly from artists with different cultural backgrounds about what they discovered in Itoshima and how those experiences developed into their work.<\/p>\n

\"Studio<\/p>\n

Participating Artists<\/strong>
\nFlorencia Aise<\/strong> \u2014 Argentina
\n TADA IMA \u2014 Painting
\n Through people, animals and landscapes, Aise explores presence in the current moment rather than waiting for what comes next, alongside ideas of freedom and connection.<\/p>\n

Mira-Alina Schmidt<\/strong> \u2014 Germany
\n Mu \u2014 Performance
\n Using plastic bottles collected from the shore and her own body, Schmidt examines the order and disorder, control and uncertainty that emerge within silence.<\/p>\n

Saskia Kretzschmann<\/strong> \u2014 Germany
\n Fragments of Summer \u2014 Illustration
\n Rice fields, insect sounds, summer heat and festival nights are layered with childhood memories and nostalgia in Kretzschmann\u2019s impressions of summer in rural Japan.<\/p>\n

ChaeYeon Hong<\/strong> \u2014 Korea
\n Vivid Surfaces \u2014 Painting \/ Mixed Media
\n Hong transfers impressions of Japan\u2019s intense summer light, plants and sea colors onto a range of materials, including cardboard, shells and carved wood.<\/p>\n

Michelle Mandoki<\/strong> \u2014 Mexico
\n In the current of changing things \u2014 Painting \/ Mixed Media
\n Drawing on Itoshima\u2019s sea, rice fields, greens and blues, cicadas and dragonflies, Mandoki works with watercolor, acrylic and water. The project expresses a process of accepting a new environment and being changed by it.<\/p>\n

Diego Mu\u00f1oz Olivar<\/strong> \u2014 Mexico
\n VISUAL MATTERS \u2014 Poster \/ Graphic Design
\n After traveling for a year from Hokkaido to Kyushu, Mu\u00f1oz Olivar arranges documented signs, logos, sculptures and drawings into posters examining the visual noise that fills Japan\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n

Anushka Balyan<\/strong> \u2014 India
\n Where the Sea Opens \u2014 Painting \/ Illustration
\n Beginning with the idea that Ry\u016bg\u016b-j\u014d, the Dragon God\u2019s palace, lies beneath the sea between the Meoto Iwa rocks at Futamigaura, Balyan brings Japanese folklore together with Itoshima\u2019s coastal landscape.<\/p>\n

Juliana Ronchesel<\/strong> \u2014 Brazil
\n See the Wind, Hear the Silence \u2014 Mixed Media
\n Through repetitive handwork using thread, fabric, paper and wood, Ronchesel draws attention to subtle changes in wind, silence, the body, memory and time.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Verdier Ladouce<\/strong> \u2014 France
\n Mauricel in the City \u2014 Animation
\n This quietly melancholic science-fiction short follows an alien visiting an uninhabited city on Earth. Verdier Ladouce presents a sequence produced during the residency.<\/p>\n

Blake Hobson-Dimas<\/strong> \u2014 Canada
\n Nobody\u2019s Baby \/ Everybody\u2019s Girl \u2014 Wearable Art
\n Inspired by the traditional Mexican China Poblana costume and the Japanese kimono, Hobson-Dimas has created two wearable works exploring family, identity and growing up.<\/p>\n

Yelitza Maldonado<\/strong> \u2014 United States
\n Evolution \u2014 Painting
\n Drawing on experiences in Itoshima and encounters with new techniques, Maldonado depicts curiosity, discovery, emotion and the growth that comes from stepping beyond familiar surroundings.<\/p>\n

Jamieson Moore<\/strong> \u2014 Australia
\n Where the Stream Begins \u2014 Photography
\n Working with black-and-white film and darkroom printing for the first time, Moore captures Itoshima\u2019s soft, peaceful stillness, creating the sensation of being immersed in water.<\/p>\n

Harrison Wyrick<\/strong> \u2014 United States
\n The Cold War, Aliens, and Dream Analyst \u2013 Scene 1 \u2014 Animation
\n Wyrick presents three animations made during the residency, combining short pieces about violence, love and humor with a scene that leads into a longer-form project.<\/p>\n