First Th 49 Geary SF Miya Ando

Miya Ando:  Tides and Phases of the Moon.  October 3-November 23  Heavy Metal.

Full autumn moon
To my gate comes rising
Crested tide-

-Basho

Miya has a studio in Brooklyn.  She is a descendant of Bizen sword makers and Buddhist priesets, and was raised between a temple in Okayma, Japan and the Santa Cruz mountains. From her handout: " She combines traditional techniques of her ancestry with her own innovations in modern industrial technology.  The foundation of her  practice is the transformation of surfaces -- creating ephemeral meditative paintings with subtle gradations of color from the highly rigorous and demanding cultivation of heavy metals...  She produces light reflecting gradients on her metal paintings by applying heat, sandpaper, grinders, acid and patinas, irrevocably altering the material's chemical properties. " "The heart of my artwork is expressing harmony between contradictory things, interconnectivity and transformation...my work is an exploration into the duality of metal and its ability to convey strength and permanence, yet in the same instance absorb shifting color and capture the fleetingness of light.  It reminds us of the transitory nature of all things in life. "  Inspired by Basho's haiku, her paintings "give us space for quiet reflection on the immense natural forces at work around us.". K Imperial  Gallery Director, Aimee Friberg aimee@kimperialfineart.com  Miya has her Bachelors degree from UCBerkeley in E. Asian Studies.  She apprenticed with a master metal smith in Hattori Studio in Japan.   Her work was recently shown at the Guggenheim Museum, and she notably has a commemorative sculpture in London built from World Trade Center steel to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11.  A very confident and interesting young woman artist.


  

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