Borrowed Memories : 2-person show, October 2012

{ title wall photo by sam graham }

finally getting around to posting about my show, Borrowed Memories, with Tran Nguyen, at Thinkspace Gallery that opened back in September!  

i had a lot of fun making the pieces that were bridging 2D & 3D worlds, and some with a lot of patterns that i'd been obsessed with...

some opening night photos :

lady artists : tran, me, audrey, amy (too bad mari was late!)

and the dudes : andrew hosner (of thinkspace gallery), jeremy hush, and esao andrews!

the showing artists : michael ramstead, tran ngyuen, me, & jeremy hush

finally met the super cute soey milk!

chueh chueh train! FINALLY got to meet luke & kim too! :)

the opening was so much fun - got to meet a lot of young artists and old friends, new friends. :)
and lots of people i've known for a while but hadn't met in person. thank you, everyone, who came out to the show and for making the night so wonderful!!!!

view all my works in the show below :

{ Paintings on Panel }

Dawn of Asteria. 12" x 16" . Acrylic & Colored Pencil on Wood Panel. © 2012.




Dawn of Asteria. Detail.


Dawn of Asteria. Detail.



Lasya. 11" x 14". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Wood Panel. © 2012.


Lasya. Detail.



Silent Dancer. 14" x 14". Acrylic & Colored Pencil on Wood Panel. © 2012.


Silent Dancer. Detail.

{ Ikiryo Series }

before starting all the pieces for this show, i'd been making a lot of stuff (as opposed to drawing/painting) for personal projects - which surprisingly made it hard for me to start painting, as if my head was stuck in a 3D rut. so as a compromise, i made these wooden shapes, so i felt like i was sculpting (though flat), while still painting. thus was born this Ikiryo Series.


Ikiryo 01. 8" x 17.5". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 01'. 2.35" x 5.1")




Ikiryo 02. 7.75" x 15.75" Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 02' - 2.6" x4.75")


Ikiryo 03. 7.75" x 14.25". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.

( Shown with with 'Drop 03' - 2.35" x 5.1")

Ikiryo 04. 7.75" x 11.75". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 04' - 2.9" x 6")

Ikiryo 05. 8" x 16.75". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 05' - 2.5" x 4.75")

Ikiryo 06. 7.75" x 12.25". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 06' - 3.35" x 6")


Ikiryo 07. 7.75" x 8".  Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 05' - 2.5" x 4.75" )

Ikiryo 08. 7.75" x 14.25". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 08' - 3.25" x 7.25" )

Ikiryo 09. 7.75" x 10". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.
( Shown with 'Drop 09' - 2.9" x 5.35" )

Ikiryo 10. 7.75" x 14.5". Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Hand-cut Wood. © 2012.

( Shown with 'Drop 10' - 2" x 4.5" )

{ Wall-hanging Sculpture }


Chrysalis. 12"x23". Acrylic & Clay (face) on Wood.


Chrysalis. Detail. Face.
 
Chrysalis. Detail. Panel.


{ Shadow Series }


Shadows 1. 9.5"x12.5". Ink, Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Paper. © 2012.



Shadows 2. 9.5"x12.5". Ink, Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Paper. © 2012.


Shadows 3. 9.5"x12.5". Ink, Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Paper. © 2012.



Shadows 4. 9.5"x12.5". Ink, Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Paper. © 2012.



Shadows 5. 9.5"x12.5". Ink, Acrylic & Colored Pencils on Paper. © 2012.

+ back before this show opened (-_-;;), boing boing did an exclusive write up & preview for my works!