Kiyomi Fukui Nannery & Shihori Nakayama
Show Notes & Artist Bios:
There is a tendency for people to seek permanence — when we know something lasts forever, it seems to permit us security, whereas impermanence reveals our insecurity… To embrace impermanence makes us feel insecure. Change makes us vulnerable. But when we are open to the vulnerability, it gives us an ability to see beauty, even in pain.
– Kiyomi F.
Kiyomi Fukui Nannery is an artist, born in the US, but grew up in Japan, as a daughter of a Zainichi Korean father and a Japanese mother. She currently lives and works in Long Beach, CA. Recent exhibitions include: Seeds of Contemplation, w/ Biola University, La Mirada, CA; Poetics of Relation, at DAC Gallery, at Los Angeles, CA; Conversation on Conflict, Painting and Sculpture Outpost, at Marysville, CA, and at Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA. She received her Master’s in Fine Art in Printmaking from California State University, Long Beach and her Bachelors in Fine Art in Graphic Design from La Sierra University.
In addition to producing print-based artwork, Kiyomi also practices participatory performance and fiber arts, such as tatting and natural dye. At the core of her practice is an attempt to capture transient intimacy, irrespective of media. For more info:
Find Kiyomi’s Website: http://www.kiyomifukui.com/
Kiyomi’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiyomimiz/
Art making is the way I express myself.
– Shihori N.
Shihori Nakayama is a freelance illustrator & printmaker who grew up in Hokkaido, Japan, and moved to California at the age of twelve. She is currently living in Kyoto, Japan. Shihori is a Master’s degree graduate, who specialized in Illustration and Printmaking at California State University Long Beach.
Her art style is influenced by both Japanese Manga, and fine art printmaking. Shihori’s works are based on intricate organic lines, which create dreamy world, and contain symbolic tales of her personal life with combination of her imaginations. She is currently living in Kyoto, Japan. For more info:
Find Shihori’s Website: https://www.shihoriart.com
Shihori’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sipori/
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