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2022
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Exhibition: Manhattan Graphic Center
250 WEST 40 STREET, 5TH FLOOR | NEW YORK, NY 10018
July 12 - August 6, 2022
Artist Statement
I am thrilled to show my fine art prints from the series “Under My Skin” at the Manhattan Graphic Center Gallery exhibition from July 12 to August 6, 2022. This body of work explores the themes of identity, heritage, transmission, and perception through a visual expression of multicultural aesthetics inspired by nature. The prints are created from dried roses, oriental plane, and gingko tree leaves etched on copper and zinc plates. They are handprinted on thin Japanese papers of various thicknesses. The transparency obtained by layering the prints translates the idea of transmission while the organic and degradable material transferred onto the metal plates and paper evokes survival and durability. I like the contrast of the hardness of the plates and acid bites with the delicacy and fragility of each petal’s vein and leaf. The etchings are often printed on gilded paper, and enhanced with golden gansai tambi paint, pencil, and pen lines at the crossroad of tradition and modernity. Many collages in this series are inspired by biomorphic oriental compositions seeking to express a contemporary interpretation of multicultural and intertemporal aesthetics. These prints were made over the last 3 years using a variety of printmaking techniques such as soft ground, sugar lift, dry point, gilding, and collage that I was fortunate to perfect alongside wonderful artists and teachers at MGC: Vijay Kumar, Nandini Bagla Chirimar, Rie Hasegawa, Bill Gauthier, to only name a few.
Empreintes
Monoprint, 2022
40 x 88 inches
101 x 223 cm
Soft ground etching on zinc plate, hand printed 6 times on Kozo-Shi paper, collaged with multiple layers of the same plate printed on Sekishu papers and gilded Okawara paper with white (12kt) gold and palladium leaf, and touches of gold Japanese watercolor (gansai tambi).
In the Moonlight
Monoprint, 2022
18 x 24 inches
45 x 61 cm
Moon: Sugar lift and open bites on copper plate, hand printed on gilded Japanese Okawara paper with 12kt white gold.
Leaves: soft ground etching hand printed on multiple layers of Sekishu papers and gilded Okawara paper silver metal leaf.
The Layers of Time
Monoprint, 2020
18 x 24 inches
45 x 61 cm
Soft ground etching on zinc plate, hand printed on multiple Sekishu paper layers, with gold Japanese watercolor (gansai tambi) and hand drawing.
Ginkgold Seasons
Monoprint, 2020
18 x 24 inches
45 x 61 cm
Soft ground etching on zinc plate, hand pulled 3 times on on Kozo- Shi, Sekishu and gilded Rives BFK paper with white 12kt and moon gold 22kt, mounted on the latter.
Intertwined
Monoprint, 2021
22 x 30 inches
56 x 76 cm
Soft ground etching on zinc plate, hand printed on multiple Sekishu paper layers, with tinted Tengucho paper, mounted on Rives BHK paper and hand drawing.
Edition Variable, 2020
18 x 24 inches
45 x 61 cm
Soft ground etching on zinc plate, inked à la poupée, hand printed on gilded Rives BFK paper.