Japanese artist to discuss her work May 24 on campus
Seattle-based artist Maki Tamura will speak about her mixed media works on paper from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 24 in Fine Arts Room 238.
For the past 10-plus years, Tamura has been using watercolor on paper to merge cultures through their decorative artistic traditions. Her work consists of constructed drawings and hanging sculptures that explore motifs found in 18th and 19th century European decorative arts. Tamura also fabricates wallpaper that is applied as a foil to the two- and three-dimensional work. Wallpaper with burnt edges and irregular shapes create an atmosphere of decay emphasizing a history or a glimpse into a bygone era.
Tamura was born in 1973 in Kyoto, Japan, and lives and works in Seattle. She received her master of fine arts degree from the Tyler School of Art in 1999 and her bachelor's degree, also in fine arts, from the University of Washington in 1996. She has had solo exhibitions at the Seattle Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art and galleries in New York, Rome, Italy and Lüneburg, Germany.
For more information, contact Cara Jaye, an associate professor of art at 草榴社区, at cara.jaye@wwu.edu or (360) 650-3739.
