https://kiyomiwata.com/ She was born in Kobe, Japan, 1941, and studied at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA; Penland School of Craft, NC; Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME and New School of Social Research, NYC. She's had shows at the MET, Renwick Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and much more. She's received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York foundation for the Arts. I've noticed that she includes her heritage in her work whether it be the methods, language, or general aesthetic. https://sculpturemagazine.art/qualities-of-the-unsaid-a-conversation-with-kiyomi-iwata/ I thought it was really interesting how she came about her work. She had pursued art but all of her big "ah ha" moments she really stumbled onto. She hadn't intended to pursue certain media instead they came upon her. I also thought it was really insightful the way she talked about balancing her art and her family. https://americanart.si.edu/artist/kiyomi-iwata-7264 https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/artists-from-the-grotta-collection
I first saw her work at the VMFA and I saw her Chrysalis Four piece. I appreciate the repetition of her kibiso pieces in which they repeat organic shapes and lines. The first piece has lots of dimension and contrast. I especially like the materials that she used. The natural fibers is reflected in the shapes that she creates. I like in her Southern Crossing Five piece that the lines vary and aren't completely straight. The piece feels fluid and natural. I also really like her use of color in this piece. The red feels like one from the earth and and I like how the dye emphasizes the knots and thicker parts of her media. Her pieces have a certain amount of quiet strength in which they seem like they could be blown away at any given minute but just out of sheer will they wouldn't move anywhere they didn't want to. She also works with silk organza which I also really enjoy the natural colors of. I like how she maximized the natural wrinkles that silk gets when it is dried. Her form continues to be fluid and natural. Overall I think I would incorporate a lot of her techniques such as using organic shapes to emphasize the naturalness of the material. I also think I will continue using color sparing like how she does. She uses red in the way that I use blue I believe so I think it would fun to experiment with a completely blue piece.
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Hanna NgaiHi, I'm a senior at Maggie Walker in Art 5 and I'm an installation sculpture artist that turns plastic bags into art. Archives
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