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Mia O

Mia O

Artist
Profile Location
Tokyo
Biography

I am a South Korean artist, currently living and working in Tokyo, Japan. I received the BFA in Fine Arts from Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea and the MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute School of Art in New York. I was a 2003 participant in the Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residence program, run by the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, where I was introduced to Mokuhanga, a traditional print making process using water based ink on hand made Japanese paper. My works have been exhibited and collected internationally, including a purchase award by the Hawaii state Foundation for culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places. and inclusion into the Kentler International Drawing Spaces Flatfiles.

Artist Statement

Over the last ten years I have concerned myself with the landscape, more specifically nature, which I feel a great affinity with.

I used to observe landscape with a birdā€™s eye view. However, I have changed my viewpoint so that I am now looking upwards towards the sun, which I believe has energised me to start producing circular prints.

Whilst I was preparing My first Mokuhanga exhibition in 2016, entitled ā€œPilgrimage of Landscapeā€, I played with the crossing and overlapping of lines. This was something I realized that was important to me: unexpected geometric shapes and patterns revealed themselves when I experimented with these line drawings.

When I approach printmaking, I donā€™t want to simply replicate a drawing or painting. I want the print to be ā€˜originalā€™ and to evolve naturally and organically. I enjoy the element of unpredictability within the print medium.

Medium
Print / Paper
 
 

Exhibitions Featuring this Artist

Multiple Artists
Jun
05
6/5/20 to 8/28/20
Print / Paper
Multiple Artists
Jun
21
6/21/24 to 8/31/24
Print / Paper

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