ABOUT THE ARTIST'S WORK

 

I was born in Oakland, California to Japanese parents and raised in Tokyo.

I have lived in the U.S. since 1989. My American name is Margaret.

Using my own intaglio prints, enamels, old Japanese paper, book pages, and fabric, I create complex layers in my mixed media pieces and installations. The notion of recycling and history is central to my art making.

My collage making is started by consciously cutting out fragments of materials and then intuitively reorganizing them into a new image or object. Transparency, form, and texture all take priority as I construct my two- and three- dimensional patchwork experiments.

PRESS

Dusk (2005): with Masha Ryskin
Click here to read an excerpt of The New York Times Review by Benjamin Genocchio

Fragments (2000): Review
Click here to read an exerpt of the Cleveland Free Times review by Dan Tranberg

Multi-Layered (2002): with Masha Ryskin
Click here to read an excerpt of the Cleveland Free Times Review by Douglas Max Utter