Artists Exhibited N-Z
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Nobuhito Nishigawara
Nobuhito Nishigawara was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan, until 1990, when he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He studied sculptural ceramics in 1993 and graduated from the University College of Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, in 1996. Nishigawara also received a BFA in ceramics from Kansas City Art Institute in 1999 and a MFA from Arizona State University in 2002. Through this work, Nishigawara creates a framework for expression from which the natural material qualities of the sculptures are shaped and define the final outcome.
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Satoko Okuno
Description Satoko Okuno (b. 1991) is a painter and ceramic artist from Tokyo, Japan, based in Los Angeles, CA. Satoko Okuno's artistic vision is anchored in portraying animals and mythological creatures, drawing inspiration from various sources such as her two cats, encounters at the zoo, and ancient art forms like Greek pottery and Egyptian sculptures. Her vibrant mixed-media paintings, adorned with impasto textures and glazed stoneware, breathe life into these creatures, establishing them as guardians within her art and inviting viewers into a comforting and safe realm.
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Patrick Pipkin-Arnold
Patrick Pipkin-Arnold (b. 1982) was raised in El Centro, CA, the heart of the Imperial Valley desert. In high school he studied ceramics, drawing and photography, ultimately receiving his BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC in 2005. Using a combination of methods - including drawing, dyeing, quilting, embroidery and appliqué - Patrick Pipkin-Arnold makes fiber-based works of portraiture, still-life and abstraction. Drawing variously from his mother's Mormon quilting tradition, DIY punk culture and modernist painting, his figurative images depict domestic interior scenes based on photographs and life-drawings.
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Emily Silver
My work commingles the vast array of life’s experiences which are amplified through textures, colors, and layered methods of creating. My pieces invade the playful spaces found in contradictions, reflecting the awkwardness and complexity of life’s adult moments.
Felting and weaving are the most intricate and exciting media I have found to dive headfirst into the wreckage of my own personal narrative, refracting the various bits of bad TV and Lisa Frank, to composite personal and cultural traumas, to hoarding (individual and systemic), heartache, breakups, body issues, and virtual personae. I incorporate both digital and analog, using everything from animation to textiles; it is here that I embrace opposition and celebrate the marriage of disappointment in play and the embarrassment of the 'girly', elevating a conversation of what these spaces hold.
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Ali Smith
Ali Smith, born 1976, lives and works in Long Beach, CA. Since earning her MFA in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Long Beach in 2003, Smith has exhibited her work widely. Known for her large scale, multi-layered canvases, she has had numerous solo exhibitions in the US, including at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles, Freight and Volume Gallery in New York City, as well as a recent collaborative exhibition at Vanderbilt University with musical composer Michael Alec Rose in 2020.
Included in the article on “45 painters under 45” by Christopher Knight in the Los Angeles Times, Smith has work in numerous private collections in the United States and abroad, and has been reviewed in the LA Times, the Boston Globe, Art Us, artillery, Art Week, Timeout New York, Beautiful Decay, and the OC Weekly, among others. Upcoming shows include a large-scale painting in a group show at the Long Beach Museum of Art and a solo show at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, FL.
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Andrew J. West
A self-taught painter with a dual degree in philosophy and anthropology, Andrew J. West uses his still lifes as an intuitive exploration of the psychological and emotional effects of mark-making, color, and shape. West’s languid paint application seems to soak into the canvas, making his depictions feel like a faded memory. While in conversation with the Impressionist and Intimist masters of the past, West’s paintings are fleeting and extraordinarily contemporary.
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Jesse Zuo
Jesse Zuo is a Chinese figurative painter based in New York. She earned her BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts, which shaped her deep commitment to fine art. Her art delves into the exploration of womanhood, the sensory experience of our bodies, and the tumultuous journey of emotions.