Monthly Archives: June 2019

Announcing Madelyn Barrante’s Exhibition “13 Hours”

We are pleased to announce an exhibition 13 Hours by Madelyn Barrante on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of her activity during her stay at Studio Kura.

Madelyn Barrante recently studied art education and received her degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the USA. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts focusing in painting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Madelyn lives in a rural community outside Johnstown Pennsylvania. Her work is an insight of family and interpersonal connections, focusing on how these connections grow, change, and break and the impact they have on the life of an individual over a period of time.

Madelyn Barrante is doing a surface level culture investigation of two rural communities separated by almost 7,000 miles and a 13 hour time difference. Barrante visually compares surface level images of her rural community in Pennsylvania to those she has taken in Itoshima. Her goal is to visual show culture is much more than surface appearance and the same is true for its community and their members.

Madelyn Barrante “13 Hours”
Exhibition style: Graphite, Watercolor, and Oil on paper
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Announcing Ryder Richards’s Exhibition “a mere appendage”

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We are pleased to announce an exhibition a mere appendage by Ryder Richards on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of his activity during his stay at Studio Kura.

Ryder Richards was born (1977) and raised in Roswell, New Mexico. He currently lives and works in the Dallas area as an artist, writer, and occasional curator.
He earned a Masters in Fine Art from Texas Christian University and a Bachelors from Texas Tech University. His work has been exhibited across the United States from Brooklyn to Seattle, as well as internationally in Germany, China, Greece, Spain, and London.

Drawing tools purchased locally from large companies, Richards’ drawings consider the universal trend of DIY. The common tools are uncommon, somewhat exotic, though familiar in form and function. By making meticulous drawings the tools are elevated, fetishized, and granted a status (or agency) from which to open conversations about work, craft, cultural production, and the precarity of the labor class.

In America Richards has been drawing tools and creating art installations from Home Depot products for several years. His interest lies in the consumers ability to purchase DIY equipment as a means to self-empower, building online communities through Youtube tutorials, and the contradictions inherent to these practices.

Ryder Richards “a mere appendage”
Exhibition style: drawing
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Announcing Stanford Cheung’s Exhibition “CUTAWAY”

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We are pleased to announce an exhibition CUTAWAY by Stanford Cheung on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of his activity during his stay at Studio Kura.

Stanford Cheung stands at the intersection of poetry and music where he cultivates diverse collaborations with writers, visual and musical artists. As a poet, Stanford uses language to examine dystopian thought, often investigating topics that deal with separation and diaspora in society. His debut collection of poems Structures from the Still (Akinoga, 2018) was described by Marc di Saverio as having a “lyrical clarity and sage-like terseness.” Among his chapbooks published include Any Seam or Needlework (The Operating System, 2016) and We Could Be Anything (Crevasse Books, 2019 co-authored). Born into a family of musicians, Stanford is active as a pianist performing throughout North America, Canada and Asia. He is from Toronto.

Here are some words from the artist himself.

We are not moved by sighs
Entering a city such as entering
whole grows to be holy
– from CUTAWAY (excerpt)

CUTAWAY is a long poem that draws its inspirations from the Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu’s art of the ‘pillow shot.’ Written over a month-long period in Itoshima, the poem’s stanzas are materialized in the form suspended photographs and likewise, bridge narrative outlets for a visual/scenic imperative that is both familiar and new.

Stanford Cheung “CUTAWAY”
Exhibition style: Poetry Installation
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Announcing Arthur Braud’s Exhibition “This is Fukuoka.”

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We are pleased to announce an exhibition This is Fukuoka. by Arthur Braud on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of his activity during his stay at Studio Kura.

Arthur Braud is a Vietnamese-American watercolor painter from Portland, Oregon, United States. He completed his Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting at Western Michigan University in 2015. Since then, Braud has participated in over 20 gallery exhibitions including the Grand Rapids Art Prize and has sold to several institutions across the globe. Braud is currently a traveling artist utilizing the next several months to collect imagery, connect with individuals, and research foreign traditions for his next line of work.

Here are some words from the artist himself.

This is Fukuoka is a study of three individuals who share the same city but are from three very different backgrounds. Through repetitive imagery, traditional motifs, and portraiture, Braud aims to unveil each one’s story and their unspoken insecurities.

Arthur Braud “This is Fukuoka.”
Exhibition style: Watercolor & Installation
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Announcing Lyubov Matyunina’s Exhibition “Spirited away”

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We are pleased to announce an exhibition Spirited away by Lyubov Matyunina on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of her activity during her stay at Studio Kura.

Lyubov Matyunina is specialised in moving image, textile and masks and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She holds BA in Fine Arts from Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) and Master’s degree in Journalism from BFU (Russia). Her solo show Carpetologia was presented at W139, Amsterdam (2017). Her film-carpet was part of the ART Rotterdam 2018; “Who can be happy and free?” (2014) and got TENT Academy Public Choice Award in Rotterdam (2014). Participant of group exhibitions and festivals including “Post Peace” at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart (2016); 5’th Moscow biennial of contemporary art (special project Plaing Nature) (2013) and others.

Here are some words from the artist herself.

Project “Spirited away” is a tribute for the Japanese folklore, attempt to rethink the past and create a contemporary Yokai.
I am researching and investigate the stories and legends about Yokai in the Fukuoka region, but also creating my own Yokai based on the contemporary lifestyle of the region.

Lyubov Matyunina “Spirited away”
Exhibition style: installation, mixed media
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Announcing Sally Clegg’s Exhibition “Fruit”

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We are pleased to announce an exhibition Fruit by Sally Clegg on June 22(Sat.) & 23(Sun.), as a result of her activity during her stay at Studio Kura.

Sally Clegg is a multidisciplinary artist from Pelham Massachusetts with a background in both visual and literary arts. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and her work appears in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, Hampshire College, Wheaton College, and the University of Michigan. Her most recent solo exhibition, Bundle, was shown at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the spring of 2018, and she is a 2018 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in Drawing & Printmaking.

Fruit considers artmaking as an act of self-exploration and play. Using a set of vintage carving tools from Japan, left to the artist by her grandmother but never used, Sally Clegg creates mokuhanga prints based on new experiences with food and landscape. Fruit is a component of her larger project Auto-Affection, an investigation of self-intimacy through reimagining interactions with everyday items.

Sally Clegg “Fruit”
Exhibition style: mokuhanga printmaking
Date: June 22 (Saturday) and 23 (Sunday), 11:00 to 18:00.
* We will hold an artist talk on 22nd (Sat.), starting at 16:00.
* The exhibitions by other five current residence artists will be held at the same exhibition periods.

Piano concert by Stanford Cheung on June 15(Sat.)

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Our current residence artist, Stanford Cheung will have his piano concert at 14:00 this Saturday on 15th at Ikisan community center in Itoshima city!

A poet and musician from Toronto, he offers to enjoy his wonderful piano recital to local people and classic music lovers here in Itoshima.

「いきさん音楽会」一貴山校区まちづくりコンサート: Ikisan Concert Time Schedule: *Free concert to entry 13:30- The venue will be opened 14:00- first program by a local community band called Fukuyoshi Music Mate 14:30- tea time 14:45- second program by Stanford Cheung 15:30- end of the program Date: June 15 Saturday Place: Itoshima Ikisan Community Center: 糸島市立一貴山公民館 Address: 福岡県糸島市二丈石崎81 / 81 Nijo-Ishizaki, Itoshima, Fukuoka Map: http://urx.blue/QVwD Booking to call (in Japanese): 092 325 0151 to Ikisan Community Center Info in Japanese: https://www.studiokura.com/blog/2019/05/15/9161/