miya ando
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Artwork
aluminum print series
'hikari' cube: steel, 10" x 10" x 10", electronics - 'hears a person approach and emits light at the rate of human breathing.
public commission for non-sectarian Buddhist meditation space in Los Angeles
'indigo' steel panel 24" x 24", medium: steel, patina, pigment, automotive lacquer
"luminous transcendent" [meditation 3] medium: cold-rolled steel, patina, oxidation, phosphorescence, automotive lacquer.
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Artist's Statement
In my work, I create quiet, abstract, meditative environments with metal. Ultimately I am interested in the study of subtraction to the point of purity, simplicity and refinement.
I am Japanese and Russian, a descendant of Bizen swordmaker Ando Yoshiro Masakatsu and was raised among sword smiths-turned Buddhist priests in a Buddhist temple in Okayama, Japan. My spiritual, familial, and academic experiences deeply inform every aspect of my work.
Bio/Resume
Commissions
2010 “I’m Beautiful Night” 10 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Meditation Center“ The Healing Place / Louisville, KY
2009 "Meditation Center" Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society / Los Angeles, CA
2009 "Wellness Room" St. John's Bread & Life / New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
“Meditations” Art Ecology,Louisville, KY
“Small Meditative Works", Lora Schlesinger Gallery / Santa Monica CA
“Post No Bills: Art is Not A Crime” Art Ecology Gallery, Louisville KY
“"Luminous Transcendent" Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA
"Meditative Fields", Michael Ingbar Gallery / New York NY
"Next Post: 18 Solo Projects", Rupert Ravens Contemporary / Newark NJ
Education
99 Apprentice to Master Metal Smith, Hattori Studio / Okayama, Japan
98 Yale University, East Asian Studies / New Haven, CT
96 UC Berkeley, East Asian Studies BS degree Magna Cum Laude / Berkeley, CA ,Phi Beta Kappa
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