A certain courage is exposed when life is expressed in such a blistered tone. Each piece in WABI-SABI breathes an experience that we have not quite seen collectively before. Vulnerability and confidence move through this exhibit like wisdom, becoming exposed through its scars. WABI-SABI is a Japanese term that refers to that which is impermanent, imperfect, aged, humbled, and unconventional. It is a state of mind and a way of being. It expresses a whole new world of seeing. The rawness and purity in this exhibit are without limit.
WABI-SABI
Best of Show- In My Own Words
Director’s Choice- Precious Scars: Kyoto.Monk.8A
Donna Bassin
digital photograph, pigment print, thread, encaustic
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Director’s Choice- Ginkgo Leaves and Unknown Japanese Newspaper
seeking
Linda Holland
mixed media, photo transfers on acrylic on canvas
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Domb
Samantha Connors
acquired metal grid, wool roving, thread
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anthem
artifacts 1
What Do You Think?
Mandayam Thirunarayanan
photography
Miami, Florida
Unnoticed
Memory Chambers
Wall Abstract #3
How Do We Know What's Important?
Gone as Quickly as Spilt Milk
Finding Some Quiet Spaces Among the Noise
Zadkiel
Flora Davis
patinated brass and steel center woven with a piece of geometrical cut brass-coated steel
San Francisco, California
ALL THINGS PRECIOUS
BLACK AND WHITE AND RED
Testsugakusha (Philosopher)
B Stevens Strauss
raku fired ceramic with traditional Japanese wooden stand
Berkeley, California
Iron-Framed Sky Wood
wabi-sabi
PS, Remember I Don't Love You
Vernita Nemec
discarded plastic packaging on rag board with paper
New York City, New York
Don't kill the goose!
Collage
Open Book Bejeweled
Imperfect Self
Roots #1
Rachel Davis
house paint, torn dictionary pages, packing paper
San Rafael, California
After the Fire: Water Damaged Film, Sylvia
Edges
Character I
Screen & Squares
Untitled
Shuhan Liu
ceramics
Morgantown, West Virginia
Time
Shadows in Black and White
El Bruc
Fixing the Seams
A Calm Came Over Her Too
Barbara Ziselberger
cardboard boxes and gesso on hardwood panel
Silver Spring, Maryland
Chimeras 02
Bertrand Gruyer
photography
France
Night Tree 1
Okeah Riba
My Blue Garden
Peggy Schadler
monoprint with gauze, teabags & momigami
Venice, Florida
Welcome to the Machine
Michael Peterson
mixed media-canvas, rope, cardboard, carpet tacks, duct tape, leather, spray paint
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Tempo
Ayelet Gal-On
mixed media-acrylic, puzzle paper and bark
San Jose, California
Sliver
Cheryl Dawdy
collage-tissue paper, deli wrap paper, other assorted paper pieces, pencil
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ebullient
Interpret
Solitude
Beauty in Imperfection
LeBlanc, Sheryl
Sheryl LeBlanc
fiber art
Patched Vessel
Eugene, Oregon
tumbling over itself eastward
Slant Rhymes I: 'grace' and 'chaste'
Nancy Bardach
textiles, thread, Pellon stabilizer, monofilament, bamboo
Berkeley, California
The Nostepinne
Untitled
Sabrina Rodrigues
newspaper and adhesive spray
London, England
Hawk Wings
Bust #3
Transfigure #3 Yellow
Un r a ve li n g
Ode to the Goldfinch
you wont need much...just a little tiny taste
Joseph Gattulli
mixed media
Plainview, New York
Scars and Stripes
Heather Stivison
acrylic and cotten thread on canvas
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Spring Buds
Untitled
Emma Backer
mixed media - Polaroid emulsion lift, acrylic paint
Astoria, New York
Self-portrait?
Iris Kaufman
giclee of oil painting, color pencil, masking tape, paper
Peabody, Massachusetts
Table of Contents
Kamakura
Intertwined
Time
When Things Fall Apart
Then The Sands Will Roll
Untamed Enterprise
Boro Fragment
Chris Volker
oil & cold wax, rice paper on wood panel
Elk Grove, California
Say No More
Ferryman II
Kintsugi #2
The Gloves are Off
