Art & Art History News - April 16, 2024
Upcoming Events
Setsuko and Hiroki Morinoue: Visiting Artist Lecture
Monday, April 22 at 4:00 PM
Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium 1B20
Born in 1947, in Holualoa on the Island of Hawaii, Hiroki Morinoue received his BFA degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts (now CCA) in 1973. For Hiroki the landscape of Hawaii, its light, rocks, skies, and water has deeply influenced his work alongside the aesthetic of Japanese arts, crafts and landscaped gardens, which is prevalent in his work. In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place, curiosity and dialogue between the art and its viewer. He transcends these observations in various mediums, including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings, monotypes, sculptures, photography, ceramics and Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock prints). He has completed several major public art commissions, including projects at the Honolulu Public Library, and for the Hawaii Convention Center. Hiroki's work is represented in art collections around the world.
Born in Kanagawa, Japan, Setsuko began her interest in art through photography in high school. Later it transformed into the love for fiber art in Kusaki and Roketsu-zome, a Japanese natural dye with wax resist. She began her journey with clay at the Kona Arts Center in Holualoa. Setsuko is mainly self-taught by exploring and experimenting while taking many workshops throughout her career by well-established artists. She has participated in numerous group shows in Japan, Hawaii, and the US Mainland. Her works are in numerous private, public and corporate collections.
Hiroki and Setsuko Morinoue established Studio 7 Fine Arts Gallery in November 1979, as the first and now longest-standing contemporary art gallery in Hawaii. A humble space in a small village with a charmed history, the gallery holds an open-ended mission: to create and promote Contemporary Art.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Spring 2024
Next thesis exhibition: April 27–May 11 [Round 2]
CU Art Museum
Opening reception: Fri. April 26 from 4–6 PM
Artists featured: Natalie Thedford, Noa Fodrie, Aunna Moriarty, Cody Norton
Currently on View at CU Art Museum [Round 1] through April 18, 2024
Artists featured: Brianna Autin, Erin Hyunhee Kang, Dani Wasserman, Elisa Wolcott
BFA Thesis Exhibition
On view in the visual arts complex: April 26-May 10
Opening Reception: April 26, 2024 from 4-6 PM
Visual Arts Complex
1085 18th Street, Boulder, CO 80309
Featured artists: Seleny Bañuelos, Emily Conklin, Jessica Crumpler, Annabelle Farris, Gabrielle Gonzales, Maddie Hahn, Elyse Catarina Hawkins, Jenna Hissong, Raven Hopgood, Aspen Moehring-Miller, Taylor M -Ly Nguyen, Sissy Nunziata, Sam Ottlinghaus, Greyson Earl Giombetti Schermerhorn, Brooke Shoe, Katherine Sieker, Kate Sparhawk, Malachai Stenflo, Lauren Vincent