Last update Jan 28, 2016
I am honored to have been offered a position as artist-in-residence by conceptual artist and head of University of Hawai’i at Manoa – Art Department, Gaye Chan, along with an individual studio (#204) for the rest of the semester starting from Oct 5, 2015. After arriving to Hawaii at the end of August I made some sketches walking around Honolulu and going on some trips around Oahu, but for the majority of my new pieces to be created I definitely needed a space, which I actually got to start using in perfect timing.
Since the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a wonderful campus I felt like the only legit thing to do is to continue focusing on the plants in Honolulu concerning my work (though previously I had been engaged in charcoal portraits). The department has been the most supportive possible introducing me on their official site, reporting my activity on social media.
Edina Fülöp – artist in residence – has only been in house for a day and she has already settled right in and got to work!! more info on her at http://www.hawaii.edu/art/news+updates/?p=1253
Posted by University of Hawaii at Manoa – Department of Art and Art History on Sunday, October 4, 2015
My work here exceeds studio work in a sense that I have been having studio visits quite often. Beside consulting with BFA and MFA students, looking at their work, listening to their presentations, I have been having them in my studio individually, and whole classes have been coming to my studio while I represented my artwork to them. Sometimes one theme has been in focus like drawing with charcoal in which case I have been making demonstrations for them, also interacting with their drawing sessions by helping them with my advices.
This whole chain of events happened encouraged by Gaye Chan, and thanks to the open-minded attitude of UH Art Dept professors like abstract painter Debra Drexler, artist Wendy Kawabata and printmaker & MFA student / Graduate Assistant Hannah Hilary Day.
Posted by NBFE.artist on Tuesday, January 12, 2016
I have been having a lot of fun while experiencing how inter-cultural the language of visual art is. I am fortunate enough to have a lot on my plate concerning future interactions with the art scene in Honolulu, which I am going to share in details in due time. About my ongoing project concerning the plant life more info can be found under Plant Project Formulating.
The subject of the time period of my residency was revisited and am super happy about it being extended until at least Feb 10, 2016.
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