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Medium: Sumi Ink
Ritmo del Despertar-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Ritmo del Despertar
(The Origin of Desire -Awakening Rhythm)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Autorretrato- 21st Century, Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: Autorretrato Dentro del Origen del Deseo
(The Origin of Desire - Self-Potrait Inside of the Desire's Origin)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Buen Rollo II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Buen Rollo II
(The Origin of Desire - Good Vibes II)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Buen Rollo I - 21st Century, Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Buen Rollo I
(The Origin of Desire - Good Vibes I)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Transformación del Deseo III-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito
(The Transformation of Desire - Explosion of Appetite)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in N...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Transformación del Deseo II - Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: La Transformación del Deseo - Quiero Estar Dentro de Alegría
(The Transformation of Desire - I want to be Inside of Happiness)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Transformación del Deseo I-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: La Transformación del Deseo - Estoy Dentro de Alegría
(The Transformation of Desire - I am Inside of Happiness)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She major...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Estoy Dentro de Alegría-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Estoy Dentro de Alegría
(The Origin of Desire - I am Inside of Happiness)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Quiero Estar Dentro Alegría-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Quiero estar Dentro de Alegría
(The Origin of Desire - I Want to be Inside of Happiness)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She major...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
La Motivación Desbordante - Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - La Motivación Desbordante
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional prac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Motivación se está Fundiendo-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - La Motivación Desbordante se está Fundiendo
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Canción para un Útero Difunto-Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techniques and materials. She moved to Barcelona (Spain) i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Alegría II (Diptych) - 21 C., Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: Transformación del Deseo-Alegría II (Diptych)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Alegría I (Diptych) - 21 C., Contemporary, Japanese, Fantasy, Natural Materials
By Mari Ito
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Complete title: Transformación del Deseo-Alegría I (Diptych)
Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Glue, Sumi Ink, Wood Panel, Washi Paper, Pigment
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work on Arches paper by Mary Early.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Graphite, wax crayon, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12.25 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite, Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Graphite, colored pencil, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12.25 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite, Wax Crayon
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Work is graphite, wax crayon, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12 1/4 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Amid The Blue Waves
Located in Clayton, MO
In Amid The Blue Waves color, line, shape, and texture collide with handwritten romantic fragments of prose on Kozuke ivory paper. This one-of-a-kind, unmounted encaustic monotype il...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, India Ink, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Rice Paper, ...
Turbulence VIII
Located in Lenox, MA
Turbulence VIII
42" x 100" Pigment, Graphite and Sumi Ink on Archival Paper
Unique
Framed 105.5" x 44.5": $18,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Sumi Ink, Graphite, Pigment
Turbulence IV
Located in Lenox, MA
Turbulence IV
64" x 42" Pigment, Graphite and Sumi Ink on Archival Paper
Unique
Framed 67.5" x 46.5": $12,500
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite, Pigment
Turbulence III
Located in Lenox, MA
Turbulence III
64" x 42" Pigment, Graphite and Sumi Ink on Archival Paper
Unique
Framed 67.5" x 46.5": $12,500
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite, Pigment
Untitled (Study for Līnea)
Located in Washington, DC
Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Study for Līnea), 2021
Located in Washington, DC
Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Study for Līnea)
Located in Washington, DC
Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Wall Canvas 3
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Wall Canvas 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Fragments of Memory III - Contemporary Abstract Work on Paper Black, White Teal
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Fragments of Memory III" is a new abstract work by award-winning artist Katherine Filice. This piece is sculptural in its form, mounted in a shadow box frame to enhance the ebbs an...
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2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Chalk, Sumi Ink
Wind Blues 3
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
This is an archival pigment print on 3 layers of silk organza with sumi ink and mineral pigments.
In 2019, Valley House Gallery presented our first exhibition of work by Chaco Terad...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Lincoln 1860, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 36 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
A Figure, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 24 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fatima Wafa, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 72 x 48 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Spirit, mixed media, 57 x 49 inches. Atmospheric painting
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Canvas, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Ears of the Year, mixed media, 24 x 24 inches. Abstract work of comic character
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Compassion, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 24 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Illusion, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 48 x 32 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Realization, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 36 x 26 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
ASEMIC N1204.17
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 51.5x50" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vari...
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2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Paper, Sumi Ink
ASEMIC N111.13
Located in New York, NY
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses various mixed media including sumi ink and oil to convey his unique heritage. Raised between Venezuela, Jaka...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
ASEMIC N016.16
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 30x 22" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vario...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
ASEMIC N081.14
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 30x 22" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vario...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
ASEMIC N0169.17
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 51x 96" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vari...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
ASEMIC N0116.16
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 30x 22" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vario...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil, Ink, Archival Ink
ASEMIC N081.14
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 30x 22" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vario...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
ASEMIC N026.20
Located in New York, NY
A painting on paper set in a white shadow box frame, 30x 22" framed, protected by an acrylic glazing.
Known for his erratic and expressive abstract works, Daniel Diaz-Tai uses vario...
Category
2010s Abstract Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
Light Creates Shade III
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada’s work addresses notions of light, time, and space – but in a completely unique fashion. Printed on two layered silk screens bound and separated by mats, her images lite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silk, Sumi Ink
Nocturne I
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada’s work addresses notions of light, time, and space – but in a completely unique fashion. Printed on two layered silk screens bound and separated by mats, her images lite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sumi Ink Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silk, Sumi Ink
Sumi Ink mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Sumi Ink mixed media available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add mixed media created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Mari Ito, Jongwang Lee, Chaco Terada, and Jonathan Prince. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Sumi Ink mixed media, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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