Organic Geometric Colorful Abstract Painting by Chieko Murasugi - Sweet Chariot

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Chieko Murasugi
Organic Geometric Colorful Abstract Painting by Chieko Murasugi - Sweet Chariot
2021

About the Item

The whimsical colorful abstractions of Chieko Murasugi are inspired by the artists love of candy. They wonderfully mix together aspects of geometric and organic abstraction, painting with hard edges and added ceramic objects. Artist Statement: In my paintings and mixed-media works I use the language of abstraction to challenge simplistic interpretations of identities and histories. I mine and synthesize diverse histories, materials, and artistic influences through my Japanese-Canadian-American lens to create works that defy, especially Orientalist, stereotypes and tropes. I am drawn to dualities and dichotomies: art and science, Asian and Western, geometric and organic, clarity and ambiguity, personal and collective, historic and contemporary. I strive to integrate these seemingly contradictory impulses to produce enigmatic works that speak to questions of identity, history, and epistemology. About the Artist: Chieko Murasugi was born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto, and based in San Francisco for 20 years before moving to North Carolina in 2012. She has degrees in Experimental Psychology (BA McGill, Ph.D. York U) and Studio Art (BFA York U, MFA UNC-Chapel Hill). She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums in San Francisco, New York, and in the American South where her paintings reside in the public collections of the City of Raleigh and Duke University. Recently, she was awarded a Hambidge Center Residency and an Artist Project Grant from the Orange County Arts Commission. She is a co-founder and co-curator of BASEMENT, a provisional, artist-run project space in Chapel Hill, NC. About the Artist: Chieko Murasugi (b. Tokyo), a North Carolina-based painter and mixed-media artist, has graduate degrees in Experimental Psychology (PhD, York University) and Studio Art (MFA, UNC-Chapel Hill). She employs the language of abstraction to create enigmatic and dynamic collage-paintings that examine the contributions of perception, memory, and history on personal and collective narratives. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States including the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC-Greensboro, the Mint Museum in Charlotte, the Wiregrass Museum in Alabama, and at the Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her paintings reside in the public collections of Duke University and the City of Raleigh. She is the recipient of a North Carolina Artist Support Grant (2021) and a Hambidge Center Residency (2021). She is a co-founder and co-curator of BASEMENT, an artist-run space in Chapel Hill that promotes experimental and critical art practices in the South.

Creator:
Chieko Murasugi (American, Japanese)
Creation Year:
2021
Dimensions:
Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
Medium:
Ceramic,Canvas,Paint
Movement & Style:
Abstract Geometric
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU159128641612