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Majio Abstract Paintings

American, b. 1945
Majio has training in the United State, several years in Europe with a Master’s degree from the Buddhist University of Naropa in Creation Spirituality. Her most influential training however was in Japan over a twelve year period. Her initial trip to Japan was to study Buddhist Art, but it quickly narrowed to the traditional arts of Zen and masters if that orientation in other cultural arts. It was not so much what was learned in a papermaking village, kimono dyeing studio or the making, filling and firing woodburning kilns but how to learn or, better said, how to practice. There are many words in Japanese for practice, the one here is the polishing of being. In painting, Majio has always flowed back and forth between figurative and abstract expression. The aesthetics and Cultural Arts--- like calligraphy and tea ceremony---- garnered during her apprenticeships in Japan, along with Zen practices and concepts weave many textures into her work. Majio’s pieces are created with the overarching concept that art is not a polarity between object and subject but rather, complementary, where each part works to define each other. Working from a collaborative process-with materials, with subject and with times, Majio releases herself as sole agent, even when hers are the only hands that touch the piece. This carries out to the viewer, opening a sense of participation, evoking involvement and discussion. Inviting a realization of recognizing and choosing to acknowledge a reality beyond what we have inherited provides a platform for evoking possibilities, innate joy and new vision.
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Artist: Majio
Abstract II Seeds, Acrylic on Canvas, 2015, Large Abstract Painting
Abstract II Seeds, Acrylic on Canvas, 2015, Large Abstract Painting

Abstract II Seeds, Acrylic on Canvas, 2015, Large Abstract Painting

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

After living and working in the various disciplines of Japanese culture, from long-bow archery to tea ceremony, Majio began to cultivate a different relationship to things. No longer...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper
Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper, oil sticks on panels, suggest the pathways that are fundamental to navigating this world, only recognized ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Panel, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Diptych Moloka’i Shrine, monoprints, asemic calligraphy, graphite, tissue paper
Diptych Moloka’i Shrine, monoprints, asemic calligraphy, graphite, tissue paper

Diptych Moloka’i Shrine, monoprints, asemic calligraphy, graphite, tissue paper

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Moloka’i Shrine, monoprints with asemic calligraphy, graphite and tissue paper, 2021. Neighborhood shrines, both subtle and obvious mark general attitudes towards the earth a...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Abstract I: Fan-Shape Series, Acrylic and Tissue Paper, 2010-
Abstract I: Fan-Shape Series, Acrylic and Tissue Paper, 2010-

Abstract I: Fan-Shape Series, Acrylic and Tissue Paper, 2010-

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The Fan-Shape Series represents how an iconic image manifests with many connotations. Like oracular coins, these fan shapes look like sonograms foretelling the immediate future of a ...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Journey Agenda, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures, tissue
Diptych Journey Agenda, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures, tissue

Diptych Journey Agenda, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures, tissue

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

San Miguel de Allende has a colorful cross-section of life: a contemporary international art community, structures of colonization, and traces of the pre-Aztec civilization. Indigeno...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

Diptych Sky Trees at Dawn, Art Graf, torn paper, pastel on Rives on BFK
Diptych Sky Trees at Dawn, Art Graf, torn paper, pastel on Rives on BFK

Diptych Sky Trees at Dawn, Art Graf, torn paper, pastel on Rives on BFK

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Sky Trees at Dawn, Art Graf, pastel on Rives BFK. On the island of Moloka’i the sky is as alive as the sea and land, changing theatrically without notice. It is not out there...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Abstract II Skyline, acrylic paint and marked tissue on canvas
Abstract II Skyline, acrylic paint and marked tissue on canvas

Abstract II Skyline, acrylic paint and marked tissue on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skyline, acrylic on canvas, is an abstract investigation of the world with acrylic paint and tissue paper leading to the known as well as the unknown. As in the demarcation of sky me...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, tissue paper, monoprint.
Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, tissue paper, monoprint.

Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, tissue paper, monoprint.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, monoprint, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021. The island natives appear to be part of the earth. With a swinging gait, their body language is ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

Diptych San Miguel Cobblestone, acrylic paint, transfers, graphite rubbings.
Diptych San Miguel Cobblestone, acrylic paint, transfers, graphite rubbings.

Diptych San Miguel Cobblestone, acrylic paint, transfers, graphite rubbings.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych San Miguel Cobblestone, acrylic paint, Art Graf, graphite rubbings, tissue paper on watercolor paper. High heels, boots with spurs, and straw sandals all in personal dialogue...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Ritual Meeting, Art Graf graphite, mulberry paper, impasto texture on ti
Diptych Ritual Meeting, Art Graf graphite, mulberry paper, impasto texture on ti

Diptych Ritual Meeting, Art Graf graphite, mulberry paper, impasto texture on ti

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ritual Meeting, Art Graf graphite, mulberry paper, impasto texture on tissue paper on Rives BFK. A meeting in its complexity is not grounded in time or space but in the body,...

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2010s Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.
Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue, graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf, on Arches, 2020. The ritual of keeping track of things is not always meticulous or accurate, and yet ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Ritual Thresholds, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and handmade paper.
Diptych Ritual Thresholds, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and handmade paper.

Diptych Ritual Thresholds, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and handmade paper.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Thresholds, entries, and apertures are not always marked discreetly, but require a ritual pause before entry. The pause contains a gathering of wherewithal. It is an energetic practi...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Ritual Search, tissue paper, natural colorants, graphite, impasto Arches
Diptych Ritual Search, tissue paper, natural colorants, graphite, impasto Arches

Diptych Ritual Search, tissue paper, natural colorants, graphite, impasto Arches

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Art still has a shamanic component that is often unrecognized, yet nevertheless functions through symbols. Symbols here are not a psychological interpretation, but rather work you as...

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2010s Majio Abstract Paintings

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Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych San Miguel Meeting, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures.
Diptych San Miguel Meeting, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures.

Diptych San Miguel Meeting, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

San Miguel de Allende has a colorful cross-section of life: a contemporary international art community, structures of colonialization, and traces of the pre-Aztec civilization. Indig...

Category

2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

Diptych San Miguel El Tremor, Art Graf, graphite rubbings, tissue paper.
Diptych San Miguel El Tremor, Art Graf, graphite rubbings, tissue paper.

Diptych San Miguel El Tremor, Art Graf, graphite rubbings, tissue paper.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper on watercolor paper, a two-tabled neighborhood eatery wraps tacos in checkered paper. San Miguel de Allende h...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper.
Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper.

Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper on watercolor paper, a two-tabled neighborhood eatery wraps tacos in checkered paper. San Miguel de Allende h...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK
Diptych Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK

Diptych Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021. On this island, to prevent us from flying away, there is a sense that our great central sun fastens each ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Archival Paper

Diptych Moloka’i Shell Dreams-monoprints, rubber printing masks, tissue paper
Diptych Moloka’i Shell Dreams-monoprints, rubber printing masks, tissue paper

Diptych Moloka’i Shell Dreams-monoprints, rubber printing masks, tissue paper

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Moloka’i Shell Dreams, Art Graf, rubber printing masks, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021. As everything on the island is animate, these shells have their shell business with t...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Skateboard Series with X-Ray II, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collag on paper.
Skateboard Series with X-Ray II, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collag on paper.

Skateboard Series with X-Ray II, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collag on paper.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Series with X-Ray II, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collaged images are choreographed with calligraphic marks. The obscured X-ray, a reminder of risk, of the gamble. In ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Skateboard Series with X-Ray I, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collage on paper.
Skateboard Series with X-Ray I, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collage on paper.

Skateboard Series with X-Ray I, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collage on paper.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Series with X-Ray I, cold wax, graphite, X-ray, and collage, includes a symbolic spell script from an ancient Taoist manuscript. This speaks to meeting risk and chance wit...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Triptych Indigo Rain encaustic, fabric, paper, wire, and paper on wood 2020
Triptych Indigo Rain encaustic, fabric, paper, wire, and paper on wood 2020

Triptych Indigo Rain encaustic, fabric, paper, wire, and paper on wood 2020

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Triptych Indigo Rain-encaustic, paper, oil paint, fabric, and wire on panel. This unusual piece has antique indigo cloth with wire stapling on wood. The imagery plays with the deep c...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wire

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick
Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick over acrylic paint on panel, 2023, through a rainbow as a lens into the landscape. The many layers of l...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Found Objects, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Skateboarder as Jester, with cold wax, graphite, and collage on paper, 2024.
Skateboarder as Jester, with cold wax, graphite, and collage on paper, 2024.

Skateboarder as Jester, with cold wax, graphite, and collage on paper, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboarder as Jester, with cold wax, graphite, and collage, is the collective fool dancing at the edge of ascension and disaster. It is a collective archetype that acts it out for ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Graphite

Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024
Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024

Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This mixed-media skateboard series, On the Pinnacle, combines acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and textured collage on paper. It suggests that anyone with enough guts, skill, and luck ca...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Graphite

Garment Series-Panel #5 Connection to Nature: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #5 Connection to Nature: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #5 Connection to Nature: leather-like finish, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garments can represent status, power, religious covenants, identity, and self-expression. Garment's nonverbal communication creates our perceptions of gender, age, ethnicity, profess...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garments can represent status, power, religious covenants, identity, and self-expression. Garment's nonverbal communication creates our perceptions of gender, age, ethnicity, profess...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Fourth Wall on Gold-acrylic and oil paint, cold wax, paper on canvas
Fourth Wall on Gold-acrylic and oil paint, cold wax, paper on canvas

Fourth Wall on Gold-acrylic and oil paint, cold wax, paper on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Fourth Wall, acrylic, cold wax and oil stick, paper on canvas is from theater jargon. It indicates the breakthrough of the rehearsed script to include the audience. Once the fourth w...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic, Oil

Abstract II: Countries- acrylic paint, tissue paper, graphite on canvas
Abstract II: Countries- acrylic paint, tissue paper, graphite on canvas

Abstract II: Countries- acrylic paint, tissue paper, graphite on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Abstract II: Countries, acrylic paint, tissue paper, graphite on canvas, 2016. Countries’ boundaries do not recognize the Earth’s deep time. Borders come and go faster than rivers an...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cobblestone Collaborative, Impasto texture, monoprints, sumi ink, tissue paper
Cobblestone Collaborative, Impasto texture, monoprints, sumi ink, tissue paper

Cobblestone Collaborative, Impasto texture, monoprints, sumi ink, tissue paper

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

San Miguel de Allende has a colorful cross-section of life: a contemporary international art community, structures of colonialization, and traces of the pre-Aztec civilization. Indig...

Category

2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garments can represent status, power, religious covenants, identity, and self-expression. Garment's nonverbal communication creates our perceptions of gender, age, ethnicity, profess...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Diptych Lost and Found, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and mulberry paper on Arches
Diptych Lost and Found, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and mulberry paper on Arches

Diptych Lost and Found, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and mulberry paper on Arches

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Lost and Found, graphite, cold wax, tissue, and mulberry paper on Arches, Losing things and finding things is a ritual repeated throughout our days. Sometimes inconsequently...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garments can represent status, power, religious covenants, identity, and self-expression. Garment's nonverbal communication creates our perceptions of gender, age, ethnicity, profess...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.
Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.

Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ritual Break, cold wax, Art Graf (water-soluble drawing materials) on Rives BFK, there is a definitive break. Breaks are hard, overdue, temporary, or eternal, most often out ...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper

Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax
Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This Diptych Taking Form with a leather-like finish of cold wax with layers of marked tissue paper on wood reflects the theory that all physical form takes place first in consciousne...

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2010s Other Art Style Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Wax, Tissue Paper

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.
Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Ancestors, a new series using cold wax, oil stick, and layers of marked tissue paper with monoprints, explores through transparent layers of overlapping images the subtle awareness a...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Tissue Paper

Triptych Ritual Protection, graphite, Art Graf, impasto relief, cold wax.
Triptych Ritual Protection, graphite, Art Graf, impasto relief, cold wax.

Triptych Ritual Protection, graphite, Art Graf, impasto relief, cold wax.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

In Triptych Ritual Protection, graphite on Art Graf, impasto relief on Reeves BFK, the umbrella symbolizes protection. Do we not shield and are shielded, with our caring and invocati...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage
Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

In Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and collage, the skateboarder reads the traveling surface like braille, making instantaneous decisions through the bod...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Diptych Ribs of Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Diptych Ribs of Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Diptych Ribs of Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ribs of Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024. Ribs infer a biological or even geological structure. In this study, we are taking time out of the world of co...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage
Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II: acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and collage depicts how the surface of sound travels up through the soles of the feet, through the body to the imaginati...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.
Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Portal II, paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, textured collage narrows the world to a portal of chance with the hope of transcendence.

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.
Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Portal I, paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, textured collage depicts an entryway to a world of adventure and accomplishment, edged by disaster.

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Sentinel at the Border Graphite and paper on canvas 2022
Sentinel at the Border Graphite and paper on canvas 2022

Sentinel at the Border Graphite and paper on canvas 2022

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Sentinel at the Border Graphite and monoprints on canvas. Vast frontiers require a watchful eye, whether in the terrain of the physical world or the world of ideas. This image calls ...

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2010s Other Art Style Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

Revolution in Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, transfer, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Revolution in Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, transfer, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Revolution in Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, transfer, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Revolution in Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, transfer, oil stick on canvas, 2024. Revolution can be an orbit or gyration, an uprising or insurrection. All require movement in space/time...

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2010s Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Nuance and Power, Abstract Painting in Acrylic and Wax, 2010-
Nuance and Power, Abstract Painting in Acrylic and Wax, 2010-

Nuance and Power, Abstract Painting in Acrylic and Wax, 2010-

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

These works reflect the animism of Japanese culture and Zen training. Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply in...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Acrylic, Graphite, Tissue Paper

Abstract II Absence of Impetus, Acrylic paint on canvas, 2018
Abstract II Absence of Impetus, Acrylic paint on canvas, 2018

Abstract II Absence of Impetus, Acrylic paint on canvas, 2018

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Abstract II Absence of Impetus, Acrylic paint on canvas. Impetus denotes the transmission of power from mover to moved. Want of impetus is not necessarily a lack of impetus. L...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Abstract II Time Tender, acrylic, tissue & graphite on canvas 2025.
Abstract II Time Tender, acrylic, tissue & graphite on canvas 2025.

Abstract II Time Tender, acrylic, tissue & graphite on canvas 2025.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

After living and working in the various disciplines of Japanese culture from long-bow archery to tea ceremony Majio began to cultivate a different relationship to things. No longer p...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Abstract II Sorted, Acrylic and Graphite on Wood Panel, 2010s
Abstract II Sorted, Acrylic and Graphite on Wood Panel, 2010s

Abstract II Sorted, Acrylic and Graphite on Wood Panel, 2010s

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Living in Japan and working in various disciplines in the cultural arts, from long-bow archery to the tea ceremony, Majio began to cultivate a different relationship to things. No lo...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bow at the Frontier, acrylic paint on canvas, 2010, 40" X 60" X 1.5
Bow at the Frontier, acrylic paint on canvas, 2010, 40" X 60" X 1.5

Bow at the Frontier, acrylic paint on canvas, 2010, 40" X 60" X 1.5

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Abstract II: Bow to the Frontier, acrylic paint, tissue, decorative paper, and impasto textures, on canvas, 2010. Bow to the Frontier acknowledges the border between thresholds and t...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Smoke and Barbed Wire-acrylic paint, Art Graf and graphite on paper
Smoke and Barbed Wire-acrylic paint, Art Graf and graphite on paper

Smoke and Barbed Wire-acrylic paint, Art Graf and graphite on paper

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The materials are acrylic paint, and simple marking implements of graphite and Art Graf. Art Graf is a water-soluble media that comes in tailor’s squares, easily fitting into the han...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Graphite

Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garments can represent status, power, religious covenants, identity, and self-expression. Garment's nonverbal communication creates our perceptions of gender, age, ethnicity, profess...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Instruments Waiting, acrylic paint, gold, and rust, handmade paper on wood panel
Instruments Waiting, acrylic paint, gold, and rust, handmade paper on wood panel

Instruments Waiting, acrylic paint, gold, and rust, handmade paper on wood panel

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

In Instruments Waiting, acrylic paint, gold, and rust, handmade paper with tissue paper conjure a sense of something found in an ancient site, yet to be identified. These instruments...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax
Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This diptych, Markings, with a leather-like finish of cold wax and layers of marked tissue paper on wood, reads as an ancient surface immersed in the markings of time. Fragments of m...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Wax, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Encapsulation of Tyme-cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas
Encapsulation of Tyme-cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

Encapsulation of Tyme-cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The encapsulation of time takes a variety of forms---memories, movies, objects in space, history---but even more technological aids like video or recordings that demonstrate a passag...

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2010s Other Art Style Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Monoprint

Tyme Portal II Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas
Tyme Portal II Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

Tyme Portal II Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tyme is in another arena than time, for you can borrow it, do it, nick it, mark it, lose it, kill it, take it and make it. It has distance and direction, breadth and texture as it be...

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2010s Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil, Monoprint

Mix-media Series: Seeds-acrylic paint with ribbon, silver beads on wood
Mix-media Series: Seeds-acrylic paint with ribbon, silver beads on wood

Mix-media Series: Seeds-acrylic paint with ribbon, silver beads on wood

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Seeds, acrylic paint with silk ribbon, silver beads on wood, like slips of engraved silver on rough wood, seek a place to grow. From a knothole, a silky material peeks out, inviting ...

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2010s Majio Abstract Paintings

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Silver

Diptych Tyme Before Time, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Diptych Tyme Before Time, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Diptych Tyme Before Time, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Tyme Before Time, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024. There have always been intervals of movement in space. The marking of sun and seasonal cycles has been pres...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Tyme Generator, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Tyme Generator, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Tyme Generator, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tyme Generator, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024. Materialistic societies connect time to productivity. In another layer of reality, we are free to creatively generate...

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2010s Other Art Style Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Tyme Capsule, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Tyme Capsule, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Tyme Capsule, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tyme Capsule, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024. The encapsulation of time takes a variety of forms with technological aids like cameras, video, and recordings that pac...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Monoprint

Playing with Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Playing with Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Playing with Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Playing with Tyme, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024. Until we impose time structure on children, they have a deep connection to the present moment. Their play is an ea...

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2010s Contemporary Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Tissue Paper, Monoprint, Canvas

Figures II: Bow at the Frontier-acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Figures II: Bow at the Frontier-acrylic and mixed media on canvas

Figures II: Bow at the Frontier-acrylic and mixed media on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

With acrylic paint, tissue, decorative paper, and impasto textures, we meet the frontiers and thresholds, metaphoric and literal, that require humility. A Bow is required at the Fro...

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2010s Abstract Majio Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Majio abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Majio abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of abstract paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Majio in paper, paint, tissue paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Majio abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inch across are available. Majio abstract paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $300 and tops out at $8,500, while the average work can sell for $1,500.