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Santa Cruz, CA
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About Majio at Studio Anavami

Majio trained in the United States, Europe and Asia. Her most influential training was over a decade in Japan to study Buddhist Art, including traditional arts of Zen and working with masters in the cultural arts. Training included papermaking, kimono dyeing, and the process making pieces and firing woodburning kilns. This was more about how to learn or, better said, how to practice. From the many words for practice in Japanese, Anavami Studio is about the polishing of being. In painting, Majio has always flowed back and forth between figurative and abstract expression....Read More

Majio at Studio Anavami

Established in 19951stDibs seller since 2024

Featured Pieces

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 Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

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

Majio
Diptych Journey Agenda, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, impasto textures, tissue, 2020

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 Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

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

Majio
Diptych Sky Trees at Dawn, Art Graf, torn paper, pastel on Rives on BFK, 2021

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 Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Monoprint

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

Majio
Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, tissue paper, monoprint., 2020

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 Abstract Paintings

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

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

Majio
Diptych San Miguel Cobblestone, acrylic paint, transfers, graphite rubbings., 2020

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 Abstract Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

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

Majio
Diptych San Miguel El Tremor, Art Graf, graphite rubbings, tissue paper., 2020

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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

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

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

Majio
Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper., 2020

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 Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite, Archival Paper

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

Majio
Diptych Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021

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 Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

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

Majio
Diptych Moloka’i Shell Dreams-monoprints, rubber printing masks, tissue paper, 2021

Moloka’i Series: Foot Bridge, Figurative Mixed Media on Paper, 28x22 Inches
By Majio
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A six-week studio stay on Moloka’i gave me a sense of the Hawaiian Islands before colonization. Moloka’i has preserved her rich Native Hawaiian heritage and natural, rural landscape,...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Other Medium

Moloka’i Series: Foot Bridge, Figurative Mixed Media on Paper, 28x22 Inches

Majio
Moloka’i Series: Foot Bridge, Figurative Mixed Media on Paper, 28x22 Inches, 2021

Moloka’i Dancers, sumi ink, Art Graf, vintage discharged kimonos, 2021
By Majio
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Moloka’i Dancers, sumi ink, Art Graf, vintage discharged kimono on Rives BFK, 2021. Moloka’i natives, without inhibitions, breast flying, appendages flapping, arise in rhythm through...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Fabric, Sumi Ink

Moloka’i Dancers, sumi ink, Art Graf, vintage discharged kimonos, 2021

Majio
Moloka’i Dancers, sumi ink, Art Graf, vintage discharged kimonos, 2021, 2021

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 Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

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

Majio
Diptych Moloka’i Shrine, monoprints, asemic calligraphy, graphite, tissue paper, 2021

Abstract II Basket Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed
By Majio
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Basket is a special kind of container opened at the top, bottom or both. It is woven with natural fibers and can carry fish or fire. As one of the human’s first receptacles no matter...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract II Basket Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed

Majio
Abstract II Basket Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 2016

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