'Kotodama: Word as Vision, Word as Spirit' by Nishiki Tayui Featured in Park National Bank Art Gallery at UC Clermont

Kotodama: Word as Vision, Word as Spirit, a solo exhibit by Nishiki Tayui, will be featured in the Park National Bank Art Gallery at UC Clermont College from Nov. 1-26. In celebration of International Education Week, join us for an opening reception and an artist talk and workshop with the artist. The exhibition and all events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Nov. 14
1-2 p.m. Meet the Artist Reception. Location: Park National Bank Art Gallery (refreshments provided)

2-2:45 p.m. Artist Talk- Nishiki Tayui shares details about her current works on display in the gallery. Location: Park National Bank Art Gallery

6-8:45 p.m. Artist Workshop- Nishiki Tayui demonstrates some of her painting techniques and works with participants in a hands-on workshop. Location: Art Lab, Snyder, S153

Tayui grew up in Japan and immigrated to the U.S. as a young adult to explore a degree in art. Tayui has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Portland State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University.
 
“As a child, I learned Japanese calligraphy at school. When I was growing up, I watched my father, a calligrapher, practicing and saw how he approached his work. Japanese calligraphy has become an activity that immediately connects me to my foundation as an individual and artist,” said Tayui.

Tayui uses her traditional roots in Japanese calligraphy and her fine arts education from the U.S. to “juxtapose the aesthetics of disparate cultures on the canvas, to cast light on their similarities and dissimilarities.” She leads workshops as an introduction to Asian Ink painting throughout the U.S. and most recently at the Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center in Cincinnati. The series of work currently shown in the Park National Bank Art Gallery is a new series from Tayui and explores the relationship between written language and visual images in both virtual and physical spaces.
 
The Park National Bank Art Gallery is located in the Snyder building on the UC Clermont College campus in Batavia at 4200 Clermont College Drive. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The gallery is closed on Sunday.

About the Park National Bank Gallery - For more than 15 years, the Park National Bank Art Gallery at UC Clermont College has offered visual art exhibits open to UC Clermont students, faculty, staff and the general public. The beautiful and spacious 1,000 square foot gallery is ideally suited to a variety of art exhibits. The gallery is situated in a highly visible area in the Snyder Building, Room S140, on the UC Clermont College campus in Batavia, Ohio. The current gallery season features juried art exhibits that include professional local and national artists, UC Clermont student exhibits and art show collaborations featuring two themed exhibits, FotoFocus exhibit and Nature in Art exhibit.

For more information about the Community Arts at UC Clermont College visit: http://www.ucclermont.edu/community_arts.html