Keiko Nelson
“Echo from the East”
Homage to Hokusai − WAVE Series

Keiko Nelson is a San Francisco-based artist who has earned international recognition through exhibitions and lectures in the United States, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Egypt, Thailand, China and Mexico.

She was an artist in residence at the University of Chiapas in Mexico for the International Sculpture Symposium, and was given a grant for a one −person exhibition by the Ministry of Culture in Egypt. In 2002, she received the Artistic Achievement Award, sponsored by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation of New York, for her artistic expressions, which expanded beyond fine art and into the field of design.

Her works features the subtle flow of natural force. They have been described by the Curator Emeritus of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco as a “unique fusion of the East and West, the retrospective and the progressive with the delicate and the dynamic.”

Ms.Nelson freely intermixes cast paper, branches, metal, feathers, and stone. She always strives to communicate with her audience so that viewers can experience the sensual texture of her artwork. She works with many different materials such as clay, bronze, glass, paper, mixed media, etc. Lately, she has become interested in more organic installation works�to express and translate her sense of space and environment into art.

Ms. Nelson has been working with “Wave” series for many years with different mediums. Her new works are quite unique in a sense that their abstract forms create very interesting ancient patina-like surfaces. Animated images reflect Hokusai graphics and echo Ms. Nelson’s east heritage.

For her New York exhibition, Keiko Nelson brings “Dancing Wave,” featuring polished bronze that represent waves, as well as a sculpture of Natalia Makarova, a famed Russian ballerina who danced for American Ballet Theater of New York and Royal Ballet of London.�

The opening reception for Keiko Nelson Solo Exhibiton "Echo from the East" Homage to Hokusai - Wave Series held on Friday, September 5th.

Ms. Nelson has been working with “Wave” series for many years with different mediums. Her new works are quite unique in a sense that their abstract forms create very interesting ancient patina-like surfaces. Animated imagesreflect Hokusai graphics and echo Ms. Nelson’s east heritage.

Please visit our gallery and experience it yourself. The exhibition runs through September 20th.

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