Our May art show features works on paper by Al Bee and Rumi Koshino.
We asked both artists some interview questions in advance of their show, which opens this Thursday, May 12 from 7 to 9 pm during the Capitol Hill Artwalk. RSVP on Facebook here.
AL BEE
Al Bee is a self-taught painter, tattoo artist and world traveler whose colorful gouache and ink paintings conjure surreal, dreamlike psychological universes. (Read our interview with Al Bee's from her show at Cairo last summer here.)
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Al Bee, Untitled. Gouache, watercolor and ink, 2016
Tell us about the work in this show! What medium are you working with?
i’m using watercolor and gouache on paper with the tiniest paintbrush you can possibly imagine.
Where does your inspiration come from?
i’m inspired to make art out of the necessity to translate the feelings and experiences that i can’t name. ancient worlds, future worlds, dream worlds, plastic fruits and mardi gras.
Who are your favorite artists?
i’ve always been insecure about my lack of art knowledge but i don’t really care anymore. i became obsessed with the artist Jess Johnson from new zealand after i experienced her work as a virtual reality piece in a museum in melbourne and was completely blown away. classically i love women surrealists like Leonor Fini and Remedios Varo. i'm also in love with all of the Hindu street art in India. as for local people i really like the work of “No Touching Ground”, Ursula’s watercolors and Lauren Rodriguez’s and Frank Correa’s photography but i should probably start going to more art shows.
RUMI KOSHINO
Multidisciplinary artist Rumi Koshino received an MFA from the University of Washington in 2010 and now lives and works in San Francisco. Her work has been featured at Vignettes, Two Shelves, and SOIL, among many other venues.
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Rumi Koshino, 100/100 days. Colored pencil on paper, 2/18/2016
Tell us about the work in this show! What medium are you working with?
They are 16 drawings out of 100 drawings I made for my 100 Days of Drawing project, where I created one drawing a day for a hundred consecutive days. I started the project on a new moon day of November 11th, 2015 and ended on February 18th, 2016. I used watercolor and color pencils for this project.
Where does your inspiration come from?
Things I see in my daily life, events that happen around me, and conversations I have with people inspire me to make and influence my artwork.
Who are your favorite artists?
There are too many favorite artists I can list, but during this particular project, people pointed me in the direction of few Bauhaus artists, one of whom I really took to is Gunta Stölzl's work.
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Rumi Koshino, 87/100 Days. Watercolor on paper, 2/5/2016