Upcoming Illustration Exhibition, "Devour Hour" Features Bizarre Drawings & Paintings of Corcoran Graduate Nami Oshiro ::::
We are proud to announce our first exhibition of 2024, "Devour Hour," a selection of color paintings and black & white ink drawings by emerging Washington, D.C. area-based artist Nami Oshiro!
In her art, Oshiro uses storytelling informed by her Ryukyan background and her upbringing in California and Florida as a Jehovah's Witness to craft ambiguous, unsettling narratives with a doomsday tinge. Additionally, these lyrical and sometimes humorous narratives are given voice through her self-published comics, which meditate on her family heritage and relationship to Japanese culture as an Okinawan.
Oshiro earned her Bachelor's of Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2012, and has exhibited her work in the region widely, including Foundry Gallery (DC), Workhorse Arts Center (VA), Rhizome DC, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery (DC), and Art Enables (DC). She was awarded an Arts Bank Grant by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in 2023 and also teaches comics.
Additional Info: Copies of Oshiro's minicomics "Mama's Epilogue" & "Fart Stories" will be for sale during the exhibition.
"Devour Hour" | January 5 - January 31, 2024
DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts
805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 [entrance on Ripley Street]
******Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 5, 7-9pm
Light refreshments & beverages served; Artist will be present.
Gallery Hours: By Event & Appointment. Contact adam@dwightmess.com to schedule a viewing.
Oshiro will be the Featured Artist in the January edition of our newsletter :: Subscribe at http://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com
See more about Oshiro: http://namioshiro.com
******Hope to see you at our first opening for 2024!!
We are proud to announce our first exhibition of 2024, "Devour Hour," a selection of color paintings and black & white ink drawings by emerging Washington, D.C. area-based artist Nami Oshiro!
In her art, Oshiro uses storytelling informed by her Ryukyan background and her upbringing in California and Florida as a Jehovah's Witness to craft ambiguous, unsettling narratives with a doomsday tinge. Additionally, these lyrical and sometimes humorous narratives are given voice through her self-published comics, which meditate on her family heritage and relationship to Japanese culture as an Okinawan.
Oshiro earned her Bachelor's of Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2012, and has exhibited her work in the region widely, including Foundry Gallery (DC), Workhorse Arts Center (VA), Rhizome DC, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery (DC), and Art Enables (DC). She was awarded an Arts Bank Grant by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in 2023 and also teaches comics.
Additional Info: Copies of Oshiro's minicomics "Mama's Epilogue" & "Fart Stories" will be for sale during the exhibition.
"Devour Hour" | January 5 - January 31, 2024
DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts
805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 [entrance on Ripley Street]
******Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 5, 7-9pm
Light refreshments & beverages served; Artist will be present.
Gallery Hours: By Event & Appointment. Contact adam@dwightmess.com to schedule a viewing.
Oshiro will be the Featured Artist in the January edition of our newsletter :: Subscribe at http://thegraffobroadsheet.substack.com
See more about Oshiro: http://namioshiro.com
******Hope to see you at our first opening for 2024!!
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