Gallery - Jave Yoshimoto: Evanescent Encounter - April 2024

Exhibit: April 5-25, 2024
Gallery Hours: M-F 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sa 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Jave Yoshimoto creates brilliantly colored gouache paintings that infuse traditional Japanese prints with contemporary depictions of modern disasters. He entices his viewers with stunning, colored-block images and captures their undivided attention with poignant depictions of destruction, both natural and manmade. He works in a graphic style reminiscent of Japanese Manga, loading his work with the saturated imagery and emotion often associated with modern-day media coverage of such events. Born in Japan to Chinese parents, but raised in America, Yoshimoto often explores the convergence of tradition and contemporary society in his work and is influenced by pop culture in America, China, and Japan.

First Friday Gallery Walk: Friday, April 5, 5-7 pm.
(The event is open free to the public.)

• Anne Lloyd Gallery - 125 N. Water St.
  Music and light refreshments
• Madden Arts Center, 3rd floor
  Gallery 510 Arts in Education reception
• Gallery 510 - 160 E. Main St.
  Artist Remarks - 6:30 pm
  Featured artist: Tracey Maras
• Blue Connection - 117 N. Water St.

Closing Presentation: April 26, 6 pm, Anne Lloyd Gallery

Jave Yoshimoto will talk about his artwork and share stories about what inspired them.

Gallery Field Trips: Open to school and community groups of all ages – Includes a guided tour through the gallery exhibit and a related art project in the studio with an instructor. By appointment during gallery hours (M-F, 9 am-4 pm). Ask about available scholarships!