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Michelle Ceja + Elliott Jun Wright "11"
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Michelle Ceja, Elliott Jun Wright
Tokyo International Gallery is pleased to present “11”, a two-person exhibition by Michelle Ceja and Elliott Jun Wright, opening on May 7th.
Michelle Ceja, born in 1988 in Los Angeles California; Is a Mexican-American artist who utilizes 3D rendering software to create abstract drawings and sculptures that resemble pulsating biometric forms frozen in time and space. Ceja’s inspiration for her current series of works is about mental states of depression, which has crippling effects on creativity and the ability to even produce a work of art.
Elliott Jun Wright, born in 1984 in Highland Springs Virginia; Is a Korean-American artist whose mixed-media assemblages and sculptural works combine materials ranging from domestic goods like dried foods, beauty masks, vintage issues of Architectural Digest magazine and industrial raw materials such as extruded aluminum modular framing into hybrid objects where multiple and varying signifiers of “asian identity” are isolated and collapsed together. These signifiers (often manufactured by the culture industry) act as materials for constructing identity, and how these may also be projected onto us.
This exhibition brings together a series of recent works by married artists, Michelle Ceja, and Elliott Jun Wright. They have been a couple for 11 years and occasionally worked collaboratively on projects together while also maintaining their own individual practices since the onset of their relationship. They met online in New York City around August of 2011, and shortly thereafter, they began collaborating and exhibiting together on projects throughout their relationship. Currently, both artists live and work in Tokyo, Japan. This exhibition with Tokyo International Gallery will be their first commercial exhibition together. “11,” brings together a series of works by two artists, who at first have seemingly different approaches to art-making, both encompass a particular relationship to media, specifically digital and cultural media.
Michelle Ceja, born in 1988 in Los Angeles California; Is a Mexican-American artist who utilizes 3D rendering software to create abstract drawings and sculptures that resemble pulsating biometric forms frozen in time and space. Ceja’s inspiration for her current series of works is about mental states of depression, which has crippling effects on creativity and the ability to even produce a work of art.
Elliott Jun Wright, born in 1984 in Highland Springs Virginia; Is a Korean-American artist whose mixed-media assemblages and sculptural works combine materials ranging from domestic goods like dried foods, beauty masks, vintage issues of Architectural Digest magazine and industrial raw materials such as extruded aluminum modular framing into hybrid objects where multiple and varying signifiers of “asian identity” are isolated and collapsed together. These signifiers (often manufactured by the culture industry) act as materials for constructing identity, and how these may also be projected onto us.
This exhibition brings together a series of recent works by married artists, Michelle Ceja, and Elliott Jun Wright. They have been a couple for 11 years and occasionally worked collaboratively on projects together while also maintaining their own individual practices since the onset of their relationship. They met online in New York City around August of 2011, and shortly thereafter, they began collaborating and exhibiting together on projects throughout their relationship. Currently, both artists live and work in Tokyo, Japan. This exhibition with Tokyo International Gallery will be their first commercial exhibition together. “11,” brings together a series of works by two artists, who at first have seemingly different approaches to art-making, both encompass a particular relationship to media, specifically digital and cultural media.
Schedule | May 7 (Sat) 2022-May 28 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://tokyointernationalgallery.co.jp/exhibition/11 | ||||
| Venue | Tokyo International Gallery https://tokyointernationalgallery.co.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 3F Terrada Art Complex Ⅱ, 1-32-8 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit B at Tennozu Isle Station on the Rinkai line, 8 minute walk from the South exit of Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail line, 9 minute walk from the North exit of Shimbamba Station on the Keikyu line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6810-4997 | ||||
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