Artist Information:
Miya Ando Stanoff
brooklyn, NY
United States
Member Since: Sep 2005
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Artist Statement:
Statement
I am an artist who utilizes
metal finishing techniques on
steel panels to create quiet,
abstract, meditative
environments. Ultimately I am
interested in the study of
subtraction to the point of
purity, simplicity and
refinement.
The works are informed by my
spiritual, familial and
academic experiences along
with my continued theoretical
and religious pursuits. I am
half-Japanese and half-Russian
and was raised bilingually and
in two distinct cultures; a
Buddhist temple in Japan and
in mountainous rural Northern
California. I was raised
amongst sword smiths-turned
Buddhist priests, as I am the
descendant of Bizen sword
maker Ando Yoshiro Masakatsu.
After graduating from UC
Berkeley with a degree in East
Asian Studies, I attended a
Masters program at Yale
University to pursue my
interest in Buddhist
Iconography and imagery. My
formal academic studies have
given me a conceptual
foundation for my artworks.
For the past 11 years I have
been creating works on steel
‘canvas’. My reasons for
working with steel are
multifold: since the first
time I started to work with
the medium, I felt a deep
appreciation for the dynamic
properties of the material. It
simultaneously conveys
strength and permanence and
yet in the same...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Miya Ando Stanoff Solo
Exhibition: Introspective
Environments
Newhouse Center for
Contemporary Art, Staten
Island NY
March 15 - April 27 2008
Show Thesis
In this new body of work, I
have begun examining the
different levels of
consciousness within quiet
environments. I have embarked
on this new direction by first
creating ...
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Artist Galleries:
San Francisco Bay Area:
Edith Caldwell Gallery
www.edithcaldwell.com
415 331 5003
Tokyo:
Galerie Sho
www.g-sho.com
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Miya Ando Stanoff's Free Artist Portfolio
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Statement
I am an artist who utilizes metal finishing techniques on steel panels to create quiet, abstract, meditative environments. Ultimately I am interested in the study of subtraction to the point of purity, simplicity and refinement.
The works are informed by my spiritual, familial and academic experiences along with my continued theoretical and religious pursuits. I am half-Japanese and half-Russian and was raised bilingually and in two distinct cultures; a Buddhist temple in Japan and in mountainous rural Northern California. I was raised amongst sword smiths-turned Buddhist priests, as I am the descendant of Bizen sword maker... |
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11 07 11 1, 2008
Metalsmith,
12 x 12 X 1 inches
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3 8 31 41, 2008
Metalsmith,
47 x 31 X 1 inches
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11 07 22 2, 2008
Metalsmith,
24 x 24 X 1 inches
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3 8 31 42, 2008
Metalsmith,
31 x 47 X 1 inches
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33 76, 2007
Metalsmith,
36 x 36 X 1 inches
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3 8 44 1, 2008
Metalsmith,
47 x 47 X 1 inches
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