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Artist Statement:
Biography
Born and raised in Fresno,
California, Juana Almaguer
holds a B.A. degree in
Counseling at California State
University, Fresno. Although
her original intent was to
practice Family Counseling,
her semester in England,
touring of Europe, along with
her six years in Japan offered
Almaguer not only the time to
explore her natural love for
art but greatly influenced her
decision to paint full-time.
While living in Sapporo, Japan
she studied Chinese Ink
Painting for 16 months at the
Sapporo NHK Bunka (cultural)
Center. The traditional and
controlled form of Chinese Ink
Painting had an important
impact on Almaguer's art, as
well as her development as an
artist. Her art combines her
training in Chinese Ink
Painting with the rules of
Western Art.
Juana Almaguer. relocated from
Sapporo, Japan to Zacatecas,
Mexico in 1997 to work on her
art full-time. She has spent
the last eight years overseas
and plans to move back to her
hometown by December 2000.
Artist's Statement
Chinese Ink painting instilled
in me the importance of
practicing the same brush
strokes, in a particular
order, time and time again.
Through this discipline, I
learned that the brush strokes
become a part ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
January 1994, Maruzen Art
Gallery, Foreign Artists of
Sapporo Group Show, Japan
October 1994, Mariya Craft
Gallery, NHK Bunka Center
Group Show, Japan
June 1995, Chokin Art Gallery,
Sapporo Citizens' Group Show,
Japan
April 1996, Mariya Craft
Gallery, NHK Bunka Center
Group Show, Japan
November 1998, Cafe Monet,
Solo Show, ...
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| Your Personal Biography |
I have been living in Japan since 2002. This is my third time to live in Japan.
While living in Sapporo in the 1990's, I studied Suiboku-Ga (Japanese/Chinese Ink Painting). The traditional and controlled form of Suiboku-Ga had an important impact on my art, as well as my development as an artist.@
I am very stubborn when it comes to learning. I like to discover for myself how to do something. So when I joined the Suiboku-Ga class, I was very resistant to all the rules that had to be followed when painting. I thought, 'How can anyone be creative with all these restrictions?' As time passed, my understanding and appreciation of that Art form took shape. Since then, I have developed my own style.
Do you want to catch up on what I have been doing? Come by and visit my blog:
http://galleryjuana.blogspot.com |
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