"Artist Network: Here - Now"
2005-08-22 until 2005-08-27
Gallery KAZE
Tokyo, , JP Japan

Gallery KAZE is proud to be hosting the Artist Network's International Contemporary Art Exhibition with 28 artists from 10 countries entitled "koko-ima/here-now". Artist Network(AN) is a non-profit organization formed by artists of various cultural backgrounds from various countries with the purpose of establishing a flexible and equal network, where they work closely with respect and understanding for each other, so that they can exchange ideas, information, and artworks for a more flourishing and smoother interpersonal communication.

Austria
Norbert Brunner installation artist
Ona B. installation artist
Brazil
Magda Dejose printmaker
Canada
Sean Caulfield printmaker
Germany
Boris Nieslony perfomance artist
Dagmar Pachtner installation artist
Doris Maximiliane Wuergert artist
Susanne Berkenheger net artist
Mexico
Franco Mendez Calvillo painter
Peru
Miguel Angel Velit sculptor
Portgul
Joao Pedro Pedroso printmaker
UK
Alexandra Julyan installation artist
Edd Pearman printmaker
Mark Hampson painter, printmaker
Shelly Goldsmith textile artist
USA
Christy Wyckoff painter, printmaker
Howard Silverman installation artist
Janis Kirstein painter, printmaker
Kathy Marie Kenyon printmaker, mixed media artist
Japan
Kazuhiko Kakegawa painter, video artist
Makiko Takamura installlation artist
Akiko Taniguchi printmaker
Kinya Nakatani installation artist
Mami Higuchi printmaker
Etsuko Fuzuki printmaker
Sueko Matsuzawa installation artist
Masumi Miura painter
Chikako Mori artist

Janis Kirstein, an artist from the United States exhibits her painting, digital art, sculpture and drawing internationally including exhibits such as "American Collage Artists," held in Seoul, Korea in conjunction with the 1986 World Olympics. This exhibition included notable Amerocan artists such as Chuck Close and Robert Motherwell. More recently she has exhibited paintings in Lima, Peru , photography in Linz, Austria and has received publicity for the drawings she rendered on the day of the terrorist attack on the United States world Trade Center and Pentagon. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her B.A. from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana University, Bloomington.

Janis Kirstein has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2003. View more of her works at: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/j/janiskir/.

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