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Mika Obayashi
Three Mountains

Media: abaca, sumi ink, thread, pins

Artist Statement:
"Three Mountains” combines the mountains of places the artist has resided in the past three years—Massachusetts, Kyoto, and Itoshima—into an imaginary mountain range and a physical timeline of temporary residence. It is a meditation on the landscapes one wishes to hold onto and what it looks like to remember them three-dimensional form.

Biography

Mika Obayashi is a sculpture and installation artist from Michigan. She received her BA in Art and the History of Art from Amherst College in 2019. Upon graduation, she lived in Kyoto, Japan, teaching English and studying textiles at Kyoto Seika University. She now resides in Greenfield, MA.