Inspired by Japanese fables and Edo period artists, Japanese born artist Nagai Megumi’s exquisite renderings of inner fantasies reveal a passionate and humorous soul; a gentle person of enormous strength.
Megumi’s statement of process is reminiscent of the great surrealists, “sometimes an unexpected interaction occurs, and a surprising relationship develops between the wood and me. So until I complete a work, I do not know what will result.” What does result, again and again, are artworks of unusual beauty and power, humorous and true.
–Elizabeth Sackler
October 25, 2007
Profile
- 1951
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1974
- Graduated from University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
Selected Exhibitions
- 2009
- Onishi Gallery New York
- 2008
- SOFA New York
- 2008
- Onishi Gallery, New York
- 2007
- Onishi Gallery, New York
- 2007
- Tokyo University of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006
- YMCA Benefit Art Auction, New York
- 2005
- Asian Cultural Center, New York
- 2005
- Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (open studio), Brooklyn
