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Megumi Shauna Arai is an artist based in New York City. Her practice is inspired by abstraction, craft, and the experience of betweenness, with a particular interest in literal and metaphorical borders and the notion of belonging.
Feb 24, 2021 · These are words Megumi Shauna Arai uses to describe textiles that inspire her—whether traditional Japanese boro, 19th-century American crazy quilts, or patchwork marvels by the women of Gee’s...
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Megumi Shauna Arai (b. 1989) is a Japanese-Jewish artist based in New York. Inspired by piecework traditions, her work involves creating color through natural dye to imbue movement into a static form, invoking both dance and calligraphy brushstrokes and producing an energetic compositional field through the repetitive act of hand stitching.
Mar 14, 2022 · Megumi Shauna Arai’s Enchanting Textiles Are Patchworks of Stories and Traditions. The self-taught artist uses salvaged fabric from various countries and eras, as well as cloth she colors with natural dyes, to make her tactile tapestries. By Mara Fisher. March 14, 2022. 4 minute read.
Megumi Shauna Arai is a self-taught, Japanese and Jewish multidisciplinary artist working in photography, performance, and the reinterpretation of craft into a contemporary conceptual context.
Jun 11, 2018 · Megumi Shauna Arai is a self-taught half Japanese and Jewish multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of mediums including photography, installation, and textiles. She grew up between the Pacific Northwest and Tokyo with a cultural anthropologist mother and economist father.
