ARTIST STATEMENT
A personal offering shaped by grief, resilience, and love expressed by using model magic and multimedia of sculptural items. The art are the inner the weight of caring for aging parents through their final days, the quiet ache of watching children navigate mental health struggles, and the shadow cast by Metastatic Breast Cancer.
These emotions are tucked into compartments, hidden and unspoken but need to be unsealed and released. This work reflects the unraveling of darkness, learning to honour it, and to let in the light. This is release. This is remembrance. This is the beginning of healing.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I studied foundry and fabric printing.I am the owner of Yasuko Design, creating murals, mosaics, and fabricated art for clients. I am the Creative Director for Open Studio Project, where art becomes is a tool for healing and connection.
© Hope Washinushi