Ju-Yi Chia: Echoes of Itoshima

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Echoes of Itoshima is a body of work born from quiet walks, slow observations, and sustained attentiveness to the landscape—its drifting light, skeletal trees, shifting winds, and the stillness in between. A space of solitude, resonance, and return evokes a sacred presence and invites a subtle attunement to its rhythms.

 

Through on-site perceptual reflection, Ju Yi gathers impressions from natural elements—not to depict them, but to explore their expressive potential. These visual studies unfold through experimental processes on paper: layering pencil, acrylic, and gel ink pens, alongside gestures of abrasion and erasure. In this process, the paper is treated not merely as a surface, but as a living membrane—capable of absorbing, resisting, and remembering. It becomes both a receptive skin and a resistant terrain, each mark a negotiation between control and surrender, form and formlessness.

 

Ju Yi’s works resonate as meditative traces of encounter. They arise from a quiet tremor between the soul and the land—where all form recedes into the breath of presence.

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Exhibition Dates
June 21 – June 22, 2025
11:00 PM – 6:00 PM 

 

Opening Event
Saturday, June 21, 2025
2:00 PM – Artist Talk with Ju-Yi Chia 

 

Venue

Studio Kura Gallery

586 Nijōmasue, Itoshima-shi,
Fukuoka-ken 819-1613, Japan 

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