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You are here: Home / Archives for Naoko Morisawa

Morisawa art on traffic boxes

March 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The work of Pacific Northwest artist Naoko Morisawa has been chosen to decorate traffic signal control boxes in the city of Kent. The Kent Arts Commission announced the completion and installation of the vinyl art wraps late last month. The art wraps are intended to curb graffiti and create a visually dynamic and interesting environment. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, Naoko Morisawa, VOL 37 NO 11 | MARCH 10 - MARCH 16

Seattle artist honored

January 8, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle-based artist Naoko Morisawa was chosen as one of the recipients of The Individual Artist Award 2017 by The Santo Foundation, a nonprofit that recognizes and assist the careers of individual artists. Morisawa received $1,000. The winners were selected by Elyse A. Gonzales, who is Assistant Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the Art, Design […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Naoko Morisawa, VOL 37 NO 2 | JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 12

Naoko Morisawa artwork at Edmonds library

February 20, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A selection of artist Naoko Morisawa’s wood mosaic collages is available for public viewing at the Edmonds Library through March 15. Morisawa’s work is a contemporary update of traditional Japanese wood mosaic popular during the Edo period (1603–1868). Her pieces, made from thousands of very small slices of natural and oil-dyed wood, explore imagery that […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Naoko Morisawa, VOL 36 NO 8 | FEBRUARY 18 - FEBRUARY 24, YOKOHAMA RUBY SHOES

Morisawa traffic box art

January 9, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Crews finished installing street art work created by Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa on Dec. 22, at Aurora Avenue North and 205th Street Southwest in the city of Shoreline. Traffic control boxes are the large metal boxes that control traffic signals — they are also prime targets for graffiti. Adding art to these boxes beautifies the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Naoko Morisawa, TRAFFIC CONTROL BOX, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

Morisawa gets merit award

August 29, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Naoko Morisawa received the Merit Award and a cash award at Art Port Townsend 2016. Her work, “My Collection — Gulliver,” is an oil-stained, hand-crafted wood mosaic, acrylic, oil, sumi on wooden board. Morisawa earned her BA in Design, Ceramics at Tama Art University in Japan, and moved to Seattle in 2005. The Art Port […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Naoko Morisawa, VOL 35 NO 35 | AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2

“Slash and Burn” exhibition features local artists

December 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Kirkland Arts Center current exhibition, “Slash and Burn”, features Japanese artists Naoko Morisawa and June Sekiguchi among the eight local artists represented. The exhibit started on Dec. 12 and runs through Jan. 30. “Slash-and-burn” is an agricultural method that involves cutting and burning off all vegetation on a plot of land to regenerate the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, June Sekiguchi, Naoko Morisawa, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Morisawa’s art in Dublin show

June 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa was one of 55 worldwide artist selected to show her artwork at the Dublin Biennial 2014’s International Contemporary Art Exhibition that ran from June 13 to June 22 in Dublin, Ireland. The 10-day event featured film screenings, performances, workshops, and discussions.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Dublin Biennial, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ireland, Naoko Morisawa, Seattle, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Creativity inspired by nature and Japanese heritage

May 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From a distance, Naoko Morisawa’s artwork looks like a painting, but look closer, and you will notice that they are wood mosaics. Her art is made from hundreds of thousands of small slices of natural and oil-dyed woodchips on a palette. Her art style is transformed from a traditional […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Dublin Biennial International, Issey Miyake, Kate Arkarni Gallery, Leonard Fujita, London Creative Award Competition, Naoko Morisawa, Northwest Asian Weekly, South Seattle, Tama Art University, Tokyo, United States, Vol 33 No 21 | May 17 - May 23, Wing Luke Museum, Yoshioka Takujin, letter

Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa chosen for 2013 CVG Show

January 14, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Pacific Northwest artist Naoko Morisawa has been chosen for inclusion in the 2013 CVG Show in Bremerton’s Collective Vision Gallery.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Alfredo Arreguin, Choice Award, Collective Vision Gallery, Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest, Kitsap County Arts Board, Naoko Morisawa, Pacific Avenue, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18

Artist Naoko Morisawa featured at Bellevue’s First Friday Art Walk

September 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Artist Naoko Morisawa is one of five local artists featured in the upcoming First Friday Art Walk at Bellevue Place Fountain Court on Sept. 7. Bellevue’s First Friday art walks takes place on the first Friday of July, August, and September, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission to the Bellevue Art Museum is free […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Artist Naoko Morisawa, Bellevue Art Museum, First Friday, Lee Hendrickson, Michelle Staeheli, Naoko Morisawa, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14

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