URSULINE DALLAS ART SHOW

Ursuline Dallas Art Show Juror

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Nishiki Sugawara-Beda

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda is a visual artist working primarily on painting. She immigrated to the US from Japan as a young adult and earned a BA from Portland State University in 2005 and an MFA from Indiana University in 2010. To speak to the core of humanity, she seeks connections among cultures both from the past and present, focuses on tracing traditional Japanese activities back to their origins through her research.

Sugawara-Beda has exhibited her work through numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally at commercial and university galleries, art centers, and regional museums. Her works have been shortlisted for various art competitions including the Door Prize (Bristol, England), ArtGemini Prize (London, England), and 7th National Juried Exhibition at Prince Street Gallery (New York). Publications include the 87th New American Paintings, Expose Art Magazine, AEQAI, 100days-100women, and London Post. Awards including a Faculty International Development Award, Seed Grant, Alumni Award for Excellence Mentor, Diversity Fellow Program, International Enhancement Grant, Idaho Art Fellow, University Research Council Research Grant, and Sam Taylor Fellowship have supported her artistic practice. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Art at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda | Portfolio

"Calligraphy has become an entrance point to understanding my own culture as it allows me to recognize the existence of underlying meanings in all forms—language, images, even the mundane interactions of being." - Nishiki Sugawara-Beda

Acknowledgements

A Note of Thanks

Thank you to the members of the National Art Honor Society who worked tirelessly to make this online art exhibition possible: Ollantay A., Michaela C., Kayla H., Kate R., Justine W., Lilly B., Kayleigh C., Whitney D., Savannah F., Vivian N., and Devon V. Thank you for your time and dedication in creating this awesome venue to showcase your artwork and the work of your peers. The teachers in the Visual Art department are truly grateful for your efforts as we take this opportunity to celebrate all our student's artistic achievements over the course of the 2019-2020 school year!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Kennedy