Each year, Wailoa Center and Hawaii Island Art Alliance strives to evolve and meet the needs of community artists and visitors. This year, HIAA invited Hiroki Morinoue to be its 2017 Abstract Only! juror and is honored he has accepted
Each year, Wailoa Center and Hawaii Island Art Alliance strives to evolve and meet the needs of community artists and visitors. This year, HIAA invited Hiroki Morinoue to be its 2017 Abstract Only! juror and is honored he has accepted the challenge.
“We are also very grateful that he has accepted our invitation to have his work displayed in Wailoa Center’s Fountain Gallery for the duration of the Abstract Only! exhibit,” said Wailoa director Codie King. “This is a rare opportunity for our visitors to view up close and experience Mr. Morinoue’s art.”
The all-media juried exhibit, open to all artists, is Aug. 4-30 at the Wailoa Center, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Morinoue, director, print master with Donkey Mill Art Center, also offered to conduct a free “Walk and Talk” session at 2 p.m. Aug. 5 around Wailoa Center’s galleries for the public to learn the ins and outs about his process. Morinoue will share his perspective on art, art education and the current exhibit.
The award-winning artist’s statement reads: “I have long been a patient observer of nature, in particular of its rhythms, patterns and cycles. For over fifty years I have explored painting, printing, ceramics, photography, sculpture and mixed media.
“In much of my work there is a compelling sense of place: our shorelines, rocks, lava fields, skies and rain forests of the Big Island. Lately, my concerns with the war, global warming, immigration and the depletion of our natural resources are depicted in my work.”
For more information, call 933-0416 or visit www.wailoacenter.com.
