On-Line Exhibition of Women Artists @Tobin Ohashi GALLERY

WOMEN ARTISTS ON-LINE EXHIBITION SPRING 2022

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May 25, 2021 We are proud to present the catalog for our Women Artists Exhibition On-Line.

In this exhibition we celebrate and highlight the contribution and importance of women artists.

In our gallery, we have always shown women artists right from the start. In this exhibition we focus on women artists we represent as well as artists we have been following throughout the world.

Although women artists have been involved in the making of art throughout history, their work, when compared to that of their male counterparts, has been often obfuscated, overlooked and undervalued.

The widespread recognition of the work of the female artists has finally accelerated in the past few years. As you are no doubt aware, museums are making up for past omissions and are adding the works of artists who were previously overlooked.

We have included some artists in this exhibition who are household names such as Alice Neel and Etel Adnan as well as very young artists-many from Africa or African Americans- whom we hope you will consider adding to your collection.

All works can be purchased on-line and you can choose world wide shipping when you check out. If you would like more information, please let us know at info@tobinohashi.com.

We wish you all the best for a joyous Spring surrounded by loved ones and of course art.

Bob and Hitoshi Tobin Ohashi Gallery info@tobinohashi.com www.tobinohashi.com

ANNA VALDEZ

This is one of two prints we have available from Anna Valdez [b. 1985], an American artist now based in the San Francisco Bay area. Her work was featured in May in the art section of the NY Times and on the Artsy website.

The artist received her MFA in painting from Boston University in 2013 and her BA in Anthropology and Art from University of California, Davis in 2009.

Valdez creates epic tableaux moving seamlessly between still life and landscape painting, creating ceramics, collecting objects and making new ones through cultivation, observation, and fictionalization.

She also is a ceramic artist and creates the ceramic vases in her prints.

Leopard Print Vase 4 color print 50.0 x 40.0 cm Edition of 50 Signed by artist with edition number Framed with off-white mat and black frame Framed Size: 65 cm x 55 cm ¥ 120,000 | $950 USD

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ANNA VALDEZ Alaska 4 color print 50.0 x 40.0 cm Edition of 50 Signed by artist Framed with white mat and black frame Framed Size: 65 cm x 55 cm ¥ 120,000 | $950 USD

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A very recent print created after the artist’s journey to Alaska. Anna’s work has been exhibited nationally at museums and galleries including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR; North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC; New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT; Cañada College in Redwood City, CA; Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY; David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, CO; 1969 Gallery, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, and Nancy Margolis Gallery in New York, NY; and OCHI in Sun Valley, ID and Los Angeles, CA.

NAOKO MIWA

Gallery artist Naoko Miwa [b.1995]is the youngest artist to join our gallery.

Naoko reduces images to their essences. She brings together minimalism, with abstract expressionism, and the intuitive gesture of calligraphy in her exploration of gesture, line, and color.

Tie an Unformed Air [II] Charcoal Pencil on Paper [Unique Work] 80 cm x 80 cm Signed by artist Unframed, ¥ 130,000 | $1,000 USD You can choose this work here. https://bit.ly/37HtboA

Please specify the title of the work when you check out. You also can request framing when you check out.

NAOKO MIWA

Naoko’s works incorporate organic, intersecting lines, creating rhythmic patterns.

These works create an almost mystical experience through the creation of elusive abstract spaces.

Place Air Within Charcoal Pencil on Paper [Unique Work] 74 cm x 74 cm Signed by artist Unframed,[Framing can be arranged.] ¥ 130,000 | $1,000 USD

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NAOKO MIWA

Naoko received her BFA and MFA from Tokyo Zokei University. She has held exhibitions throughout Japan including Tokyo Gotoku University, the Bunshudo Gallery and the Machida City Museum. She has won awards from the Moriya Ikueikai School of Fine Arts and the Machida City Museum.

Tie an Unformed Air [III] Charcoal Pencil on Paper [Unique Work] 80 cm x 80 cm Signed by artist Unframed, Framing can be arranged when you check out.

Please specify the title of the work when you check out. ¥ 130,000 | $1,000 USD You can choose this work at this link: https://bit.ly/37HtboA

NAOKO MIWA

Untitled, Screen Print 80 cm x 80 cm, Signed by artist Image Size: 60 cm x 60 cm Unframed [Framing can be requested when you check out.] ¥ 130,000 | $1,000 USD Edition 2/5 You can choose this work at this link: https://bit.ly/37HtboA Please specify the title of the work when you check out.

As you know there is nothing easy about simplicity. Simplicity is often used as a means to greater clarity. The best visuals are often ones designed with an eye toward simplicity Naoko is a painter, printmaker and jewelry designer. Much of her work is influenced by her work with thread and fabric.

This print by Naoko truly shows the beauty of simplicity, a key idea found in Zen and the Zen arts..

ALICE NEEL A scene-stealing iconic print by Alice Neel [1900-1984].i Neel is widely regarded as one of the foremost American portrait artists of the twentieth century.

Her most recent exhibition is Alice Neel: People Come First, was shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. In 2023 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, will exhibit Alice Neel: Un regard engagé.

Neel’s art renders her figures raw and unvarnished. John Rothschild was a friend, lover, and supporter to Neel. Their extensive relationship gave her intimate access to his struggles and flaws which she captures in this portrait.

Work by the artist is represented in permanent collections of many museums including the Art Institute of Chicago; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate, London; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper 27.5 in x 21.25 in [69.8 cm x 53.9] Edition of 150 Signed front with edition number , Unframed ¥ 550,000 | $4500 USD You can choose this work here.

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GWON SHINHONG

Gwon Shinhong is an established mid-career artist from the Republic of Korea. She was born in 1983 and her style was largely influenced by the 1990s. We find in her works the recurrence of her “OLD BOY” as it is called, her old gentleman that she creates in different shapes and colors.

EDUCATION 2010 Chung Ang University (MFA), Seoul, Korea 2008 Chung Ang University (BFA), Anseong, Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION 2018~2022 2022 Hello OLD BOY! VINS Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2021 HAVE A NICE DAY!, Hedwig Gallery, Pangyo, Korea 2021 GREAT, art B project, Seoul, Korea 'S/S Old Boy'7 Color screenprint on Somerset Satin Rag 51cm x 72cm. Hand signed edition of 35. ¥ 75,000 | $ 600 USD You can choose this item here: https://bit.ly/3yTJ46s

2019 LUCKY LUCKY, Itaewon Pop-Up Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2019 very, very, VERY!, Kimreeaa Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2019 CHERRY BLOSSOM BLUES Gallery Stan, Seoul, Korea

LAYLAH AILI

A print that seems to fit these times. In this multi-colored print, the artist couples a somewhat comical figure with a very strong message.

Comfort with Rage is emblematic of the artist’s interest in creating narratives and imagery that question the stability of fixed cultural, racial, and sexual definitions.

Laylah Aili (b. 1968 in Buffalo, New York) is known for her works that challenge fixed racial and gender narratives.

She is a professor of art at Williams College and has had solo shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, among others.

Ali’s work was included in the 2003 Venice Biennale and the 2004 Whitney Biennial.

COMFORT WITH RAGE 17 x 11 in.

Signed and numbered Edition of 100 4 color Screen Print Custom Framed with white and blue frame.

58 cm x 42 cm. ¥ 65,000 | $500 USD You can choose this work at this line. https://py.pl/1ymFrW

CHAKAIA BOOKER

Chakaia Booker (born 1953 Newark, New Jersey) is an internationally renowned and widely collected American artist known for creating monumental, abstract works from recycled tires and stainless steel for both the gallery and outdoor public spaces.

Booker’s works are contained in more than 40 public collections and have been exhibited across the US, in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Booker was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. Recent public installation highlights include Millennium Park, Chicago (2016-2018), Garment District Alliance Broadway Plazas, New York, NY (2014), and National Museum of Women in the Arts New York Avenue Sculpture Project, Washington DC (2012).

Untitled Lithograph and. chine collé on embossed paper, 20 x 14 inches.

Framed with Acid Free Mat and Black Frame ¥ 88,000 | $700 USD You can choose this work here https://py.pl/7UWcu5RV9KX

POLLY APFELBAUM

Our first work from Polly E. Apfelbaum (b. 1955), the internationally recognized American contemporary visual artist, known for her colorful paintings and prints.

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She received her BFA from the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and received training from SUNY Purchase College in New York.

She has been showing her work consistently in the United States and internationally since her first one-person show in 1986. She currently lives and works in New York City, New York.

Her work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2016) “Seed Packets” Multi-Color Laser Print, Edition of 50, Signed and Numbered 8.5 x 11 in. Framed Size 10.5 in x 13 in. $600 USD JPY 75,000 You can choose this work here https://py.pl/KGnlQ

H A R U N A T O M I M AT S U

Haruna Tokimatsu Tomodachi [“Friends”] Pencil and Watercolor 35 cm x 46 cm Framed Light Wooden Frame JPY 160,000 $1250 USD You can choose this item here https://square.link/u/djJ2fyof Gallery favorite Haruna Tokimatsu captures the energy and humor of Japan's youth. In this original work “Tomodachi”, people are arranged in their groups but reach out to connect with others.

We have known her work for more than ten years and are proud to have her work in our own home collection.

In simple lines and shapes and pastel colors, Haruna draws attention to what is so unique to Japan.

HARUNA TOKIMATSU There is a lot of fun and appreciation in this artwork. Haruna brings so much love and affection to her images. Here she portrays a group of happy young people. Haruna’s world is a cheerful one, characterized by pastel colors and smiling faces.

You may have seen Haruna’s works in her illustrations for Takashimaya Department Stores and many traditional Japanese arts including Noh Theater. Haruna is a graduate of Tama Art University and has held exhibitions throughout Japan including Tokyo Opera City in Shinjuku.

“Cosmic Me” Ink and Color Pencil 60 cm. x 50cm Framed

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SIMONE LEIGH

Premye, 2011

Color photograph made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper 16.00 x 20.00 in 40.6 x 50.8 cm Edition of 75 Signed by the artist on label on rear with edition number Unframed. Framing Available. ￥125,000 | $950 USD You can choose this work here. https://py.pl/GYWAN

The collaborative ethos that characterizes Leigh’s public programs pays homage to a long history of Black female collectivity,

Simone Leigh made history as winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for her powerful exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion.

This photograph pictures sculptor Simone Leigh's first porcelain cowrielike sculpture, which she executed in

In her work, Simone Leigh gives power to black women. The cowrie shell in her work is often a stand-in for the female body.

2011. The cowrie shell has historically

Her works join forms derived from vernacular architecture and the female body, rendering them via materials and processes associated with the artistic traditions of Africa and the African diaspora.

Africa and Asia, as well as references

carried monetary, religious, and decorative functions, particularly in to fertility and femininity.

MASAKO KAMIYA

Gallery artist Masako Kamiya engages in a dialogue with paint. Her dialogue with the paint and the surface is composed of each dot she makes with the brush.

Masako builds up dots of color into half-inch, stalactite-like columns with rich variations in color layers.

From a distance the painting is a series of dots, which create larger patterns toward a uniformed center.

When observed more closely the third dimension is revealed, a forest of multicolored columns.

Masako is a recipient of the Brother Thomas Fellowship in and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship. Her mid-career exhibition was held at the Danforth Museum.

Masako is a professor in Painting & Foundation Department at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Spirite Jaune Acrylic and Gouache on Paper in White Box Frame Unique Work Framed Size: 23.62 x 19.29 x 1.18 in 60.0 x 49.0 x 3.0 cm ￥480,000 | $3800 USD

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K H A N Y I M A W H AY I

We are fortunate to offer two works from Khanyisile Mawhayi (b. 1998) an artist, curator and writer from Kagiso, South Africa.

Her recent exhibition at the prestigious Stevenson Gallery in South Africa was completely sold out.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Khanyi Mawhayi [b. 1998] “Ripfalu” Soft Pastel on Canvas 129 cm x 152 cm, 2021 To inquire about this work, please email us at rtbn@gol.com

K H A N Y I M A W H AY I

Khanyi Mawhayi [b. 1998] “Kuhlula” Soft Pastel on Canvas 152 cm x 129 cm, 2021 To inquire about this work, please email us at rtbn@gol.com The paintings of Khanyisile Mawhayi examine themes such as family, tradition and culture. Her work is concerned with self-location and identity formation.

Color plays an integral role in her work. It is what she uses to grab the eye of the viewer and keep them looking. She hopes that the candid and honest reflection in her work encourages the viewer to ponder on their own actions and helps them not to feel alone.

Recently the artist received very positive reviews in the prestigious international publication, ArtForum.

She is also a curatorial assistant at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Arts Africa.

MASAKO KAMIYA

“Orion”

“Breath”

Masako’s paintings are made with gouache on watercolor paper.

She builds up dots of color into half-inch, stalactite-like columns with rich variations in color layers. From a distance the painting is a series of dots, which create larger patterns toward a uniformed center.

The surface is dense. Colors on the flat surface of the paper react with the colors on the surface of each stalk when perceived closely.

These are signed works on paper and framed in a white box frame.

Framed Size: 60cm x 49cm ￥480,000 | $3800 USD

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ETEL ADNAN

This print and accompanying book and portfolio is an important work from Etel Adnan. This is one of the last works she created before her death last year.

L'Apocalypse Arabe (The Arab Apocalypse), 2020 Etching in colors, signed and numbered and included in a beautiful purple linen-covered portfolio and an accompanying 88 page book. Edition of 100

Her works are infused with a joyous sense of color. The interest in her work has skyrocketed in the past two years.

Please email us if you'd like more information.

Etel Adnan [1925-2021] was born in Lebanon and lived in Paris and the U.S. She creates intimate, small-scale compositions with rich, geometric fields of color that evoke sunsets, valleys, and mountains. She has held more than 150 exhibitions including in Paris, London, New York, Zurich, Marrakesh, and Los Angeles, among other cities, and her work belongs in the collections of the British Museum, M+, the Centre Pompidou, the Sharjah Art Museum, the Tate, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. You may have seen her work previously in our gallery in Roppongi as well as in ¥ 740,000 $5800 USD 11 3/5 × 7 9/10 in

an exhibition at the Mori Museum in Tokyo. She is very well known not only as

29.5 × 20 cm

California Berkeley and at Harvard and was a professor for many years in

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California.

an artist but as an author, professor and poet. Adnan received a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne, continued graduate studies at the University of

T I F FA N Y A L F O N S E C A Tiffany Alfonseca (b. 1994) is a Bronx- based Dominican-American mixed media artist who creates vibrant and colorful artworks that celebrates Black and Afro-Latinx diasporic culture.

Alfonseca taps into her AfroDominican roots and leverages it to provide a dynamic framework for her artistic practice.

Alfonseca’s artwork is an intricate combination of beauty, diversity, and multilingualism that exemplifies the strength of the Black and AfroLatinx diaspora.

She constructs new narratives and builds a universe that is reflective of LAS BELLACAS, 2020 Image Size: 22 x 30 in. Print size: 24 x 32 Print on bright white archival rag paper Edition of 30 + 5AP Signed on label on rear Framed with White Acid Free Mat and Black Frame. 26 x 34 in. ¥ 450,000/$3500 USD You can choose this work here. https://bit.ly/3la7wby

her upbringing as a DominicanAmerican woman in the Bronx.

These narratives harken towards dialogue about womanhood, colorism, class, family, ritual, and memory.

KURU ART PROJECT

J. Tega Ladies Plant 55 cm x 41 cm Framed Size 35 cm x 35 cm Image Size White acid-free mat and black frame.

Signed by artist with edition number.

16/17 ￥65,000 | $500 USD You can choose this work here. https://bit.ly/3kWW0jR

The San people -the indigenous people of Southern Africa traditionally painted on caves and rocks.They are hunters and gatherers dependent on their surroundings for their sustenance. This print was created under the auspices of The Kuru Art Project Project which brings back the role of art as an expressive outlet for the San traditions and recent life experiences and helps sustain them.

You can choose this item “San Hunters” here. Edition of 20 Signed by Artist Katrina, 52 cm x 70 cm. Custom Framed Size ¥ 75,000 | $ 600 USD

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San societies are living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Since the hunter-gatherer culture has declined, they have suffered from unemployment, like many other Southern African people.

Unemployment has struck the most to the youth, because the opportunity to education is faint. The Kuru Art Project strengthens the youth’s cultural identity, encourage them to appreciate their own background and be empowered by art to strengthen their selfconfidence.

KURU ART PROJECT

The artists from the Kuru Art Project have produced colorful contemporary art that is original and remarkable in character.

PROTECTING GOATS FROM PREDATORS Signed by Artist, NXHABWE Linocut color print 10/16 Image Size: 41 cm x 31 c.

Another print from Katrina depicting the crops planted by the San people.

Untitled 66 cm x 53 cm Framed Size 35 cm x 35 cm Image Size White acid-free mat and black frame.

Signed by artist with edition number 37/40

Size: 59 × 46 cm Framed

￥65,000 | $500USD

¥ 65,000 | $ 500 USD

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