Milly Skellington BIO

Artist living in downtown NYC, from 17 miles south of Hollywood, California.

millyskellington@gmail.com

Solid_As_A_Rock!

Faux thinking machine, flooring from The Noguchi Museum, on panel 34 x 26 x 4 in.

Miwa

Neishi

Statement

“Vanessa” (meaning butterfly in Greek or Venus in Latin) is a small flower vase that sits on top of a separate structure which interlocks a pair of wings. Extended from my usual ceramic practice of making sculptural flower vases, I created this piece as an appreciation of Love, to explore the complexity and interactive aspect that can be attached to a function. I see Noguchi’s artworks as reading poems, with his careful decisions of which material, tools, to be used and marks to be made. I practice with clay, to better reflect what I feel the best to be seen. I am grateful to show my piece of Love here at the museum where I feel invited, welcomed, and protected.

Bio

Miwa Neishi is a Tokyo-born, New York-based artist, whose sculptural works draw inspiration from abstract expressionism, prehistoric clay figures, and Japanese calligraphy. Each one-of-a-kind work is hand-built, and entirely able to function as a water-holding vase, part of the artist’s desire for people to connect with the elemental forms of life—earth and nature—in their homes.

miwa90studio@gmail.com

Statement

This particular piece written in Filipino Baybayin, it translates to:

The land I was born in, does not want me. (USA) The land of my blood and ancestors, does not want me. (Philippines)

I am only cradled by the arms of my ancestors. I always walk with those who came before me, and those who come after me.

Bio

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area (currently living in New York). I received my MA in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute as well as a BA in Painting and Printmaking from San Jose State University. My art and writing is an ever evolving investigation of understanding my narrative of the FilipinoAmerican experience. Coping with the experience of my own degrading mental and physical health has been a primary influence on the production of my art making process.

orlandolacro.com

@orlandos_sarisaristore olacro@hotmail.com i have no home Mixed media on wood panel 14 x 11 x 1 in.