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Naoko Morisawa | Happy Dreamer

Naoko Morisawa | Happy Dreamer

Jun 2 - Jul 2
Naoko Morisawa| NEW WAVE - TARGET FOREVER II | 33230

Traver Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new and recent work by mixed-media artist, Naoko Morisawa, marking the artist’s first solo exhibition at Traver Gallery.

The exhibition’s title, Happy Dreamer, reflects the joy and whimsy expressed in the artist’s compositions. Morisawa combines disparate and incongruous materials to form beautiful and disorienting designs that reflect a series of visual paradoxes in her mosaic-like paintings. Although she has done representational images in the past, Naoko’s current work is focused almost exclusively on abstraction. For her, these abstract compositions are a visual representation of feelings that cannot be adequately expressed through language or traditional figuration.

 

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TARGET FOREVER X - ROUND 1 | 33229
TARGET FOREVER X - ROUND 1 | 33229, 2021
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
18" dia
$2,500
TARGET FOREVER XII - ROUND 3 | 33226
TARGET FOREVER XII - ROUND 3 | 33226, 2022
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
36"dia
$8,800
TARGET FOREVER XI - ROUND 2 | 33227
TARGET FOREVER XI - ROUND 2 | 33227, 2022
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
36"dia
$8,800
TARGET FOREVER XIII - ROUND 4 | 33228
TARGET FOREVER XIII - ROUND 4 | 33228, 2022
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
24"dia
SOLD
JOURNAL ROUTE 84 - ON THE WAY TO ABIQUIU NEW MEXICO | 33237
JOURNAL ROUTE 84 - ON THE WAY TO ABIQUIU NEW MEXICO | 33237, 2019
oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
40"h x 60"w
SOLD
NEW WAVE - TARGET FOREVER II | 33230
NEW WAVE - TARGET FOREVER II | 33230, 2020–2021
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
40"h x 60"w
pricing available upon request
NEW WAVE - CLOUD MOVEMENT - BYOBU STYLE | 33231
NEW WAVE - CLOUD MOVEMENT - BYOBU STYLE | 33231, 2018
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
40"h x 92"w
pricing available upon request
NEW WAVE - URBAN UBER | 33232
NEW WAVE - URBAN UBER | 33232, 2022
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
24"h x 30"w
$6,500
NEW WAVE - RED THREAD X BLACK THREAD | 33233
NEW WAVE - RED THREAD X BLACK THREAD | 33233, 2015
oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
24"h x 30"w x 1.5"d
$6,500
NEW WAVE - VINTAGE (BLACK X WHITE) | 33234
NEW WAVE - VINTAGE (BLACK X WHITE) | 33234, 2016
oil stained paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
30"h x 24"w
$6,000
ENERGY IX - ROUGH STONE | 33235
ENERGY IX - ROUGH STONE | 33235, 2017
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
40"h x 30"w
$8,800
ENERGY V - GRAVITY I | 33236
ENERGY V - GRAVITY I | 33236, 2014
oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
30"h x 24"w
$8,000
JOURNAL - INTERSTATE 82 - THE VALLEY | 33238
JOURNAL - INTERSTATE 82 - THE VALLEY | 33238, 2021
oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
36"h x 48"w
$16,000
JOURNAL - BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AT MOSS GARDEN, BLOEDEL RESERVE | 33239
JOURNAL - BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AT MOSS GARDEN, BLOEDEL RESERVE | 33239, 2021
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
36"h x 48"w
pricing available upon request
BIRTH - REBIRTH | 33240
BIRTH - REBIRTH | 33240, 2018
oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
24"h x 30"w
$8,000
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  • TARGET FOREVER X – ROUND 1 | 33229, 2021
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    18" dia
    $2,500
  • TARGET FOREVER XII – ROUND 3 | 33226, 2022
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    36"dia
    $8,800
  • TARGET FOREVER XI – ROUND 2 | 33227, 2022
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    36"dia
    $8,800
  • TARGET FOREVER XIII – ROUND 4 | 33228, 2022
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    24"dia
    SOLD
  • JOURNAL ROUTE 84 – ON THE WAY TO ABIQUIU NEW MEXICO | 33237, 2019
    oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    40"h x 60"w
    SOLD
  • NEW WAVE – TARGET FOREVER II | 33230, 2020–2021
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    40"h x 60"w
    pricing available upon request
  • NEW WAVE – CLOUD MOVEMENT – BYOBU STYLE | 33231, 2018
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    40"h x 92"w
    pricing available upon request
  • NEW WAVE – URBAN UBER | 33232, 2022
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    24"h x 30"w
    $6,500
  • NEW WAVE – RED THREAD X BLACK THREAD | 33233, 2015
    oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    24"h x 30"w x 1.5"d
    $6,500
  • NEW WAVE – VINTAGE (BLACK X WHITE) | 33234, 2016
    oil stained paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    30"h x 24"w
    $6,000
  • ENERGY IX – ROUGH STONE | 33235, 2017
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    40"h x 30"w
    $8,800
  • ENERGY V – GRAVITY I | 33236, 2014
    oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    30"h x 24"w
    $8,000
  • JOURNAL – INTERSTATE 82 – THE VALLEY | 33238, 2021
    oil stained wood mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    36"h x 48"w
    $16,000
  • JOURNAL – BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AT MOSS GARDEN, BLOEDEL RESERVE | 33239, 2021
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    36"h x 48"w
    pricing available upon request
  • BIRTH – REBIRTH | 33240, 2018
    oil stained wood and paper mosaic painting, acrylic, washi (Japanese paper)
    24"h x 30"w
    $8,000
  • About
    Naoko Morisawa

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Morisawa combines disparate and incongruous materials to form beautiful and disorienting designs that reflect a series of visual paradoxes in her mosaic-like work. Although she has done representational images in the past, Naoko’s current work is focused almost exclusively on abstraction. For her, these abstract compositions are a visual representation of feelings that cannot be adequately expressed through language or traditional figuration.

Morisawa’s methodology for creating boldly colored mosaic paintings is both highly technical and entirely intuitive, layering thousands of meticulously cut and oil-stained wood and paper pieces to create dynamic textures, shadows, color fields, and patterns. Guided by a general impulse, the artist engages in a spirited back and forth with her works, embracing improvisation and chance as she brings a piece into being. With a background in traditional Japanese marquetry (or intarsia) – a technique in which images are created using carefully cut and glued slivers of wood – Morisawa sees the natural textures and patterns of the wood grain and paper fibers as fundamental elements in her pieces.

Naoko Morisawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied art at Japan’s Tama Art University. She has worked as a commercial product designer for Godiva Chocolate and Twining Tea and taught art classes in Tokyo, Yokohama, and the Canadian Embassy before moving to the USA in 2004. She has exhibited her work in more than 30 states across the US, in Japanese museums, the Dublin Biennale, National Weather Center Biennale, Bellingham National at Whatcom Museum, and Tokyo Art Olympia Biennale at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan. Her work is included in the collections of City of Seattle, Kent, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Kent and Shoreline, Seattle Center, Seattle Public Utilities, Washington Convention Center, Macy’s Seattle, Amazon, Nordstrom Inc. General Electric HQ Exhibition, and Facebook- Meta (TBC).

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