Artists’ Backgrounds Teri Hylton Birth place: London (UK) has lived in: Florence (Italy)- 1 year Current residence: NW London Art training: London Meera Chauda Birth place: Crawley (UK) Has lived in: Mombasa (Kenya) - holidays Current resident: SW London Art training: London Jennifer Lewis Birth place : London (UK) Current residence : NE London Art training: London Fatima Djabri Birth place : Paris (France) has lived in : Paris Current residence : SW London Art training: London Misako Okuyama Birth place : Tokyo (Japan) has lived in : Paris (France)- 1 year and half, Montreal (Canada) – 3 years Current residence: SW London Art training: Tokyo & Paris Thurle Wright: Birth place : Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) has lived in :, Sydney & Tasmania (Australia), (Germany), (Denmark), France and UK Current residence: SW London Art training: London
Artworks Teri Hylton Subject matter: Female figures Media: Photography, Printing, Painting Meera Chauda Subject matter Female figures (Kali & English girls Media: Collage with photo copied images Thurle Wright Subject matter Abstract (Form & Language) Media: Origami sculpture Jennifer Lewis Subject matter Afro Caribbean people and nature Media: Painting, Jewellery, Pottery and Sculpture Fatima Djabri Subject matter Tatoos, Hena and Fabrics Media: Textiles, Collage Misako Okuyama Subject matter: Snake & Letters Media: Japanese mineral painting, calligraphy, collage and craft
Analysis of Meera and Teri’s Artworks Artists ’ Statements Imagery Cultural Sources Symbolism Interpretation
Misako Okuyama’s Cultural Identity Imagery: Cultural Sources Japanese & cosmopolitan cultures –Female snake Venus ’ body: combination of Japanese letters Symbolism of the Snake in Japanese culture –one of the seven gods of good luck / love / beauty –symbolic equivalence to Venus in European culture There are many traditional stories about snakes from different parts of Japan, and often involve women changing into snakes to accomplish a wish. Venus RW (Myself) Media: Japanese Calligraphy Methods: combination of letters & images using Japanese art techniques
Imagery: Cultural Sources Indian (Hindu) & British –Head Kali the destroyer –Body Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz (English) Kali Media: Collage Methods: Enlarging & reducing images Meera Chauda ’ s Cultural Identity (Asian British) Artist ’ s Statement Questions of identity and place Where are they going? Many child stories in which girls embark upon journeys and return home