Born in Shiga, Japan,Naomi Kawanishi Reismakes 2D works using everyday materials like paper, blades, and brushes to focus on idealized spaces—utopian architecture, conservatory gardens, and still life. Reis has exhibited at@KCUA(Kyoto),Youkobo Art Space(Tokyo),Transmitter(Brooklyn, NY),Mixed Greens(New York, NY), andBrooklyn Academy of Music,among others. In 2018 she received aJoan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, and in 2015 was a NYFA Finalist in Painting. Residencies that have supported her work includeYaddo,Wave Hill(Bronx, NY), theRobert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and theLower East Side Printshop. A founding member of artist-run galleryTiger Strikes Asteroid NY(2012-2017), in 2015-2019 she co-organized the collectiveAN/OTHER NY: a nomadic workspace for Asian art practitioners to gather through workshops and public events. Reis holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Transcultural Identity from Hamilton College.
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