Lauren Iida discusses her art practice and Open Studio Cambodia, the artist collective she founded in 2018, with the Phnom Penh Post. Iida says that she really loves using hand-cut paper as her primary medium because the materials are not complicated or expensive and though it can be time consuming the process itself and the…
ArtXchange Gallery artist Lauren Iida on the PBS “American Portrait” national storytelling project
ArtXchange Gallery is proud to present 32 Aspects of Daily Life, a new series of mixed-media, paper cut-away portraits by Lauren Iida. In this exhibition, Iida pays homage to a series of the same name, created in the 1880s by Japanese woodblock artist, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Utilizing watercolor and ink, alongside her distinct paper cut-away technique, Iida depicts female-identifying people that she has connected with during her daily life.
Selections from “100 Aspects of the Moon” by Lauren Iida are currently featured in the North Gallery. Each of these intricate hand-cut works references the moon in some way, symbolizing the common thread of humanity through time, distance, and culture. If you’ve ever wanted an affordable, small-scale piece by Lauren Iida, this is the series for you! On view through November 30th.