Art Opening Cawein Gallery: mai ide | Boxed Woman

The Cawein Gallery is excited to announce mia ide's art show: Boxed Woman. The opening reception is October 16 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.  The will be a performance by a Japanese Tea Master at 5:30 pm, and an artist talk at 6:00 pm. The show runs from October 16 to November 16, Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 

mai ide is a Japanese-American artist from Tokyo, now based in Portland, OR. Her multidisciplinary approach investigates her own cultural intersectionality and deep ambivalence of race and gender as a non-immigrant, mother, and woman.

As a non-native speaker of English, ide’s practice is expressing discomfort of being classified or perceived by society as an “other” or “forever foreigner” in the U.S. ide's use of salvaged fabric and Sashiko stitches conveys their simultaneous vulnerability, fragility,and ferocity under a constrained, violent, and volatile society. 

ide holds a BFA in Art Practice from Portland State University (OR) and an MFA in Visual Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, as well as degrees in sewing, pattern making, and textile design in Japan, where she worked for twelve years as a material designer. 

Her previous exhibitions and performances include the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum,Museum of Kyoto in Japan, and Jordan Schnitzer Museum in Oregon.