SUPERSUBSURFACE :: Janine Awai

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Janine Awai uses subtle combinations of imagery, texture, and materials, investigating the spaces between human perception and the natural environment. Awai draws inspiration from natural phenomena such as geometric repetitions, textural landscapes, and fractal imagery on both micro and macro scales. Beyond formal observations, she incorporates elements of time, distance, and memory to establish a connection between the sensory and rational experience. Her compositions are a mixture of two and three-dimensional media that incorporate the illustrative quality of line and the topographic impact of form and relief. Awai approaches each piece as an investigative process that mimics and explores the fragility and complexity of organic systems, and our relationship to them.

Tampa’s Creative Loafing awarded Janine Awai's Supersubsurface Best Solo Show at the 25 Anniversary Best of the Bay Awards Ceremony on September 23, 2015.