SKIN
A thing about strength and not #2
Paper, colored pencil, fiber and steel
By Juvana Soliven
Skin
Juvana Soliven
Hays Gallery
September 23 – November 14th, 2020
Curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis
Thin and thick skin. Yours and mine. Skin that dictates the way you navigate social paradigms and determines one's ability to go with or against them. The skin you're in.
Juvana Soliven is a mixed media visual artist and educator from Honolulu, Hawaii, working predominantly in metal and fiber. Soliven completed an MFA in Metalsmithing at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016, a BFA in Sculpture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2013, and also studied Art Restoration and Conservation at Lorenzo de' Medici International School in Florence, Italy in 2012. Soliven is a Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Teaching Artist at the Honolulu Museum of Art School.
ARTIST RECEPTION - September 26th
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