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Peace
Medium: Oil with pumice on wood panel
Dimensions: 12in. x 36 in.
October 2023
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Description: In this project, Misato weaves personal narratives into a unique visual language inspired by Japanese scroll paintings. Utilizing isometric perspectives and diagonal compositions, Misato channels the Japanese philosophy of Ma (é–“), where negative space becomes more than mere emptiness—it serves as an intentional pathway that guides the viewer’s eye, inviting reflection and tranquility. Here, absence holds as much power as presence, with the spaces between elements resonating as strongly as the forms themselves. Through this approach, Misato achieves a sophisticated balance, where each detail and pause is infused with meaning.
Misato Pang
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Misato moved to the United States when she was 17 years old. As a Japanese-Chinese-American, her work contains a mixture of cultural influences and visual pursuits that serve as springboard for self-discovery— both of pictorial language as well as her heritage. From collage, drawing, printmaking, to photography, she uses the mediums interchangeably to provoke curiosity and surprise in her own approach to painting.
Artist Statement:
I feel most honest and at ease with myself and the world when I paint. It heightens my sensitivity towards the overall experience of being present and alive. Painting offers both a prayerful meditation and endless discovery of my inner world which expresses itself through the interlocking forms and color shifts that create dimension and a sense of fullness. The narratives tend to be arbitrary at first, but they reveal themselves as form emerges and coalesce into a world of characters in an environment. These pictorial images are often charged with symbols borrowed from my own cultures and memories; they function as keys to unlock the meaning of the images.