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Michi Itami "Kusa (State I)," 1974. Intaglio on rag paper, 22" x 30." Signed, dated, titled and noted “Artist's Proof." COURTESY MARK BORGHI GALLERY
On Saturday, April 30, from 5 to 8 p.m., Mark Borghi Gallery in Sag Harbor opens “Michi Itami: A Movement in Print.”
The exhibition will showcase Itami’s unique printmaking style with work spanning more than 30 years. Among the selection, prints utilizing authentic Japanese stencil, intaglio, woodblock, computer-generated imagery and monoprinting are made on surfaces such as tissue, rice and rag paper.
Itami is a visual artist known for her printmaking, ceramics, paintings and digital art. Her work is held in major museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Legion of Honor Museum (San Francisco) and the National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto, Japan).
Itami received a BA in English literature from UCLA in 1959. She subsequently undertook graduate work in Japanese and English literature at Columbia University, and in 1971 earned her MA from the University of California, Berkeley. She is Professor Emerita at City University of New York where she taught for more than 20 years. She previously taught at the San Francisco Art Institute and California State University, Hayward. She has received honors such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art, and a Distinguished Alumna award from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mark Borghi Gallery is at 34 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Visit markborghi.org for details.
Staff Writer on Apr 27, 2022