New Exhibit: Hungry Ghost at Marin MoCA
Work in progress continued
Francis Bacon was an artist whose studio was a messy galore. I, too, work in this way. This has hindered my social life, but this is the only way I can work. I think it makes me feel uninhibited. I know it’s not socially acceptable to live this way, and…
Work in progress The Bird
This new work will be exhibit at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato, CA. The opening reception is in 2 weeks. And the installation day is in one week. Yet I just started last week. I seem to do this every time. Procrastination is my process. I think about…
thank you cards for the UMI production
Thank you cards to Judy, the artistic director of OnenessButoh, Kallan, the artistic director of Rain Ensemble and Naoko who attended many of OnenessButoh rehearsals. Kallan and Naoko accompanied our dances with live music, accommodated our limitations, and simplified the music so we could follow along. These three were instrumental…
Staghorn Ferns
I’ve been a little bit obsessed with ferns lately. Last summer I allowed myself to have a fern. I used to think ferns were out of my league, that I should only like drought tolerant plants. It was the sensible thing to do. Succulents. Chapparal plants. Grassland plants. Plants from…
Ode to Minamata
I have the good fortune to train with OnenessButoh dance group for over a year now. I’m still very much a novice, so I am a bundle of a lot of emotions, but mostly so humbled to be preparing and participating in a performance, Umi, with such a seasoned and…
Thriller zombie #3
Since 2015 I have been performing Thriller dance with my group, Bay Area Flash Mob. At first I thought it would be a pain in the ass because of all the makeup. My experience with makeup has been very poor because I used to dance Balinese dance and their…
Installation at LDB gallery
I finally finished my last piece at 5:15 am on Monday morning. Installation began on Sunday and would extend to Monday. Opening reception on Saturday Oct 6, 2-4 pm, 12501 Alcosta Blvd. San Ramon, CA 94583 Show runs until Oct 28.
New show: (Re)Call: Counternarratives by Asian American Artists, San Ramon, CA
This beautiful piece is titled Unity by Ellen Bepp, hand papercut, 2017 This October, I am showing 5 new works, all resulting from what I learned on my trip to Indonesia this summer with my parents. It will be a great show. I am familiar with the artists and they…
Work in progress: more family stories
I’m making new work to be exhibited at Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon Community Center. It is forcing me to process the information I received over my visit to Indonesia with my parents this summer. My father has dementia. It was a difficult visit for all of us, frustrating…