Happy spring!

I’m pleased to announce that my solo show, “Layered Time: Naoe Suzuki – On Land” opens today at Spoke Gallery. We will have a virtual opening reception and gallery talk on April 15th. I hope you will join us!

Layered Time: Naoe Suzuki – On Land
April 12 - May 29, 2021
Zoom Opening Reception: Thursday, April 15, 6-7pm, followed by gallery talk, 7-7:30pm
Link for the ZOOM event will be posted on MWP’s Spoke Gallery web page.
 
SPOKE Gallery @ Medicine Wheel Productions
840 Summer Street, South Boston, MA 02127 
(MWP has its own street entrance -located in the block between 1st & 2nd Streets)
Gallery Hours: By Appointment. Please email: Info@mwproductions.org to schedule your visits. No more than 6 visitors at one time and all gallery visitors are required to wear masks and to practice social distancing.
 

My works on paper from Extinction Studies series will be in the show. And I’m very excited to show new works from Land Forest Water Animals You and I series. For the gallery’s flat-file project, I’m showing another new series from Hours Days Weeks Months Years Decades Centuries. You can see more images on these links. 

A bit about my new series, Land Forest Water Animals You and I
 
The font I used in this series is called the Climate Crisis Font developed by the Nordic’s largest newspaper Helsinging Sanomat. The font’s weight responds to NSIDC’s (National Snow and Ice Data Center) Arctic sea ice data from 1979 to 2019 and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s prediction all the way to 2050. One can visually get a sense on how fast the ice has been melting and how much it is expected to melt in the future based on current forecasts. In the image above, the drawing on the left is based on 1979 data, the middle one is based on 2019 data, and the drawing on the right is based on 2050 forecast.
 
Land, Forest, Water, Animals, You and I are interconnected as one for species’ survival. Water, plants, soils, marine life, wildlife, birds, insects, fungus and all lives will be affected by climate change. You and I are a part of ecological nature, but you and I are the drivers for the cause of climate change. It is also up to us for making positive changes for our planet.  
 
Watch the video about the Climate Crisis Font. 

Think About Water (virtual exhibit)
Our first virtual group exhibit by Thinkaboutwater, a collective of ecological artists and activists. This virtual exhibit is up through June 22. 
 
Read an article about this exhibit on Artists & Climate Change.

Thank you very much for your ongoing support. Earth Day (April 20 – 22) is coming up soon. This year’s theme is Restore Our Earth. A global climate summit will be convened on Earth Day this year. If taking some actions is not for you, I hope you can at least connect with nature in any ways possible. 
 
 
Warmly,
Naoe