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Nikkei, Painter, and Draw guy 🇯🇵🇺🇸
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BFA: KSU 2021
MFA candidate : UI

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Congrats to our BFA Painting alum on there acceptance into these top MFA programs! Good luck to Nick, Marissa, and Calvin on the start of your candidacy and Jack for your second year! Can’t wait to see what you make and hear how it’s going…

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Final few days to see the current exhibitions! The gallery is open today for extended hours until 7:00, and Friday & Saturday from 11:00 - 4:00.

On View:
• “Siting Ritual: Holding Renewal, Inscribing Resilience” by Artist in Residence Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
• “Through Our Nikkei Eyes” by CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee, featuring Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee
• “Working Woods: Altered But Not Erased” by Artist in Residence Josh Maxwell

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Photos in psychological order

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MFA/MA/BFA/Painting Minor alum and Candidate summer and upcoming shows and residencies!!! Too many to list and sorry if I missed any (keep in touch so we can promote!). KENT STATE PAINTING #kentstatepainting

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Come check out the exhibitions this and next week before they close on Saturday, July 18!

On View:
• “Through Our Nikkei Eyes” by CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee, featuring Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee
• “Siting Ritual: Holding Renewal, Inscribing Resilience” by Artist in Residence Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
• “Working Woods: Altered But Not Erased” by Artist in Residence Josh Maxwell

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 11:00 - 4:00
Thursday: 11:00 - 7:00 (extended summer hours)

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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for last week’s opening reception! It was wonderful to celebrate these incredible artists and exhibitions with our community.

Now on view through Saturday, July 18:
• “Siting Ritual: Holding Renewal, Inscribing Resilience” by Artist in Residence Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
• “Working Woods: Altered But Not Erased” by Artist in Residence Josh Maxwell
• “Through Our Nikkei Eyes” by CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee, featuring Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 11:00 - 4:00
Thursday: 11:00 - 7:00 (extended summer hours)

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From the archive to the gallery wall. 🤝

Incredible to see this shot printed and framed next to @sirnicklee. Capturing the scale of the final piece from his residency with @feverdream.gallery — from up above was exciting, but seeing it transition into a physical space brings the whole project full circle.

Beyond the gallery, Nick is embarking on a massive new chapter. He’s heading out to Iowa this year to pursue his Master’s degree in art and push his vision even further. Huge moves… great work king! 👑

Including this piece, a selection of Nick’s past work is officially on display at @akron_soul_train for the next month, until July 18th. Swipe to see the original drone perspective, drop some love for Nick in the comments, and make sure to take the trip to Akron to check it out in person!

mural: @sirnicklee
drone photography: @owenzubek

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Circa 2023 with @sirnicklee ⏳

A look back at the energy, the process, and the community behind Nick’s artist residency with @feverdream.gallery. Documenting this chapter and watching his vision come to life was something special.

🎥 @owenzubek

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Join us tonight from 5:00–7:30 PM for the opening celebration of the gallery’s three newest exhibitions!

On view:
- “Siting Ritual: Holding Renewal, Inscribing Resilience” by Artist-in-Residence Kristen Mimms Scavnicky
- “Working Woods: Altered But Not Erased” by Artist-in-Residence Josh Maxwell
- “Through Our Nikkei Eyes” by CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee, featuring Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee

See you tonight!

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Join us next Friday, June 12th, from 5:00 – 7:30 PM for the opening reception of “Siting Ritual: Holding Renewal, Inscribing Resilience” by Artist in Resident Kristen Mimms Scavnicky, “Working Woods: Altered But Not Erased” by Artist in Resident Josh Maxwell, and “Through Our Nikkei Eyes” by CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee!

For more information, visit akronsoultrain.org
(🔗 in bio)

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CapSOUL Emerging Artist Nick Lee’s exhibition, “Through Our Nikkei Eyes”, featuring Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee will be on view from Wednesday, June 10 - July 18!

“Through Our Nikkei Eyes”, is a group exhibition featuring artists of Japanese descent working across the United States. Through painting, sculpture, animation, printmaking, and documentary, the exhibition explores the layered identities and lived experiences of Nikkei communities—Japanese and Japanese-descended individuals living outside Japan. This exhibition showcases Lee’s work in conversation with artists Gwen Waight, Joey Leppo, Akira Maynard, Matthew Hashiguchi, and Ritsuko Lee.

Lee’s work centers portraiture as a means of visibility and representation, challenging reductive perceptions and affirming the complexity of identity. “As Western perceptions of Japanese people are often that they are “foreign” or “unknown,” I use portraiture to assert my sitter’s full personhood. My paintings invite the viewer into a world of vibrant color palettes and playful compositions, asking them to get to know the community I am depicting,” explains Lee.

The exhibition also reflects Lee’s engagement with public art as a platform for cultural storytelling, connecting personal narrative with broader community awareness in Northeast Ohio.

About Nick Lee:
Nick Lee (b. 1996) is a painter from Akron, Ohio. Lee received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Kent State University in 2021 and he is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. Lee’s work is inspired by the diversity of human experience. As a Japanese-American, he strives to better represent minorities like himself in American portraiture and Western art. Another motivation for his work is self-discovery. Lee uses symbolic Japanese objects in his paintings to connect with a culture that was never taught to him growing up. Lee is the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Citizen for Art Education for the Northeast Ohio region by the OAEA. Lee is also the recipient of the 2024 Arts Alive Emerging Artist award by Summit Artspace.

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IN ONE WEEK - Blooming Tides, a Group Show curated by Davon Brantley @davon.brantley opens on Friday, June 5, 6-9pm during Walk All Over Waterloo.

SNEAK PEEK:
Slide 1 - Jurnee Ta’Zion @noigjurnee, Distorted Sense of Self 1
Slide 2 - Nick Lee @sirnicklee, The Boy Next Door
Slide 3 - Yasmeen Kwan @theartofkwan, Going Once, Going Twice...!
Slide 4 - Younghyeon Ryu-Hurst @younghyeonryu, Soap and Water

From the Curator: “This exhibition features Black, AAPI and Latinx Artists and is intended to explore the interconnection, influence and/or impact of their cultures amongst each other through various media.”

Originally slated as a week-long pop-up, the exhibition has now expanded to a full six-week exhibition featuring the work of nine artists:
Nicole Alvarez @_.nicole._.a
Ashton Burton @ashton.l.burton
Liana Gonzalez @lxana_marxe_
Yasmeen Kwan @theartofkwan
Nick Lee @sirnicklee
Younghyeon Ryu-Hurst @younghyeonryu
Sebastian Sosa @__seba5
Lauren Sylvia @spillthe.art
Jurnee Ta’Zion @noigjurnee

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