Chieko Murasugi

Ikebana #3, 2018

Nori (dried seaweed), Ink, and Acrylic on Arches paper

24 x 18 inches; framed: 28.5 x 22.5 inches

Courtesy of the artist

www.chiekomurasugi.com, @cmurasugi

Chieko Murasugi was born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto, and lived in San Francisco for 20 years before relocating to North Carolina in 2012. She studied Visual Perception in humans (PhD Experimental Psychology, York U, Toronto) and monkeys (Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology, Stanford Medical School). After a decades-long painting practice, she earned an MFA in Studio Art from UNC-Chapel Hill (2019). Chieko has exhibited her work widely in galleries and museums, including Greenhill, the Mint, Wiregrass, and Ackland Museums. Her paintings reside in the collections of Duke University, the cities of Raleigh and Durham, TIAA, and Honeywell. She has been awarded residencies at Hambidge, Black Mountain College Museum (digital), and Wildacres. Her art practice is featured in Liza Roberts' 2022 book, "Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina." Chieko is a co-founder and co-curator of BASEMENT, an experimental project space in Chapel Hill, and she is currently represented by Craven Allen and Peel Galleries.