Edwin Ushiro
At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home



Reception: Wednesday, March 24th, 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition: March 24 to April 17, 2010

The content of Edwin Ushiro’s work is as richly layered as the works themselves. Influenced by the memories and folklore of his childhood in Hawaii and with nods to Japanese Anime, he creates his own mythology populated with modern characters and contemporary references. With At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home, Ushiro utilizes his technique of layering paint, ink, graphite, varnish and iron transfers on vinyl sheets to create romantic, luminescent works that focus on the mystery, and histories, held by abandoned and forgotten places.

Edwin Ushiro earned his BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Since he began exhibiting in 2006, his works have been shown at galleries and museums worldwide including LeBasse Projects and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Svenska Mobler Gallery in Chicago, Atticus Galeria in Barcelona, the Insa Art Center in Seoul and the Museum of Kyoto, Japan. Ushiro currently resides in Culver City, California.

Running concurrently with At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home, in the main gallery, is So the Story Goes by Diane Barcelowsky.

Image:The Secret Life of a Rustling Brush, 2010, mixed media, 31" x 21"