photo courtesy of Joyce Morrill

Jean Kigel _______________________________________________

                                                                          

Specializes in Asian brush painting and watercolors.  Currently experimenting with monoprints, woodblock prints, poured ink, and resists.   Has exhibited in more than thirty shows in the past fifteen years.  Has presented numerous workshops and lectures on Oriental brush painting.  Has engaged in more than fifteen years of personal, intensive study of Oriental brush painting through travel to Japan and China, and apprenticeship with international masters in the U.S.

 

Accomplishments:

        Exhibited in many solo, juried, invitational, and group shows in Maine, Vermont,  Maryland, Washington, D.C.,        Colorado, and Wisconsin in the past fifteen years.

         Curated and administered multiple Maine exhibitions

       Coordinated several solo shows with poetry reading, calligraphy, and Asian music.

 

     Related Experiences:

      Led workshops at the Maine College of Arts, Portland; University of Southern Maine, Portland,   Farnsworth Art      Museum, Rockland; and the Round Top Center for the Arts,  Damariscotta

     Lectured on Asian brushwork at numerous art societies and communit organizations

     Participated in WERU Community Radio feature on Oriental brushwork.

     Presented on panel on marketing art at Center for Maine Contemporary Arts

     Presided over Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME two years

     Presided over Port Clyde Arts and Crafts Gallery, St. George, ME four years

     Wrote press releases for Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME   five years

   Honors:

     Metro New York Chapter Award of Sumi-e Society of America, by Japanese juror Shozo Sato 2004

     Maine Arts Commission's Juried Artist Registry 1997- to present

     Signature Artist for Irvine Gallery’s Juried Show, Prelude to Spring, Kennebunkport, ME 2006

     Cover of Off the Coast: Journal of live Poet’s Society 2006

     Cover of Inner Tapestry:  Maine’s Holistic Journal  December/January 2004/2005

     Cover of American Journal of Forestry, April/May 2002

     Signature Artist for juried show Arts in the Park,, Belfast, ME  1997

   Media: 

      Asian brush paintings using hand-ground pigments on Eastern papers

     Sumi-e paintings with hand-ground Japanese inks  

     Brush-calligraphy in Chinese characters

    Watercolor paintings on rag paper

    Monoprints

    Egg tempera 

    Japanese woodblock prints

    Lithography

    Etching

   Education:

    Art Institute of Guilang, China  2002

     Kikugawa Art Institute, Japan/ Alexandria, VA  1985

     Temple University, Philadelphia MA

  Boston University BA

   Professional Associations:

   Sumi-e Society of America, Washington, D.C. 

   Union of Maine Visual Artists

   Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME

   Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME

   Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, ME

   Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME

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