Seiko Tachibana

Seiko Tachibana, Cosmos - Scene A-12. Intaglio, monotype.

Davidson Galleries is pleased to share a new series of intaglio prints from California-based, Japanese artist Seiko Tachibana, titled Cosmos-Scene (2023). Tachibana’s work emphasizes connection, dissection and relationships in elements such as water droplets, ferns, and constellations. The artist seeks structures and patterns under the microscope and finds their image again through the telescope. Her work frequently develops into large series that demonstrate her determination to explore phenomena from every angle.

Seiko Tachibana, Cosmos - Scene A-10 (2). Intaglio, monotype.

Tachibana’s new works from Cosmos-Scene use bright lines to cut through darkness and uncertainty. Rays attempt to organize, diagram, and interpret natural phenomena. Nodes emerge from deep space and raise questions about their origins. The compositions live by their own logic and leave us to wonder if we are looking at a petri dish or the night sky. Maybe the bursts are fireworks, but maybe they are microbes. The tiny irregular marks could be shooting stars, or scratches on a lens. The compositions are beautiful regardless of their ability to be solved. Then again, maybe the cosmos exists within every small material just as the cosmos encapsulates the entire universe.

Seiko Tachibana, Cosmos - Scene A-9. Intaglio, monotype.

Seiko Tachibana, Cosmos - Scene A-8. Intaglio, monotype.

 Seiko Tachibana (Japanese, b. 1964) was born in Osaka, Japan in 1964 and has been based in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1993. She received a Masters in Art Education from Kobe University in Japan and a Masters of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute. Tachibana is known for her intaglio prints that explore life sources, human experience, and unity. Working on both a macro and micro scale, she depicts the connected systems and structures of the natural world from a single water droplet to a segment of the universe. She is interested in the concept of a unifying principle in both the sciences and the art, and explores patterns and relationships that suggest synthesis. She has exhibited and participated in artist residencies internationally, most recently at the Siena Art Institute in Italy and millstART in Austria. Tachibana’s work is held in the collections of many international institutions, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, New York Public Library, and Museum Meermanno in the Netherlands.

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