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.
“I create works in which elements function like organic building blocks: atoms form a molecule, molecules form a compound, compounds form a cell, cells form an organism, and so on. The marks, lines, shapes, colors, and textures that are the basic language of my work form a kind of network structure—a system of interconnected nodes that seem energized by their interaction within the network. In the interdependence, synergy, and the flow of meaning and significance within these networks, there is subtle and profound beauty.”
– Seiko Tachibana
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