Sapira Cheuk: Movement, Action, Location

Virtual Exhibition

On Exhibit in the James W Hansen Gallery from June 8 - September 10, 2023

Drawing from the wondrous and the every day of Chippewa Valley, artist Sapira Cheuk created a 30ft brush painting onsite at the Pablo Center. Visitors were encouraged to talk with the artist who then incorporated the impressions and visual interpretations gleaned from conversations with guests during the live event.

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EXHIBIT BOOKLET

About The Artist

About Sapira Cheuk

I am interested in proprioception, ways of knowing through the body, and how these modes of knowledge reflect or internalize external experiences. My works seek out instances where the process of experiencing ultimately results in understanding and knowledge, that stems from physical and bodily events. My interest originates from the dynamics of interpersonal memories and has since evolved into themes such as aesthetic labor and ownership; physical isolation, and virtual connections; and cellular alterations through trauma, and psychological recoveries. While these ideas tend to be wide-ranging, my aesthetic choices are firmly based on ink and paper. As I was born in Hong Kong, Chinese Sumi painting aesthetics and materials heavily influenced my practice. The ink used is a specific blend of soluble and insoluble inks to create the effects characteristic to my work. The smooth gradation and abrupt fractures that exist simultaneously in each figure represents my experiences as an immigrant, negotiating two different cultures, values, and operating systems. Thus, the logic of my work has always been that the paper is the space that the ink, a stand-in for the body, occupies.

Sapira Cheuk is an ink painter and installation artist. Born in Hong Kong and based in Las Vegas, NV. Cheuk’s work often utilizes a blend of sumi and india ink, symbolizing the mixture of her identities. Cheuk has exhibited in numerous exhibitions, including those at the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Center for Contemporary Art Texas, Masur Museum, The Netura Museum, and Yellowstone Art Museum. Cheuk works for the Nevada Arts Council, serves as the Art Editor for the Museum of Americana, and teaches at the College of Southern Nevada. She received her BA at the University of California, Riverside, and MFA from California State University, San Bernardino.

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All artwork pricing is set by the artists and is non-negotiable and non-refundable. All artwork sales are by commission with Pablo Center at the Confluence. Your purchase supports our endeavors to present quality visual art programming that is free and open to the public.

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