TOMO MORI (1973 - )
Rondo.

Acrylic with cotton and silk fabric on cotton canvas, 2024. 914x914 mm; 36x36 inches. Signed and dated in ink, verso.

Provenance: collection of the artist.

Rondo is a layered collage work composed of acrylic painting and fabric scraps from all over the world. Mori explains her creative process: "I create tiles from fabrics and cut them into petal-like shapes. The petals dance in the space of time in human history, where the memories come in and out in an encircling form. Mixing different cultural patterns on a surface, my work celebrates the beauty and determination of multicultural communities. The many different fabrics are joyful evidence of our ancestors enriching our lives beyond their own survival."

Born in Japan, Tomo Mori is a New York-based painter and collage/fiber artist. She received a BFA from Atlanta College of Art (SCAD Atlanta) in 1995 and worked for an international news agency for over 11 years. The experience of seeing the world from the newsroom planted seeds for her mission as an artist today.

In early 2023, she was selected to participate in the winter workspace residency at Wave Hill. She also participated in IFPA/EFA Robert Blackburn programs in 2022 and Chashama in 2016 and 2020.

Her work has been exhibited widely from community galleries to international art fairs like Scope Miami, Flux Art Fair, FiveMyles, Make Room LA, Rush Art Gallery, Gallery Aferro, Newark Museum, and Sugar Hill Children's Museum. Her passion for public art landed her commissions from Columbia University in 2016, MTA Arts and Design in 2018, Governors Island in 2019, and Swan Reserve Hotel in 2021. Tomo works as a residency/teaching artist at the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem. Bio courtesy of the artist.

Consigned to support the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.