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Macha Suzuki

January 30, 2013


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Macha Suzuki
Untitled (Squirrel Drawings)
Ink and color pencil on paper, 2012
12 x 9 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Sam Lee Gallery
Value: $1,100.00
Starting bid: $550.00
Minimum bid increment: $50.00
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About the artist

Macha Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1979. He immigrated to Los Angeles in 1988. He has a BA in studio art with emphases in painting and photography from Azusa Pacific University and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University in sculpture. Macha has exhibited his work regularly for the past ten years in museums and galleries, nationally and internationally. He is currently represented by Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, he has had solo exhibitions at the Laguna Art Museum, Kravets/Wehby Gallery in NYC, and Cypress College. He has been an instructor at Azusa Pacific University since 2005, where he continues to influence young artists. He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

About the work

Untitled (Squirrel Drawings)
Ink and color pencil on paper, 2012

“I use images of animals such as ducks, fish, cats, squirrels, doves, dragons, and storks with inanimate natural objects such as ponds, trees, leaves, clouds, and plants. I pull these images from my memories and experiences, taking them out of their original context and recreating them in scenes that seem to be parts of larger stories. None appears to be rooted in truth. Things are extremely exaggerated and obscured to a point where they no longer function as representations of things of this world. I tell these lies for one reason only: the truth about my life just isn’t interesting enough. Although my (works) appear to render truthfulness ridiculous, they are intended to provoke real human feelings and emotions such as confusion, defeat, joy, nostalgia and wonder. Many of my animals and inanimate objects are therefore given human characteristics.”

Selected collections
• Fredrick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles

Selected exhibitions
• ex•pose: macha suzuki, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• Permission to Fail, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010
• Makebelief, Kravets/Wheby Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
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