The East Asian Studies Center in co-sponsorship with the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Columbus Preparatory Academy and the Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery is pleased to present a new work by critically acclaimed artist Migiwa Orimo. Orimo will create an installation, titled Three Rooms of Kioku, scheduled to be on exhibit at the Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, November 1-30, 2012. The opening reception will take place Thursday, November 8, from 5 – 7:00 p.m. and will include live entertainmen t and refreshments.

Orimo’s idea for the installation emerged from her interest in memories in public and private spaces. In her work, she asks questions: What is the act of remembering? What are personal/collective memories? And, how do these memories become history? In this three-component installation, viewers will encounter three different approaches to the notion of memory: historical, personal and collective. In each room memory will be explored in many forms: concocted,dissected, failed, rebuilt, re-collected, re-imagined, and re-presented.

Migiwa Orimo is an artist whose primary work takes the form of installation. Orimo was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. After receiving her degree in literature and studying graphic design, she immigrated to the US in 1981. Past venues include: the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; the San Bernardino Museum, San Bernardino, CA; and in Ohio – the Springfield Art Museum, Dayton Art Institute, Spaces, OSU Urban Arts Space and Oberlin College. Orimo is the recipient of numerous awards for her work, including: Individual Creativity Excellence Award (Ohio Arts Council, 2008); Individual Artist Fellowship Grant (Ohio Arts Council, 1996, 2004); and the Headlands Center for the Arts Residency Award (Summer, 2012). She resides and works in Yellow Springs, OH.