mai ide: Boxed Woman

About this event

Boxed Woman, an exhibition by Portland artist mai ide, runs Oct. 16 to Nov. 12 at Pacific University's Kathrin Cawein Gallery in Les AuCoin Hall, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening day, Friday, Oct. 16, includes an artist talk from 3 to 4 p.m., a tea ceremony from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. ide, a Japanese-American artist from Tokyo, works with salvaged fabric and Sashiko stitching to explore cultural intersectionality, race and gender, and the experience of being perceived as an 'other' or 'forever foreigner' in the U.S. Her work has been shown at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Kyoto and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum.