Art Exhibition: Christopher Dewees "Fishes of the Pacific Rim: Japanese Fish Prints", June 12 – July 9
The show will include unique one-of-a-kind prints of fish and shellfish done during the past 20 years in locations around the entire Pacific Rim. My goal is to show the great diversity of aquatic organisms. I plan to take advantage of the north/south orientation of the International House space to hang works in locations that approximate their geographic ranges. My style blends my scientific background, artistic sense of each fish, and my desire to be true to the Japanese roots of the art form.
John Dory from New Zeland
Christopher Dewees is a native San Franciscan who has been involved
with fish and fisheries his entire life. He retired in 2007 after a
35-year career in marine fisheries at UC Davis. Chris has been
printing fish and shellfish on handmade papers and silk since
1968. He co-founded of the Nature Printing Society; a
worldwide organization dedicated to furthering the art of
printing objects found in nature. His works have been shown in
galleries and museums in North America, Japan, Australia and New
Zealand.
