11/04/2025
We invite you to "Kobako: The Art of Enclosure", a curatorial vignette opening on November 21 in the gallery from 5-7PM. Featuring the works of Jacqui Ghosin, "Kobako" focuses on artist's boxes shown alongside Japanese bamboo works from the gallery's collection.
Jacqui Ghosin’s background is in graphic design. She earned her graduate degree from the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland and then worked in Munich, Germany, for two years. She then returned to the States and worked for Addison Design Consultants and Landor Associates in San Francisco before opening her own firm, Design One, with two other partners. In 2016, after twenty-five successful years, she and her team retired.
Ghosin’s interest in creating boxes was sparked after seeing another artist’s works. That fascination further blossomed with the introduction to the world of Japanese silk-screened papers; a natural progression that her years of professional graphic design work was well-suited for. She says, “From there, I became intrigued with creating a ‘box’ that might not house anything inside but would, instead, yield surprising relationships. Either something unexpected would be revealed upon opening the piece, or the construction itself would be intriguing, or the inclusion of seemingly incongruous materials that were, upon reflection, quite harmonious.”
Jacqui Ghosin will attend the opening.
Stay tuned for more information—we will see you soon!
Image: a detail of "Cherry Blossoms (Offset Opening)", 2024, 3.25 x 9.25 x 6.5 in.
