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Nishiki Sugawara-Beda
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    • Geologically Human: Travel through Times and Cultures with Earth’s Materials
    • Art Book, See You There by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda
    • Artwork, Rainer Maria Rilke Poem
  • painting
    • 2026
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • installation
    • Kotodama Converse
    • video
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Inaugural II, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural III, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural VII, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural VI, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural V, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural IV, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Inaugural I, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), Simi-Ink and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 2016
Voyage II, 35 ½”x47 ½” (90.17cm x 120.65cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Voyage I, 35 ½”x47 ½” (90.17cm x 120.65cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Sentience I, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Sentience II, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Trajectory I, 9.5” x 13.75” (24.13cm x 34.9cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Trajectory II, 9.5” x 13.75” (24.13cm x 34.9cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Instigation II, 24”x18” (60.96cm x 45.72cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper (gallery wrap), 2014
Finale, 22”x30” (55.88cm x 76.2cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Equanimity, 30”x66” (76.2cm x 167.64cm), acrylic and watercolor on paper mounted on wood, 2014
Kotodama Converse 2012-2016
Kotodama Converse at Northcutt Steele Gallery 2016
Kotodama Converse, installation shot, rice paper, calligraphy Chinese ink, mesh wire, fishing line, 2015
Kotodama Converse close-up, rice paper, calligraphy Chinese ink, mesh wire, fishing line, 2016

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda is a Dallas-based Japanese-American visual artist whose paintings and installations explore themes rooted in the relationship between land and human. By utilizing ancient and earth’s materials like Sumi ink, she connects her heritage with modern Western aesthetics. Her work is featured in the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Art and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She currently is an Associate Professor and Cox Family Endowed Professor of Painting and Drawing at Southern Methodist University.

  • Geologically Human (Exhibition Catalog)
  • Art Book, See You There by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda
  • Artwork, Rainer Maria Rilke Poem
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  • Geologically Human (Exhibition Catalog)
  • Art Book, See You There by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda
  • Artwork, Rainer Maria Rilke Poem
  • news
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