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Artwork Information

Artist:

Norie Sato 

Date:

1990

Media:

Etched glass, aluminum, wood, particle board, and plastic laminate.

Size:

19' x 6'6" x 2' 6"

Location:

Cannell Library (LIB), Reference Desk 

About the Artist: 

Seattle-based artist Norie Sato has worked in printmaking, video, sculpture, and glass. Her long career includes many site-specific installations that interact with their environment. Many of her public art projects involve urban planning and design, and collaboration with architects.

Sato moved to Seattle in 1972 to study and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the University of Washington. She was honored with a Washington State Governor's Arts and Heritage Award in 2014. She received the 2013 Twining Humber Award for lifetime artistic achievement and the 1997 George Tsutakawa Award for Advancement of Public Art, among many other awards.

Artwork description:

Norie Sato's Branik's Tree installation is a metaphor for the process of education and Clark College Library's role to "increase the foliage of our own trees, to strengthen our roots and trunks, and to add new leaves as we go." Known for architecturally integrated work, Sato extended Branik's Tree from the ground floor to the skylights above on the second floor. It is enmeshed with the cabinetry, walls, and balcony of the space.

Acquisition Information:

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Clark College. (WSAC1988.052.000)

Geo Coordinates:

45.633007, -122.669846

Related Links:

https://www.arts.wa.gov/artwork/?request=record;id=4176;type=101