About the Artist

Etsuko Ichikawa (Seattle) works in various mediums including glass, paper, fiber, video and sound. Her work is a continuing investigation of what lies between the ephemeral and the eternal. Her Glass Pyrographs are made by drawing hot molten glass, which is one way to capture and eternalize the immediacy of a moment, while her hanging installations and time-based work are about ever-changing states of mind. Ichikawa’s work has been exhibited internationally, including The Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo, University of Wyoming Art Museum, and Bellevue Arts Museum. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant.

Etsuko received a 2008 GAP to cover the cost of supplemental materials for the exhibit Traces of the Molten State at the Bellevue Arts Museum October 8, 2008 through March 8, 2009. Traces of the Molten State was built around the concept of material evidence.