Seiko Tachibana
egg: Artist's Statement
"'egg' was created as a wedding gift for a friend, and the concept for the work was inspired by her wish to have children and raise a family. While working on 'egg,' I kept thinking about the significance of the egg as the point of origin, the beginning of life. An egg is just a small container holding a tiny amount of matter. But within its elegant sphere, it holds all of the hope and will of an entire species of life, and the yin and yang of our vast and wondrous universe."
Seiko Tachibana
Seiko Tachibana was born in Osaka, Japan. She has been living and working in the Bay Area since 1993. She has had numerous exibitions, here and in Japan and she is the recipient of several awards in printmaking. Her prints are in many public and corporate collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The book "egg" has recently been acquired by Stanford University..
In 1994 Gruenwald moved to San Francisco and in his first week there met Austin Printmaker Terry Chastain. The two merged equipment and space and became Tinhorn Press, the name of the studio the two share to this day in addition to Tinhorn Press/Gallery across the street from the original press.
Gruenwald's work is represented by galleries in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and California and can be found in collections around the world.