Abstract painting depicting multiple versions of the Statue of Liberty in various poses, with a city skyline in the background and one figure sitting, smoking a cigarette, with a bottle nearby.

Iku Oseki

MEDIUM: Painting

STUDIO LOCATION: 29 at 6 Vernon Street

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, she came to the US as a foreign student to attend college in Ohio, and later to pursue visual art at Massachusetts College of Art. She settled in Somerville and became a US citizen in 2000. She worked as a graphic designer, a stage-set designer, and a children's book illustrator before becoming an art teacher at a private school in Cambridge. Recently she has retired from teaching and has been enjoying focusing on her work. She has been a member of the Vernon Street Studios for the past 13 years

The Day After, acrylic on canvas

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