The remaining 10 pieces of Michi Susan (1925-2020) artwork in the Paseo Arts Association collection that was displayed and sold in the June 2022 Celebrating Michi art exhibit are now on sale in Gallery III of the Paseo Arts & Creativity Center at 3024 Paseo.
ABOUT MICHI
A native of Tokyo, Japan, Michi Susan (1925-2020) called Oklahoma home for almost three decades. By the age of five, she knew she wanted to be an artist. She studied at Japan’s Women’s University and Hosei University and continued her studies in the United States. She was first attracted to the work of the realists, but eventually, she explored collage and mixed media, blending the delicate and the detailed in an extraordinary way. She said everything is worthy of a landscape collage – people, places and experiences. She believed “everyone interprets art differently and it speaks to people in many ways – if you feel a certain way from somebody’s painting, that’s it.” In 1978, Michi moved to Oklahoma City; and established her reputation as a mixed-media artist. An award-winning artist, she was internationally recognized and was included in many private and corporate collections. She received the Paseo Arts Association’s Artist of the Year Award in April of 2007.
Michi Susan was born in Tokyo, Japan, but Oklahoma has been her home for 39 years. Educated at Japan's Women's University and Hosei University, Susan continued her studies in the United States while visiting major European Art Centers. An award-winning artist, she was internationally exhibited and recognized. Michi knew when she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. Fortunately, her parents nourished her interest and talent. At first, she was attracted to the work of the realists, but as her art evolved she explored the forms of collage and mixed media, blending the delicate and the detailed in an extraordinary way. Historic Living Magazine wrote of Michi Susan, "Asked about the integration of Oklahoma landscapes into her work, Susan said everything is a landscape, including people, places, ideas and experiences. She considered all her work 'landscapes,' and she became less concerned with making a philosophical statement with her art." Well, I certainly feel a sense of place when I look at Michi’s landscapes of torn paper, found objects, oriental calligraphy, and color pigments in all media, I see a special place, a place Michi created, that perfectly marries the familiarity of East and West.”
– Joy Reed Belt
