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P R E S S R E L E A S E
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / April 4, 2016
PAUL MYODA
Peligro Amarillo / Santurce
PAUL MYODA, Square Nimbus (2015) acrylic, reflective acrylic, aluminum, LEDs, infrared sensor,
microprocessor, 17.5” x 16.75” x 10.5”
PAUL MYODA | APRIL – MAY 2016
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, April 23, 6PM – 9PM
PELIGRO AMARILLO / SANTURCE
Calle Cerra 627 | San Juan | 00907 | PUERTO RICO
+1 878 402 9271 / + 1 401 861 1535
www.peligroamarillo.com
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SAN JUAN, PR – Peligro Amarillo / Santurce is pleased to announce a new series of
interactive sculptures by Paul Myoda, a Japanese-American artist based in Rhode
Island, from April – May 2016. The opening reception is Saturday, April 23, from 6PM 9PM at Calle Cerra 627 in Santurce, the arts district of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The inaugural show at Peligro Amarillo will feature Myoda’s historic representations of
nimbuses in religious art — Greek, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Christian, and others —
which he uses as a springboard for dynamic wall compositions that investigate the
transformative quality of light. Geometric nimbuses occur throughout these histories,
but vary significantly due to their perspectival representations. As Myoda states, “Each
perspectival system places subjects and their nimbuses in different spatial
relationships, and therefore provides a different attitude of spectatorship, from the
immersive and corporeal to the detached and otherworldly.”
Myoda’s sculptures are developed in various two and three-dimensional design
applications and then fabricated using computer-based technologies such as laser and
water jet cutters, 3D printers and traditional hand tools. Myoda combines materials
such as reflective acrylic, aluminum, LEDs, microprocessors and infrared sensors to
create these constructions. In direct response to the viewer’s movements, the
sculptures exhibit an array of behaviors in varying intensities, rhythms and light effects.
The opening reception for Paul Myoda is Saturday, April 23, from 6PM – 9PM. The
exhibition will conclude at end of May 2016. This is Myoda’s first solo exhibition at
Peligro Amarillo / Santurce. Previously, he has presented solo exhibitions at Yellow
Peril Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island, and select contemporary art fairs in New
York, Miami, Istanbul and Bologna.
About Paul Myoda
PAUL MYODA (b. 1967, United States) is a Japanese-American sculptor based in Rhode Island. Myoda is
inspired by the underlying logic and mathematical principles of the natural world and applies them to his
work with new media, technology and industrial materials. The result is compositions of light, motion, and
form that find a balance and a beauty between the organic and built. Regularly exhibited both nationally
and internationally, his sculptures and installations are known for their elegance and their expression of
organic forces through artificial materials and systems. Myoda holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School
of Design and an MFA from Yale University. Based in NYC from 1990-2006, Myoda was represented by the
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, and was co-founder of Big Room, an art production and design collective in New
York City. He was also a contributor to Art in America, Flash Art and Frieze. He is a recipient of grants from
the National Endowment for the Arts, Warhol Foundation and Howard Foundation, among others. In 2001
he participated in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Views Program and had a studio on the
91st floor of WTC I. In March of 2002 he co-created the Tribute in Light in memory of the tragic events of
September 11th, 2001, which has since become an annual installation. Over the past decade, Myoda has
been developing an extended series of interactive illuminating sculptures that respond to the presence of
viewers. Their design is informed by a wide range of forms, such as bioluminescent fauna, crystal
morphology and religious nimbuses. An example of hybrid arts practice and cybernetic sculpture, the
series bridges the disconnections and eases the anxieties of the post-industrial world through affect,
presence and responsive gesture. His works are part of the collections of the Queens Museum of Art,
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami and the Library of
Congress. He has had solo exhibitions of this series of works at the Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL; the Project
4 Gallery, Washington DC; the Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI; and the Maine Museum at the
University of Maine, in addition to numerous group exhibitions. He is represented by the Yellow Peril
Gallery and Piero Atchugarry. He is an Associate Professor in Brown University's Visual Art Department,
Calle Cerra 627 | San Juan | 00907 | PUERTO RICO
+1 878 402 9271 / + 1 401 861 1535 | www.peligroamarillo.com
where he has been teaching since 2006. For more information about Paul Myoda, visit paulmyoda.com.
About Peligro Amarillo / Santurce
Founded in 2016, PELIGRO AMARILLO / SANTURCE is a contemporary art outpost located in the arts
district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Like the flagship Yellow Peril in Providence, RI, the outpost fosters art
critiques from emerging, mid-career and established artists who have been featured in biennials and
museum exhibitions, participated in top tier art fairs and acquired by private collectors worldwide. Its
presence in the Caribbean will connect audiences with the gallery’s roster of artists and introduce Puerto
Rican artists to audiences outside the region. For more info about future exhibitions at both Peligro
Amarillo and Yellow Peril, visit www.peligroamarillo.com.
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If you’d like more information about this press release, or to schedule an interview with PAUL MYODA,
please contact Vanphouthon Souvannasane via e-mail at [email protected].
Calle Cerra 627 | San Juan | 00907 | PUERTO RICO
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