The Gallery at The Marmara-Manhattan is pleased to announce an exhibition of the works of Katsura Okada.

"All my subjects may be summarized under four headings: -floating-, -boundaries-, -the center- and -light- " said Ms.Okada. These themes relate to paradoxes, limits, decentralization and the contrasts of light and shade. In her art work she employees the powdered mineral pigments, glue, India ink, colored pencil on Japanese handmade paper and creates delicate poetry that enhances the viewer's imagination.

Okada's installations "Canon : History : Cycles..." created out of 120 pieces of "1.6x1.6x9.5" each-ink on rolled rice paper inspired by the musical term "canon" . The famous representation work is "canon" composed by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706 a composer and organist). The following melody pursues the first melody. Melody is repeated and it overlaps, becomes a ring and becomes a cycle...She has a well defined sensitivity of the forms, values and colors of the natural world and immense care for her media.

Katsura Okada has shown widely in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Canada and won numerous awards. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, where she studied at the Sohkei Art College, Tokyo Calligraphy Arts School, and Ecole Tokyo.