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Creating artwork merging into the natural world – Akira Kamada

 Akira Kamada
Akira (left) with Merilyn Bailey, one of the gallery directors who curated 'Thinkers and Dreamers’. Akira with his work Fragile at The Armory Newington Source: Kerry Laws

Akira Kamada immigrated to Australia in 1987 and now is a sculptor and installation artist based in the South Coast, NSW. Currently, Akira is a part of two group exhibitions in Sydney, 'Thinkers and Dreamers' at Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst and 'Mining Pyrite' at Newington Armory Gallery in Sydney Olympic Park. Akira explains about his works shown at the two exhibitions and tells us why he likes to use organic materials and why he tries to create ephemeral works which eventually fade away into nature.


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Akira Kamada immigrated to Australia in 1987 and now is a sculptor and installation artist based in the South Coast, NSW. Currently, Akira is a part of two group exhibitions in Sydney, 'Thinkers and Dreamers' at Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst and 'Mining Pyrite' at Newington Armory Gallery in Sydney Olympic Park. Akira explains about his works shown at the two exhibitions and tells us why he likes to use organic materials and why he tries to create ephemeral works which eventually fade away into nature.



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