Her first exhibition in at least a decade and a solo show at that, Awai presented 21 new 14-inch square paintings of both abstraction and representation, combining drawing, collage, photo transfer and other techniques. With imaginative mixed media such as leaves crunched under a rice paper graphite illustration, Awai took the viewer to unexpected junctures between conceptual and natural worlds, with wondrous and inventive overlaps conveyed ever so subtly.
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2015.