"Root Series No. 2" Collage

Junko Chodos (born 1939) is a contemporary artist born and educated in Japan and residing in the United States since 1968. Her works represent a wide variety of techniques and styles, ranging from pencil, pen, and collage, to works done with acrylic. Junko describes her art as "Centripetal", in the belief that both the artist and the viewer have a "center" - a "soul" - and that authentic art moves from the soul of the artist to the soul of the viewer. Junko’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide as below: Selected Public Collections: 2009: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, “Mass Killing, No. 1, This Must Never Happen Again” 2008: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, “Individuation Journal, No. 7, The Fall of Man” 2005: Fresno Art Museum, “Giant Burls, No. 5” 1998: Long Beach Museum of Art, “Celestial Curtain, No. 1” 1995: Pacific Asia Museum, “Dead Flower Series, No. 8” 1994: Long Beach Museum of Art, “Interplanetary Icon, No. 9” 1991: Long Beach Museum of Art, “Burls Series, No. 18”