Tag: Jean Kigel

July 30, 2016



Group Exhibition
September 10 – October 28, 2016
Woodward Gallery

The Fall Art Season opens as if nature has been saving up all year for its grand finale. For the first time at Woodward Gallery, a group exhibition is presented in salon format featuring 61 artists and 129 works of art!


An environment of art styles and mediums engulf the gallery walls offering quality, variety and substance for the collector who yearns to feel inspired. The array of Artists makes for a breathtaking visual spectacle.


This NYC Salon is accessible to beginning collectors and art connoisseurs alike.


Artists: Michael Alan, Royce Bannon, Rick Begneaud, David Bishop, Jonathan Borofsky, Susan Breen, Brock, Thomas Buildmore, El Celso, Patrick Christie, Deborah Claxton, Crash, Allan D’Arcangelo, Darkcloud, Jim Dine, Annette Davidek, Marisol Escobar, Natalie Edgar, Tommy Flynn, BK FOXX, Sybil Gibson, Richard Hambleton, Keith Haring, Sarah Hauser, Hiro Ichikawa, Robert Indiana, Infinity, Jean Kigel, Franz Kline, Walt Kuhn, LAII, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichenstein, Bill Martin, Knox Martin, Mark Mastroianni, Moody, Margaret Morrison, Malcolm Morley, Kenji Nakayama, Terence Netter, Roy Newell, Hank O’Neal, Claes Oldenburg, Louise Peabody, Jaggu Prasad, Mel Ramos, Ad Reinhardt, JMR/ JM Rizzi, Brad Robson, Maura Robinson, James Rosenquist, Jessica Hurley Scott, Matt Siren, stikman, Swoon, Francesco Tumbiolo, Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk, Nina Venus, Andy Warhol, and Charles Yoder.
Works by Richard Hambleton, JM Rizzi, and Franz Kline
Works by Andy Warhol and Susan Breen
Works by DarkClouds, Andy Warhol, and Margaret Morrison, Roy Lichtenstein, Terence Netter, among others
Works by DarkClouds, Andy Warhol, and Margaret Morrison, Roy Lichtenstein, among others
Works by Rick Begneaud, Roy Newell, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana and others
Works by Richard Hambleton, JM Rizzi, and Franz Kline
Works by Margaret Morrison, Richard Hambleton, Deborah Claxton, Knox Martin, and Rick Begneaud, among others
Works by Richard Hambleton (Beautiful Paintings), Jess Hurley Scott, Deborah Claxton, among others
Works by Susan Breen, Deborah Claxton, Rick Begneaud, among others
Richard Hambleton, Sybil Gibson, Allan D’Arcangelo, and LA2, among others
September 4, 2015



Jean Kigel
2015 – 2016
Gourmet Garage, SoHo
489 Broome St. (Between Wooster and West Broadway), NYC
On view 24/7 at the street level windows


Woodward Gallery is delighted to feature Maine Artist Jean Kigel at the Gourmet Garage. Gyotaku (ghee-a taa-ku) the art of printing fish, originated in Japan centuries ago as a way of documenting the size of a catch. The walls of Japanese tackle and fish shops were once decked with black and white fish prints.


In modern times, gyotaku has evolved into an art. To print a fish, Jean Kigel carefully cleans a freshly – caught fish, prepares its scales and gills with salt, batten and clay, and applies block- print ink to the fish. Then she presses strong, thin Japanese paper around the form of the fish to make the print. Some of Kigel’s favorite papers kinwashi made form manila hemp, gasen made from the inner bark of cedar.


Depending on the thickness and the tones of the inking, every scale, fin and gill may print. A single fish can be ghost – printed or re-inked in varying tones and colors, producing overlapping schools of fish. Often unexpected effects are achieved. Sometimes Kigel enhances these with sumi (ink) on a bamboo brush. Occasionally, she uses a chigiri-e technique of overlaying translucent Japanese papers on the print. One can be as abstract or as realistic as one likes. All prints are unique!


Jean Kigel studied brush painting in Japan, China and the United States. An award-winning member of the Sumi-e Society of America and the Union of Maine Visual Artist, she is represented by a variety of galleries in Maine, Vermont and Manhattan. Her gyotaku prints are featured in Down East Magazine.


Since 1992, she has conducted Asian brush workshops at colleges, universities, museums and art centers in Maine. Jean Kigel’s work has been registered with the Maine Arts Commission since 1997.