Skip to main content
Donate

Meher McArthur

PersianVisions-DVDimages005

Meher McArthur is an independent Asian art historian and is Academic Curator at Scripps College, Claremont. Previously she was Curator of East Asian Art at Pacific Asia Museum (now USC PAM) and now curates exhibitions for Southern California galleries, En Gallery at the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena, and for the traveling exhibition company International Arts & Artists (IA&A), including Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami (2015-2019) and her upcoming exhibition, Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper (from 2021). She is developing YOKAI: Spirits, Specters and the Supernatural in Japanese Woodblock Prints for Scripps College (2022). 

Meher writes regularly for Buddhistdoor.net and contributes to KCET Artbound, Artillery and Orientations magazines. Her major publications include Gods and Goblins: Folk Paintings from Otsu (PAM, 1999), Reading Buddhist Art (Thames & Hudson, 2002) and The Arts of Asia (Thames & Hudson, 2005), Confucius (Pegasus Books, 2011), Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami (IA&A, 2012), New Expressions in Origami Art (Tuttle, 2017), and An ABC of What Art Can Be (The Getty Museum, 2010). 
 

PersianVisions-DVDimages005
Chinese Brushstrokes in Hollywood: The Works of Tyrus Wong
At 102 years old, Tyrus Wong's prolific career as a motion picture illustrator is being recognized in an upcoming documentary film.
Virtual Buddhist Art Apprenticeships: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo's Online Ancient Tibetan Spiritual Art Form
An established artist in ancient Buddhist textile art, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo instructs students all around the world using such modern tools as pdf files, web cams and teleconferencing via Skype.
stan_sakai_200thissue.jpg
Of Rabbits and Ronin: The Charismatic Characters of Stan Sakai's Comic Books
Japanese American artist and writer, Stan Sakai draws on the multi-cultural artistic nexus that is Los Angeles, creating characters, settings and imagery that are Japanese, but whose lettering and narrative style originate mostly in the West.
Red Black and Water #1 (2009) by Seyburn Zorthian, sumi and acrylic on paper, 22''x 30''
The Dancing Brush: The Calligraphic Abstractions of Seyburn Zorthian
Seyburn Zorthian draws inspiration from Japanese Culture to create calligraphic abstractions that are dynamic visualizations of the energy created when cultures collide.
Urban Impressions: Barbara A. Thomason's 100 Not-So-Famous L.A. Views
Barbara A. Thomason spent five years depicting the freeways, rivers, restaurants, street signs, buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes that are familiar and dear to the people who call L.A. home.
Wisdom and Whimsy in the Ceramic Art of Julie Bagish
Julie Bagish creates rustic tea bowls and other earth-toned vessels of Japanese inspiration that overflow with a sense of playfulness.
Brickbats and Fat Cats: the Animated Watercolors of Moira Hahn
In the second installment of the "Japanese Accents" series, Meher McArthur examines the the cross-cultural fantasy artwork of Moira Hahn.
Two Urban Subcultures Meet in the Art of Gajin Fujita
Gajin Fujita is a Japanese American artist who has gained international acclaim for his dramatic paintings that blend the graffiti and hip-hop style that he grew up with in East L.A. and Japanese artistic traditions that form part of his family's cultu...
Active loading indicator