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Juvana Soliven

Juvana Soliven is a visual artist and educator from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Soliven’s work subverts and utilizes object languages to speak to issues regarding intimacy, labor, and women’s positionality within the patriarchal system.

Soliven completed an MFA in Metalsmithing at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016, a BFA in Sculpture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2013, and studied Art Restoration and Conservation at Lorenzo de’ Medici International School in Florence, Italy in 2012. Soliven is a Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Her work is in the collections of Cranbrook Art Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as well as in private collections. Soliven has exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Netherlands, Germany, and Iceland.

 

Art Work

Education:

  • 2016 MFA in Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
  • 2013 BFA in Sculpture, University of Hawaii atManoa, Honolulu, HI, USA2012 Lorenzo de’ Medici International School in Florence, Florence, Toscana, Italy(summer session: art conservation & restoration)
  • 2009AA in Liberal Arts, KapiolaniCommunity College, Honolulu, HI

Teaching/Related Experience:

  • 2018-Present Project Manager, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016-Present Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Art and Art History,Honolulu, HI
  • 2013-Present Teaching Artist, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI(Arts-Science Integration Outreach, Young Artist Program, Immigrant Children and Youth Art Outreach, ART2GO, See Art / Make Art)
  • 2016 Studio Assistant to Suzanne Pugh, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
  • 2015-16 Metalsmithing Department Assistant/ Studio Council Representative, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI(Organizing department schedule;planning events, department trips, & studio visits. Making arrangements for visiting artists and curators. Liaison between department andStudio Council)2015Artist Assistant to Merijn Bolink, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Summer Internship)
  • 2011 Teaching Assistant, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2018 Honorable Mention Award, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
  • 2018 Recognition Award for “Biological Awareness”, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts,Honolulu, HI
  • 2018 Recognition Award for “Your High Pedestal”, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
  • 2017 Award of Excellence –Best in Show, Honolulu Japanese Chamber ofCommerce, Honolulu, HI
  • 2017 Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
  • 2016 The Museum Acquisition Prize, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2015 Carl and Olga MillesScholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2014 Albert and Peggy deSalleScholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Sculpture Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa,Honolulu, HI

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2016 weaning, Hawaii Craftsmen Window: ARTS at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI
  • 2013 These Are Not Birds, Nanogallery at Honolulu Muesum of Art School, Honolulu, HI

Two-Person Exhibition

  • 2018 Intimate Orbits(with C.B. Forsythe), Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center DowntownGallery, Honolulu, HI

CollaborativeProjects

  • 2017 De-Trumping Clinic, Interactive performance in part with Art + Shenanigans Committee of non-partisan activist group Hawaii J20+, Pauahi Street Art Festival, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 SLUT or NOT, Collaborative performance with GRRIC Contemporary and University of Hawaii at Manoa Faculty, GRRIC Contemporary, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 Baggage: Coffee and Tea III,Collaboration between Cranbrook Academy of Art and China Central Academy of Fine Arts (third collaboration in a series of three), Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2015 Can We, Collaborative video project between Cranbrook Academy of Art Fiber students and M.O.V.E (Made of Various Ethnicities) Student organization as part of Nick Cave’s Here Hearevents, deSalle Auditorium, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2015 Baggage:Coffee and TeaII, Collaboration between Cranbrook Academy of Art and China CentralAcademy of Fine Arts(second collaboration in a series of three), Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2015 Cyborg Selfie, Multi-media group workshop with Ernest Truely involving 48 hours of live feed viaBambuser. Work relied on social media intervention, analog video distortion, non-verbal communication, media appropriation, music and sound work, resulting in an interactive installation / video work viewable on [https://bambuser.com/channel/cyborgselfie] Forum Gallery, BloomfieldHills, MI
  • 2013 To No End: Show Your Work, Collaboration between selected Sculpture and Math undergraduate students at University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu Museum of Art at Spalding House, Honolulu, HI

Juried Exhibitions

  • 2018 55thAnnual Juried Competition Exhibitionat the Masur Museum of Art, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
  • 2017 39thAnnual “Commitment to Excellence” Art Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art School Linekona Gallery, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 Hawaii Craftsmen 49thAnnual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art School Linekona Gallery, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 [In]Tangible, UWM Art History Gallery, ZOOM MKE Conference, Milwaukee, WI
  • 2015 MBFS Experiencing Perspectives 2015, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
  • 2012 Hawaii Craftsmen 45thAnnual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art SchoolLinekona Gallery, Honolulu, HI

Group Exhibitions

  • 2018
    • Spatial Dysplasia, TheBoxJelly Coworking, Honolulu,HI
  • 2017
    • Drawings: A Group Show, ARS Café & Gallery,Honolulu, HI
    • Featured Members of Hawaii Craftsmen Exhibit, Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI
    • Hawai‘i Crafts I: Fiber, Glass, Wood, and Metal from the Collection of Honolulu Museum of Art, First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
    • ROSTER, ARS Café& Gallery, Honolulu, HIPunahou Carnival Art Gallery, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI
    • All-Staff Exhibition 2017, Honolulu Museum of Art School Linekona Gallery, Honolulu, HIBurnt Rice, Epekto Art Projects x Waiola Arts and Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
  • 2016
    • Matchbox Plus XII, Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI
    • MMM XIX, The Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu HISketchbook Show, The Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
    • Current Conversations, Next Step Studios and Gallery, Ferndale, MIGraduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2015
    • PAIN!, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
    • Out with Fever, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MICircle, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2014
    • nails: the FINAL FRONTIER, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
    • SalonMode, Kissaten Cafe, Honolulu, HI
    • Punahou Carnival Art Gallery, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI
    • Honolulu Museum of Art Staff Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI
  • 2013
    • Matchbox Plus IX, Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI
    • Shift: BFA Exhibition, University of Hawaii Main Gallery, Honolulu, HIPunahou Carnival Art Gallery, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI
  • 2012
    • Hawaii’s Modern Masters at Luxury Row, Gucci Waikiki, Honolulu, HIWondershow, UHM Printmaking Studio, Honolulu, HI
    • Superstructures, Commons Gallery, Honolulu, HI
    • Off The Cuff, Fine Arts Associates, Honolulu, HI
    • Matchbox Plus VIII, Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI
    • Behind The Wall, Gallery II, Honolulu, HIFlower: A Collaborative Attempt at a Bouquet, Hana No Sato Restaurant, Honolulu, HI
    • Comedie et Tragedie, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Honolulu, HIGarden of Unearthly Delights, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
    • Sushi: Before, During, After,Hana No Sato Restaurant, Honolulu, HI
    • Crème de la Crème, 220 Grill at Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, HI
    • Art on the Walls, Hotel Renew, Honolulu, HI
  • 2011
    • The Launch: Highlight The Night, Fresh Café, Honolulu, HI
    • Not Sold In Stores, Gallery III, Honolulu, HI
    • Young Artist Assistants, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI
    • Narratives of The Miniature and The Gigantic, Commons Gallery, Honolulu, HI
  • 2010
    • 116, Commons Gallery, Honolulu, HI
  • 2009
    • The Launch: The Circus Underground, SoHo Mixed Media Bar, Honolulu, HI

Collections

  • 2017 Imago Mundi Project –The Art of Humanity | Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy
  • 2016 Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Commissions

  • 2013 Private Art Commission, 22” x 24” welded mild steel outdoor chandelier, Honolulu, HI
  • 2012 Private Art Commission, Ezra Influenze, Large scale wall painting 8’ x 14’, acrylic media, Su GranAlabanza Church, Honolulu, HI

Publications

  • 2018 “Filipino American Artist Directory 2018 Edition”, Filipino American Artist Directory / CalamansiPress, St. Louis, Missouri, p. 80, March 2018.
  • 2017 “Aloha Spirit: Contemporary Artists from Hawaii”, Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection, Antiga Edizione, Grafiche Antiga Spa, Italy, pp. 272 –273, 2017.
  • 2016 Maria Kanai, "Books of Hours: A Koa Gallery exhibit displays sketch diaries from 42 artists,"Honolulu Star Advertiser, October 2, 2016, F7.
  • 2015"Experiencing Perspectives: 2015 -2016 Art Exhibition", Mercedes-Benz Financial Services,University Lithoprinters, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, pp. 69 –70, 2015.
  • 2015 Galerie Marzee, “Marzee Magazine”, Gianotten Printed Media, Nijmegen, Netherlands, p. 20 &27, issue # 97, March 29, 2015.

Website Publications

Blogs

Radio

  • Julia Cornell, Interview, KTUH, Honolulu, HI, June 29, 2017.

Visiting Artist Lecture

  • 2015 Lecture/Presentation, Undergraduate and Graduate Metals Fabrication, Department of Art and ArtHistory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, July 28

Technical Abilities

  • 2012-Present Metal Casting Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI(extensive experience with centrifugal and gravity casting, casting granule, kiln management for burn-outs, mold-making, & investing)

Professional Organization

Board Member, Hawaii Craftsmen, Honolulu, HI

Exhibition Juried

  • 2017 Judge, 54th Annual Hawaii Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI

Curatorial Projects

  • 2017 Welcome to Free Speech, co-curated with Jan Dickey, Aupuni Places | Art Galleries + Studios,Honolulu, HI
  • 2016 Object + the Power of Thingness, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Gallery III, Honolulu, HI
  • Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, HI