​Sumire Skye Taniai

Last night when I was researching online, hoping to find something that will be useful to incorporate in my paintings, I came across an interesting article covering Japan's famous all women's theatre group called Takarazuka Revue or 宝塚歌劇団. Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1914, now consisting total of 400 unmarried actresses. What made this theatre group famous was half of the actresses successfully playing male roles. They can choose which gender to play in the beginning w

Here are the few pictures from our senior show held at George Caleb Bingham Gallery. Facing the entrance Facing the music department

Today was the last day of class & critique for my undergraduate studies. I was able to look back and let out a temporary sigh of relief because this semester was a bumpy ride. Examining my paintings during critique, I have to say this last semester was the best semester out of all. Everything became clearer to me. I was able to drastically improve my body of work by understanding the usage of visual language, connect with histories and my own heritage. And there are also the