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Artist Spotlight: Apak Studio

A selection of work from Portland-based studio Apak Studio aka collaborators Aaron Piland and Ayumi Kajikawa. Creating art together since 2005, Piland and Kajikawa’s paintings feature utopian beings, lush environments, and fantastical critters as a way of exploring the magic of life. See more images below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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