Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal (detail).

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal (detail).

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal (detail).

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal (detail).

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal (detail).

Artwork copyright Maki Tamura. Photo courtesy Suzanne Beal.

Experiments, 2011

Maki Tamura
Japanese (born 1974)

Location: Spokane Community College, Spokane

About the Artwork

Seattle-based artist Maki Tamura explores the history of medicine during the 17th and 18th centuries, in "Experiments," a five-part painted porcelain sculpture that pays homage to Luigi Galvani's breakthroughs in medicine.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Community Colleges of Spokane.

About the Artist

Seattle-based artist Maki Tamura was born in Japan and raised in Indonesia. She attended the University of Washington in Seattle and received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Tyler School of Art. Tamura combines, subverts, and reimagines elements and influences from different cultures and artistic traditions to create her conceptual installations, paintings, and sculptures.