Thirty years ago, bamboo artist Kibe Seiho was lying in the hospital recovering from a broken leg when he realized that he wanted to begin a career that allowed him to work with his hands. He quit his job as a gas station attendant and enrolled in the Oita Prefectural Bamboo Craft and Training Center in Beppu, Japan. Twenty years ago, he was struggling to support himself in Japan’s post-bubble economy. Ten years ago, he had his first solo show in the United States at TAI Gallery in Santa Fe. With this exhibition, he returns to show his new body of work at TAI Modern’s exhibition Kibe Seiho, in which the artist will showcase his sensitivity to balance and proportion and his mastery of traditional bamboo basket-making techniques.
