mai ide: Boxed Woman

Boxed Woman, an exhibition by Portland artist mai ide, runs Oct. 16 to Nov. 12 at Pacific University's Kathrin Cawein Gallery in Les AuCoin Hall, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening day, Friday, Oct. 16, includes an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. that begins with a tea ceremony, followed by an artist talk at 6 p.m. ide, a Japanese-American artist from Tokyo, works with salvaged fabric and Sashiko stitching to explore cultural intersectionality, race and gender, and the experience of being perceived as an 'other' or 'forever foreigner' in the U.S. Her work has been shown at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Kyoto and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum.