Leslie Iwai

Leslie Iwai is an installation artist and sculptor, fascinated with unlikely connections and hidden narratives. She lives and works in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA where she makes her art, teaches and untangles knots. She says, “Two important questions I ask when I am making something are "How is it?" and "What is it?", usually in that order. Through this I am inevitably led to new connections and uncovered narratives. One of my favorite seminars in graduate school was Craft and Scholarship (M. Arch, Virginia Tech) where I happened upon the threads between the woven, the engine and the feminine. Between the hardness and softness of these three, my work rests.” Iwai is an active member of CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts), founded in 1979 with the vision to help artists, collectors, critics, professors, historians, pastors and arts professionals explore the profound relationship between art and faith (https://civa.org). https://www.leslieiwai.com; https://www.instagram.com/leslie.iwai/