Alcheringa Gallery
665 Fort Street
Victoria, BC, Canada
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 Plasios Asapi
Iatmul (sub group Kanjamali)
Maramba Village, Middle Sepik,
Born in Maramba Village in 1945, Plasios Asapi is one of the most eminent carvers in Papua New Guinea. He received his early training from his grandfather Mangon and has been carving for more than thirty years. He now resides in Maramba Village, but spent several years working as an artist in Madang.
Alcheringa Gallery has worked with Plasios since 1986. A dedicated artist, he is recognized by his peers as a master. He has a special gift in observing day- to - day village life, and an equal talent in expressing real personalities in his carved figures. His masterful carvings of garamut drums, distinguished by the intricately carved finials traditional to Maramba village are unsurpassed. Plasios devotes his entire life to his art. His works are in collections in Australia, France, Germany, Canada and the United States.
Collections:
Daetz- Centrum Museum of Contemporary Sculpture,
Germany
Exhibitions:
Ancestral Spirits, The Ceremonial Art of Papua New Guinea: 1989, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Saltwater Crocodile, Memory and Myth: 1989, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Pieces From Paradise: 1992,cohosted by Fran Willis Gallery/Alcheringa Gallery,Victoria, B.C.
Ceremony and Passage: 1996, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Ancestral Flights: 2003, Alcheringa Gallery,
Victoria, B.C.
New Voices of the Tambaran: 2004, Alcheringa
Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Birds From Paradise: 2005, Alcheringa Gallery,
Victoria, B.C.
Rhythms of the Garamut: 2006, Alcheringa Gallery,
Victoria, B.C.
Voices & Visions: 2008, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
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