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Dec. 12, 2024

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HAWAI‘I ARTIST ALLYN BROMLEY REDEFINES WHAT PRINTMAKING CAN BE IN SOLO SHOW

HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I—Now on view at the Honolulu Museum of Art is “Allyn Bromley: At the Edge of Forever.” The exhibition is a testament to the Hawai‘i artist’s ongoing experiments with materials and to her intuitive creative process. It is on view through June 15, 2025.

A resident of Hawai‘i since 1952, Bromley has influenced generations of artists not just through her art, but also as a mentor and educator. She started the first printmaking class at Leeward Community College and transformed the printmaking department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa where she taught for 17 years until retiring in 2000.

Her solo exhibition at HoMA features mixed-media print-based works created over the past eight years. Bromley has utilized the technique of screenprinting throughout her career, and has continually pushed beyond its traditional uses. For example she prints on unconventional materials such as recycled plastic, and cuts and folds prints on paper to create three-dimensional forms that she uses in large-scale installations.

These recent works explore personal and global themes including memory, loss, migration and the perilous state of the natural environment.

Some of the works are intricately assembled from hundreds of hand-printed paper elements (many were torn down or cut from her previous prints), as well as components such as plastic boxes, wire, wood and cord. Working with recycled and found materials is a practical and aesthetic challenge that Bromley enjoys, and are also a statement on issues of economy and environmental protection.

Just as Bromley gives new life to used materials, she is also inspired to find fresh meaning in familiar subjects. “I like to see if I can take something as trite as a flower and turn it into a provocative, more universal or larger idea,” she explains.

At the age of 96, Bromley continues to work in her studio in Nu‘uanu where she creates relevant artwork that push past boundaries. 

On view at the same time is "Satoru Abe: Reaching for the Sun," featuring 70 years of work by legendary Hawai‘i artist Satoru Abe, age 98. Together, these two shows reveal that creativity has no age limit.

Images available on request.

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