Featured Artist : Kem Bappe

Artist Biographical Sketch & Statement Kemlyn Tan Bappe is from Singapore. She is Peranakan, an intermarriage of the Malay and Chinese cultures. She received a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art from Baylor University, and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary in Texas. Currently, she works in her studio in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and is the artistic director and owner of Galleria Imago Dei, which represents over 20 artists. Tan Bappe's work is exhibited and collected nationally and internationally.

"In spring of 2007, my batik mentor, Janet Hart Heinicke, introduced me to the Jacquard Product line at Dharma Trading Company. I use the clear, gold, silver, and black gutta resist, and the procion silk dyes in my current work. I appreciate the stock of plastic bottle applicators and the various tips that I use in the resist process. Batik is a strong part of my Peranakan heritage. However, I have traded in wax and fabric for gutta and rice paper for now. I am inspired by traditional Chinese iconography, and also by the ocean."---Kemlyn Tan Bappe, Contemporary Peranakan Artist, Galleria Imago Dei, Fairfield, Iowa. My images were made with Clear Gutta Resist with Jacquard Procion Silk Dyes on Hosho Paper.

Kemlyn Tan Bappe
Contact Information:
(319) 601-6567
kemfysh@yahoo.com
http://kemfysh.multiply.com

Galleria Imago Dei
61 1/2 North Court Street
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Gallery Website: http://imagodeikltb.multiply.com

Studio Address:
505 East Warren Street
Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641