Yuko Oda

We were then bringing it to the gallery to install it.

At the opening, there were so many people from Rome who was really responding to it.

So I really felt like that was the validation I needed.

That seems like just best possible outcome for that particular work.

Yes.

And I think even though I had this opportunity

kind of on my schedule before I joined network, the interactions, the communication and my way of thinking about it optimized.

It just was like supported for the best outcome.

So it felt like I was not alone.

Yeah.

So I actually have a solo show in Massachusetts and it opens at the end of March.

And I actually have been looking into some residencies and programs in

where there are scientists that I can collaborate with because I want to like deepen my understanding of the organisms that inspire me.

And I actually have been invited by an entomology club at Harvard to give a presentation of my artwork and then kind of do an idea exchange.

And that's in April.

Yes, I wanted to mention a big win that I've had since being a network member.

And that is a large art commission that I was able to get from a Boston artist.

art consulting agency.

And it's to create three large artworks for a large residential building in downtown Boston.

It's still being built.