Utilizing industrial metal finishing techniques on steel panels Miya Ando Stanoff transforms an apparently cold medium into something luminous and ethereal.   

Of Japanese and Russian ancestry, raised amongst swords-smiths turned Buddhist Priests, educated at Yale, Stanoff's spiritual, familial and academic traditions are the basis for her deep respect for the dynamic properties of the steel.  From it, her artistry evokes sublime colorization, elegant light and shadows, and a meditative reflection beamed back upon the viewer. 

Stanoff's work is a unique expression of the post-abstract, post-minimalist tradition, suffused with serenity and mystery.