Kobako: The Art of Enclosure

Jacqui Ghosin

Kobako: The Art of Enclosure

A Curatorial Vignette of Japanese-inspired Art Boxes November 21, 2025 through January 3, 2026 TAI Modern • 1601 Paseo de Peralta • Santa Fe, NM 87501 • www.taimodern.com

Kobako: The Art of Enclosure by Jacqui Ghosin TAI Modern presents a Curatorial Vignette of Japanese-inspired Art Boxes November 21, 2025 through January 3, 2026

Jacqui Ghosin’s background is in graphic design. She earned her graduate degree from the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland and then worked in Munich, Germany.

After returning to the States, she worked in San Francisco for Landor Associates and then Addison Design Consultants before opening her own firm, Design One, with two other partners. In 2016, after 25 successful years, she and the team retired.

As is so often the case in the world of art, Ghosin’s interest in creating Japanese-inspired boxes was serendipitous, sparked after seeing another artist’s works in this area and her gift of a single sheet of beautiful Japanese silk-screened paper. These seeds of inspiration further blossomed into a singular focus — a natural progression that her years of professional graphic design work was well-suited for.

She says, “From there, I became intrigued with creating a ‘box’ that might not house anything inside but would, instead, yield surprising relationships. Either something unexpected would be revealed upon opening the piece, or the construction itself would be intriguing, or the inclusion of seemingly incongruous materials that were, upon reflection, quite harmonious.”

The interplay between incongruity and harmony, expectation and surprise, is at the heart of her work.

Jacqui will attend the opening at TAI Modern Gallery, 1601 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe on Friday, November 21, from 5-7PM, and the show will be on view until Saturday, January 3, 2026.

Cherry Blosso

Size: 8.5 x 6.75 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Italian Vero Weight: 14oz • Da

oms, Hinged

5 x 1.75 inches ona book cloth, high density book board ate: December 2024

Bamboo with Slidin

Size: 7.5 x 7.

Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese Weight: 1lb 4oz •

ng Wooden Closure

.5 x 3 inches book cloth, book board, bamboo, wood Date: October 2025

Strin

Size: 10.6 x 8.5 Materials: Nepalese oiled paper with strings, Brazilian marbleized pape Weight: 2lb 11oz •

ngs

5 x 3.25 inches er, Japanese book cloth, high density book board with magnetic closure Date: February 2025

Eclipse Ar

Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, imitation sue Weight: 1 lb •

rctic Blue

5 x 2.5 inches ede book cloth, metal and magnetic closure Date: April 2025

Eclipse Mid

Size: 8.5 x 5.5 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, imitation sue Weight: Box 1lb 5oz

dnight Blue

x 3.25 inches ede book cloth, metal and magnetic closure • Date: March 2025

Bamboo with Slidin

Size: 7.5 x 7.

Materials: Yuzen washi paper, French silk Moire book cloth, imi Weight: 1lb 4oz •

ng Wooden Closure

.5 x 3 inches itation suede book cloth, book board, bamboo, wood, gold leaf Date: March 2025

Bamboo with Slidin

Size: 7.5 x 7.

Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese book cloth, imitatio Weight: 1lb 4oz • D

ng Wooden Closure

.5 x 3 inches on suede book cloth, book board, bamboo, wood, gold leaf Date: September 2025

Black an

Size: 8.5 x 5.

Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Indian foil distressed pa Weight: 12.5oz • D

nd Gold

.5 x 2 inches aper, French silk Moire book cloth, book board, stone Date: November 2023

Cherry Blossoms

Size: 9.25 x 6.5 Materials: French silk Moire book cl Weight: 1lb 1oz •

s, Offset Opening

5 x 3.5 inches loth, Yuzen washi paper, book board Date: March 2024

Dragon of

Size: 19.6 x 14.5 Materials: Sogara and Yuzen washi papers, Japanese Weight: 7lb 14oz •

Prosperity

5 x 3.25 inches e Mohair book cloth, high density book board, metal • Date: March 2025

Floa

Size: 10 x 6.25 Materials: Japanese book cloth, Yuzen washi pa Weight: 1lb 10oz •

ating

5 x 3.75 inches aper, pearlized paper, high density book board • Date: March 2025

Flow

Size: 12.25 x 8.7 Materials: Mexican Amate Flores paper, hand-painted paper, Japane Weight: 3lb 7oz •

wers

75 x 2.75 inches ese book cloth, high density book board, metal and magnetic closure • Date: May 2025

Gard

Size: 13.75 x 8.2 Materials: Japanese Mohair book cloth, Japanese book cloth, Sogara and Yuzen wash Weight: 2lb 2oz •

den

25 x 3.75 inches hi papers, German vegetable paper (zucchini and black radishes), book board, metal • Date: April 2025

Gods of the Sky: Thu

Size: 12 x 11.2 Materials: Sogara and Yuzen washi papers, Mexican Amate wood paper, im Weight: 2lb 8oz • D

under and Lightning

25 x 3 inches mitation suede book cloth, Japanese book cloth, high density book board Date: December 2024

Japanese

Size: 5.5 x 5.

Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese bro Weight: 1lb 4 oz •

e Cubism

.5 x 4 inches ocade book cloth, high density book board Date: October 2025

Koi Leaping

Size: 24 x 11 Materials: Sogara and Yuzen washi papers, etched acrylic, imitatio Weight: 7lb 15oz •

g Upstream

1 x 3 inches on suede and Italian Verona book cloth, high density book board Date: August 2025

Land of the

Size: 24 x 11.5 Materials: Sogara and Yuzen washi papers, imitation suede an Weight: 7lb 6oz •

e Rising Sun

5 x 3.25 inches nd Italian Verona book cloth, high density book board, metal • Date: June 2025

Mem

Size: 11.125 x 7.1 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese and Italian Verona bo Weight: 1lb 8oz •

mories

125 x 2.5 inches ook cloth, linen, high density book board, metal checkerboard Date: August 2025

Mother of Pearl a

Size: 7.5 x 4 Materials: Mother of Pearl and Abalone inlay, French silk Moire book cloth pearlized metallic paper, Weight: 1lb • Dat

and Abalone Inlay

x 2.5 inches h, imitation suede book cloth, Yuzen washi paper, embossed reptile paper, high density book board te: November 2024

Peacocks in

Size: 12.75 x 9.5 Materials: Sogara Yuzen paper, Japanes Weight: 2lb 9oz •

n Paradise

5 x 2.125 inches se book cloth, high density book board Date: January 2025

Red R

Size: 9.5 x 6.5 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese book cloth, imitation suede book c Weight: 1lb 4oz • Date: Fe

River

5 x 2.5 inches cloth, Italian Verona book cloth, high density book board, magnetic closure ebruary 2024 – March 2025

Tiny Tre

Size: 4.75 x 4 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Italian foil paper, Japanese Mohair book clot Weight: 7.8oz • D

easures

4 x 3 inches th, imitation suede book cloth, high density book board, magnetic closure Date: October 2024

Spring W

Size: 7.875 x 5.5 Materials: Yuzen washi paper, Japanese book cloth, Ital Weight: 1lb • Dat

Wisteria

5 x 3.25 inches lian Verona book cloth, high density book board, metal te: September 2025

Kobako: The Art of Enclosure A Curatorial Vignette of Japanese-inspired Art Boxes by Jacqui Ghosin Opening reception November 21, 2025

Jacqui Ghosin • Kobako: The Art of Enclosure • www.issuu.com/jacquighosin