Marina Inoue

For her highly anticipated second exhibition with Shug Gallery, Marina Inoue returns with a striking new body of work that dives headfirst into memory, identity, homesickness and the seductive pull of nostalgia. Created while living away from the United States, these paintings unravel the myths and contradictions of the American dream through a vivid blend of personal experience, found imagery and cultural folklore. At once playful, unsettling and deeply personal, the works capture an America that feels both familiar and distorted – a fever dream of longing, desire and disillusionment.