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Rujunko Pugh
Rujunko Pugh was born in Japan of African-American and Japanese descent. Her childhood was spent in California and North Carolina. She attended Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina to earn a biology degree and within that period took an introductory photography class as an elective. After graduation, Rujunko gained experience in commercial photography as a photographer's assistant. At this point, she began utilizing photography to study the forms and textures of readily available plants, fruits and vegetables. A few years later in 1999, she moved to Hawaii and was inspired by the unique and isolated environmental beauty of the island and began actively photographing the flora, specifically native, endemic and Polynesian introduced species. Returning to the science field, but not forgetting about her creative interests, she earned an M.S. in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering in 2004 and then completed two years of photography studio and art history courses at the University of Hawaii. Combining her experiences in art and science, some of her work incoporates the plant's specific DNA sequences retrieved from a publicly available database. She emerged in the Hawaii art scene in 2006 and exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions and received award recognitions for her work. Now based in Washington, D.C., Rujunko will continue working with plants and scientific concepts.
Rujunko Pugh was born in Japan of African-American and Japanese descent. Her childhood was spent in California and North Carolina. She attended Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina to earn a biology degree and within that period took an introductory photography class as an elective. After graduation, Rujunko gained experience in commercial photography as a photographer's assistant. At this point, she began utilizing photography to study the forms and textures of readily available plants, fruits and vegetables. A few years later in 1999, she moved to Hawaii and was inspired by the unique and isolated environmental beauty of the island and began actively photographing the flora, specifically native, endemic and Polynesian introduced species. Returning to the science field, but not forgetting about her creative interests, she earned an M.S. in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering in 2004 and then completed two years of photography studio and art history courses at the University of Hawaii. Combining her experiences in art and science, some of her work incoporates the plant's specific DNA sequences retrieved from a publicly available database. She emerged in the Hawaii art scene in 2006 and exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions and received award recognitions for her work. Now based in Washington, D.C., Rujunko will continue working with plants and scientific concepts.
