Her explosive gestures convey foreboding as much as joy, their energy and their metallic sheen mirroring the power of natural forces and mirroring the fragility of life. Peter Frank, L.A. Weekly
Junko Chodos’ deeply introspective visions are unrelentingly into the interior of human nature as they depict the repressed knotted swirling of the psyche. Mac McCloud, Visions Art Quarterly
…Genuinely solid pieces stand out…thick and writhing are Junko Chodos’ photocollage amalgams. Suvan Geer, Los Angeles Times
There is something malevolent about Junko’s dazzling colors, in the same way as Blake’s poetic image of the “tyger burning bright in the forests of the night.” Boston Globe
Her meticulously constructed collages of roots pulse with a dizzying visceral energy. Drawn from once-living networks of twisting tendrils now torn from the grounds, these images portray roots not as the mere means for sustaining a tree’s branches and leaves, but as that part of the tree that holds the secret of its existence. David Pagel, Visions
