Statement
I create works that connect different subjects/objects using thread, fabric and photography. Textiles can hold significant meaning and connection as a universal part of human life and thus form the backbone of my works. With this core I reinterpret complicated phenomena through the repetition of the simple act of sewing, moving back and forth between the multiple layers of the individual, society and nature.
Weaving a one-dimensional thread into cloth creates a two-dimensional structure, while sewing it is a three-dimensional act. The family as the smallest unit of society can also be seen as a three-dimensional link between a number of one-dimensional individuals. In such a three-dimensional society, the act of sewing is not merely the sewing of cloth, but is an act with a plurality of care, as it has long been used in witchcraft and rituals, and in medical practices. In Japan, until very modern times, there were 'sewn symbols' as objects of folk belief (such as the Senninbari, for example).
Connecting photographs, the things in the image, and the relationships and boundaries between the people who took them, is a geometric leap from one dimension to three dimensions, and at the same time an act of redefining the relationship between the individual and society. At the same time, it is a multilayered act that also has a meaning as a prayer. In a work in which the same image is embroidered on the front and back, I attempt to move back and forth between the plurality of meaning and geometrical structure.
By dealing with personal themes, I believe that I can reaffirm the multilayered nature of society while taking myself as the starting point. The nature of the work, in that the more it is stitched, the more the underlying iconography is hidden, is also seen as a representation of society itself, which becomes more anonymous as the number of members increases. The underlying image is mainly a photograph, and the act of stitching transforms the multiple meanings of the photograph as a trace of light into a more complex and more anonymous signifier.
Nature, which is often seen as external to human society, is also seamlessly connected to society. By incorporating photography into my work, I attempt to stitch together the contingency of nature and society as a web of intentions. Through the act of stitching, I continue to move back and forth between nature and the individual.
CV
1994 born in Kochi, Japan
2019. BA(Hons) Txtile Design for Fashion and Interior, Bath Spa university
Solo Exhibitions
2023. Ryoji Morimoto, Gallery M.A.P, Fukuoka, Japan
Piercing the otherside, Art & Garden Nekoze, Oita, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2023 SUPER NEKOZE, Art & Garden Nekoze, Oita, Japan
INSPIRE THEATER, Takanabe Museum of ART, Miyazaki / Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
Manda pit artfest, Manda pit, Kumamoto, Japan
Daimaru WALL GALLERY "Kiyoshima apartment", DAIAMRU Fukuoka Tenjin, Fukuoka, Japan
3331 Arts Chiyoda Special Exhibition - 3331 Transformed Art into " ", 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
UPPALACE~Palace of Leisure and Creativity~, Atelier Hiko, Osaka, Japan
2022 Genjitsu47, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan
3331 ART FAIR 2022 ,3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Assimilation, Beppu station under the railway, Oita, Japan
Genjitsu36-46, Beppu station market, Oita, Japan
Beppu×Bath Art Exchange, Beppu city art museum, Oita, Japan
2021 In:Site Festival Revisited 2021, Birmingham Cathedral Square, Birmingham, UK
Genjitsu26-35, Beppu station market, Oita, Japan
2020 In:Site Festival Revisited 2020, Birmingham Cathedral Square, Birmingham, UK
Venice International Art Fair 2020, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice
Genjitsu23, Gallery Genjitsu, Oita, Japan
Malamegi Lab 15, Online
2019 In:Site Festival 2019, Birmingham Cathedral Square, Birmingham
Award
2022 Kazuko Koike Prize, 3331 ART FAIR 2022
2020 Malamegi Lab 15(selected artist), Malamegi Lab
Artist in Residence
2022 Uzosansou art hotel plan, Oita, Japan
2021-2023 Kiyoshima Apartment, Oita, Japan
ステートメント
シンプルなことをやっている。これまで触れ合っってきたもの、身近なものをテーマに作品を作る。いつも身体に触れている糸や布を主な素材として使う。
略歴
1994. 高知県生まれ
2019. バース・スパ大学 Textile Design for Fashion and Design 学部 卒業
個展
2023 森本凌司展, ギャラリーM.A.P, 福岡
向こうに、さす, Art & Garden ねこぜ, 大分
グループ展
2023. SUPER NEKOZE, Art & Garden ねこぜ, 大分
INSPIRE THEATER, 高鍋美術館, 宮崎 / 大分県立美術館, 大分
万田坑芸術祭, 万田坑, 熊本
Daimaru WALL GALLERY「清島アパート展」, 大丸福岡天神店, 福岡
3331 Arts Chiyoda 特別企画展「3331によって、アートは『』に変化した」, アーツ千代田, 東京
UPPALACE〜暇と創造たちの宮殿〜, アトリエひこ 隣の三軒長屋, 大阪
2022 現実47, 大分県立美術館, 大分
3331 ART FAIR 2022, アーツ千代田 3331, 東京
同化, 別府駅北高架下, 大分
現実36-46, べっぷ駅市場, 大分
Beppu×Bath Art Exchange, 別府市美術館, 大分
2021 In:Site Festival Revisited 2021, バーミンガム大聖堂前広場, バーミンガム 現実26-35, べっぷ駅市場, 大分
2020 In:Site Festival Revisited 2020, バーミンガム大聖堂前広場, バーミンガム
Venice International Art Fair 2020, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, ベネチア
現実23, べっぷ駅市場, 大分県
Malamegi Lab 15, オンライン
2019 In:Site festival 2019, バーミンガム大聖堂前広場, バーミンガム
受賞
2022. 小池一子賞, 3331 ART FAIR 2022
2020 Malamegi Lab 15 入選
アーティスト イン レジデンス
2021- 2023 清島アパート, 大分
2022 宇曽山荘アートホテル化計画, 大分