Japan
Statement
I have been constantly pursuing the possibilities of colour and light. I began with two-dimensional art, moving into three-dimensional objects, installations, and moving images, changing the form of expression as necessary. Recently I have explored new colours, shapes, and spaces produced by the action of time. For the past few years, I have been subjecting sunlight to various forms of spectral decomposition, and using the colours obtained to make video works and then creating installations with these works. During the various artist-in-residencies I have attended since Banff, Canada in 2002, I have enjoyed the way that my work absorbs and is changed by the landscapes, materials, and people that I encounter along the way. I think that working in residence is the most effective method for me, and I hope to continue this path in the future.
Profile
GlogauAIR resident from 01/04/2019 to 30/06/2019
GlogauAIR Project
The pursuit of the possibilities of colour and light has been the consistent theme of my work. Recently, time has become a major factor in my work. I have begun to explore new colours, shapes, and spaces produced by the action of time. I would like to use this opportunity to develop this theme. Especially during residency, I would like to use the colours extracted from city lights in Berlin as a base, I would like to create new work that combines the themes of my work. At the end of last year, I happened to connect an old television to an old DVD player. To my surprise, the sound that was supposed to have been erased in editing emerged from the DVD, and I experienced for myself the moment when light was converted to electricity and then changed to sound. That inspired a growing interest in sound art. I realized that another space can be created by changing light to sound or changing sound to light. I hope to pursue my search for light and sound in Berlin, which overflows with both. I will gather various types of light and sound, and create new artworks while exploring the possibilities that exist between light and sound and the spaces that are born from those effects.
CV Summary
b. 1969 Japan
Education
- 1999 Graduated from Tama University of Arts Graduate school, Master of fine Arts (Tokyo)
- 1997 Completed studies as a research student at Tama University of Arts (Tokyo)
- 1996 Graduated from Tama University of Arts (Tokyo)
Exhibition
- 2018 Month of the Artist Culture House Korundi (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- 2018 SPECTRUM -Colour- Light- SÄRESTÖNIEMI-MUSEO (Kaukonen, Finland)
- 2017 SPECTRUM-polar- Galleria Napa & Musta Napa (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- 2016 SPECTRUM -Colour- Light- Galleria Huuto (Helsinki, Finland)
- 2016 SPECTRUM -Polar Light- Gallery Musta Napa (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- 2016 Valo Kiikartorni (Rauma, Finland)
- 2015 SPECTRUM -Outer space- UTAS Academy gallery (Tasmania, Australia)
- 2015 SPECTRUM -Colour-Light- Nahkuri (Kärsämäki, Finland)
- 2014 SPECTRUM -Polar Lyset- Vadsø Kunstforening (Vadsø, Norway)
- 2014 SPECTRUM-Going to Catch Rainbows- ABN Centre (Vernon, Canada)
- 2014 SPECTRUM – Litróf heimskautsljós- Deiglan Gallery (Akureyri, Iceland)
- 2013 SPECTRUM -The Ocean- Vancouver Art centre (Albany, Australia)
- 2013 SPECTRUM –The Pixel Town- Point B (NYC, USA)
- 2012 To the sky where northern lights are dancing Rafu Gallery (Saitama, Japan)
- 2011 Colour-Light Gendai Hights Gallery Den (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2009 Colour-Light Upernavik Museum (Upernavik, Greenland)
- 2009 Colour-Light The Banff Centre, The Other Gallery (Alberta, Canada)
- 2005 Colour-Light TOKI Art Space (Tokyo, Japan)
Group Exhibition
- 2018 POHJOISTUULI Galleria Valo, Arktikum (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- 2018 LUONNOLLISESTI – NATURALLY Anu Pentik Galleria (Posio, Finland)
- 2018 Echos from the North Kakslauttanen Art Gallery (Saariselkä, Finland)
- 2016 Phenomena Paramatta Lanes Parramatta Artists Studios galley (Parramatta, Australia)
- 2015 “18 x 8: From Point A to Point B and back again…” Point B (NYC, USA)
- 2012 Lumière (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada)
- 2010 Porin Juhlaviikot 3H + K Gallery (Pori, Finland)
- 2008 Great Northern Art festival (Inuvik, Canada)
- 2008 Kyobashi 3.3.8 Exhibition Ai Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2007 「Optical Nature」Gallery Visions (Tokyo)
- 2007 「Polar Night Light」 (Kemijärvi, Finland)
- 2007 「Individuals」Kawasaki Citizen Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)
- 2006 EchigoTsumari Art Triennale 2006 (Niigata, Japan)
- 2006 Made in Kawasaki Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, Kawasaki Citizen Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)
- 2005 Art life FORUM ART SHOP(Tokyo), Za Gallery (Tokyo)
- 2004 「GLOW」CAC Gallery (Nevada, USA)
- 2002 13th Anniversary of Montreal Massacre (Studio XX, Banff Centre, Canada)
Award & Scholarship
Residency
- 2017 Residency Grant The Arctic Circle (International Territory of Svalbard)
- 2017 Residency Grant Ars Bioarctica (Kilpisjärvi, Finland)
- 2016 Residency Grant RaumArts (Rauma, Finland)
- 2015 Residency Grant University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
- 2015 Residency Grant Parramatta Artists Studios (Parramatta, Australia)
- 2014 Residency Grant Light in Varanger (Vadsø, Norway)
- 2014 Work stipend and Residency Grant Caetani Culture Centre (Vernon, Canada)
- 2013 Residency Grant Agder Kunst Center (Kristiansand, Norway)
- 2013 Residency Grant Point B (NYC, USA)
- 2012 Work stipend Cape Breton University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- 2012 Residency Grant Hafnarborg (Hafnarfjör.ur, Iceland)
- 2010 Work stipend and Residency Grant Aalto University Art and Design (Pori, Finland)
- 2009 Thematic Residency Grant and Scholarship The Banff Centre for the Arts (Banff, Canada)
- 2009 Residency Grant Upernavik Museum (Upernavik, Greenland)
- 2009 Residency Grant SIM (Reykjavik, Iceland)
- 2008 Great Northern Art Festival Travel stipend (Inuvik, Canada)
- 2008 Residency Grant Ted&Harrison Artist Retreat (Yukon, Canada)
- 2008 Can Serrat Artists Residency, awarded support stipend (Spain)
- 2006 Asahi Newspaper Cultural Foundation Scholarship, Asahi Newspaper Cultural Foundation (Japan)
- 2006 Made in Kawasaki Contemporary Art Award Judge Prize (Kawasaki, Kanagawa)
- 2006 Residency Grant Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture (Yukon, Canada)
- 2004 Residency Grant and Work shop stipend Est-Nord-Est (Quebec, Canada)
Lecture and Artist’s talk
- 2017 Lady Antigua ship (International Territory of Svalbard)
- 2016 Works at Artist in residencies (Muriwai, NewZealand)
- 2015 Works at Artist in residencies University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
- 2014 Allan Brooks Nature Centre (Vernon, Canada)
- 2014 Ketilhúsinu (Akureyri, Iceland)
- 2012 Rafu Gallery (Saitama, Japan)
- 2013 University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
- 2013 Vancouver Art Centre (Albany, Australia)
- 2011 KUNSTNARHUSET MESSEN (Alvik, Norway)
- 2011 Vilnius Academy of Arts (Nida Art Colony) (Nida, Lithuania)
- 2010 Aalto University (Pori, Finland)
- 2008 Akureyri Colledge (Akureyri, Iceland)
- 2007 Gallery Baku (Fukuoka, Japan)
- 2006 Macaulay Residence (Yukon, Canada)
- 2003 TOKI art space (Tokyo, Japan)
Workshop
- 2017 Taide yö (Rovaniemi, Finland)
- 2008 Great Northern Art Festival (Inuvik, Canada)
- 2005 Echigo Tsumari Summer 10days (Niigata, Japan)
- 2004 Est-Nord-Est (Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada)
