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		<title>Junko Yamamoto</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junko Yamamoto is a visual artist born and raised in Tokyo Japan. She started drawing at the age of three and knew then she wanted to become an artist. Junko moved to the states alone to go study abroad the age of 16. Graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle with Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Cum Laude in 1999. Her main medium has been oil painting; she also produces printmaking, animated video installations and mixed media installations.
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Junko Yamamoto is a visual artist born and raised in Tokyo Japan. She started drawing at the age of three and knew then she wanted to become an artist. Junko moved to the states alone to go study abroad the age of 16. Graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle with Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Cum Laude in 1999. Her main medium has been oil painting; she also produces printmaking, animated video installations and mixed media installations.<br />
Living in Seattle with her husband Sean and two cats.<br />
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<a href="http://Junkoyamamoto.com/" target="_blank">http://Junkoyamamoto.com/<br />
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In my work, I explore space and memories. The space between atoms, cells, between people, objects, air, stars, water and sky; the cosmic glue which holds us and the universe together. I like to push and pull, bringing other dimensions.<br />
My process combines brush painting, layers of color and shapes, with brayers that give printmaking or stamp like quality. Brush strokes mimic calligraphy gestures I used to practice in my youth. The layering process is enhanced by my use of color and shape, suggesting textile, landscape and familiar pop culture.<br />
My forms and strokes that reappear and disappear in all of the pieces signal cell divisions, electrons and atoms as well as consciousness and interconnectedness. Unity as a whole is my foundation.<br />
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<h6>Exhibitions:</h6>
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2016<br />
TWO MAN EXHIBITION Works (Arts West, Curated by Susanna Bluhm Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Going the Distance, Select Art Marathon Artists (CoCA, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Bellevue College Alumni Exhibition (Bellevue College, Bellevue WA)</th></table>
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2015 <br />
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITION (Flow Art Space, Juror, Sylvia White, St. Paul, MN )<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Valdosta National 2015 (Valdosta State University Arts Gallery, Susan Welsh Juror, Valdosta, GA )</th></table>
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2013<br />
TWO MAN EXHIBITION Last three years (TASTE at SAM Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Nihon/WA: (White River Valley Museum, Curated by Greg Watson, Auburn, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Artists’ Choice, 40th Anniversary Celebration (SAM Gallery Seattle Art Museum Seattle<br />
WA)</th></table>
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2012<br />
TWO MAN EXHIBITION Clusters and a drop, (Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA)</th></table>
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2010<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION I will see you again (E/C Gallery, Chicago, IL )</th></table>
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2009<br />
GROUP SHOW Experiment, (UrBANGILD, Collaboration with Soft, Kyoto, JAPAN )</th></table>
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2008<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Traveling, (Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Picture of Health, (City Hall Galleries, Harborview Medical Center collections Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION 35th Anniversary Celebration (SAM Gallery Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA)</th></table>
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2007<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Wright Now, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House Foundation, Springfield, OH<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Introduction show (Gallery IMA, Seattle WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION now and then (SAM Gallery Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA)</th></table>
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2006<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION New Works (IT! Gallery, Boise, ID)<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Shuynata (Gallery Lotus Roots, Osaka, JAPAN)<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Shuynata (J-Trip Art Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN)</th></table>
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2004<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Shuynata (AT. 31, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Tra Est e Ovest, (Gas Art Gallery, Torino, ITALY)</th></table>
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2003<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Shuynata (AT. 31, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Grand Opening Gala , (Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION 30th Anniversary Celebration (Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA)</th></table>
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2002<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION Shuynata, (King County Art Gallery AKA 4 Culture, Seattle, WA)<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Introduction , Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA<br />
GROUP EXHIBITION Pacific Northwest Annual Juried Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Brian Wallace Juror,<br />
Bellevue, WA)</th></table>
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<h6>Awards/Recognition/Residencies:</h6>
2016 City of Seattle &#8211; Office of Arts and Culture, Public Art Boot Camp recipient, Seattle, WA<br />
2015 Artist Trust Grant for Artist Projects, Seattle WA<br />
Pratt Fine Arts Center Professional Artist in Residence, Seattle WA<br />
2014 Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner WY &#8211; February-March<br />
2007 Wright Now, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House Foundation, Springfield OH<br />
1998-99 Cornish College of the Arts Merit Scholarship &#8211; Seattle WA<br />
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<h6>Public Art:</h6>
2016 Art Interruptions 2016, (City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Created temporary art in Rainer Valley<br />
neighborhood., Seattle, WA)<br />
City of Bellevue Portable Artworks, (Mini City Hall, Bellevue, WA)<br />
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<h6>Education:</h6>
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Cum Laude, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA<br />
1995 AA Degree, Bellevue Community College, AKA Bellevue College, Bellevue WA<br />
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<h6>Selected Publications:</h6>
Pratt Fine Arts Center Magazine, Seattle, WA Interview, May-July 2016, , Page 17, 18, 27 and 28<br />
Delta Airlines SKY Magazine, Interview, May/June 2013, Page 21<br />
Art in America, Nov issue 2008<br />
Art Ltd, Magazine, Nov issue, 2007<br />
The Wall Street Journal Aug 18th 2006<br />
Condé Nast TRAVELER America Issue , February 2006, page38<br />
Gas Art Gallery, Gagliardi Art System &#8216;Tra Est e Ovest&#8217; , Torino, Italy 2004<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[FENAMENA

Open: July 12 - August 2, 2025
Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm
at KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID：604 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104

When we come home to an empty house, we would still say, “I’m home.”
There’s no one there to reply, and yet, something lingers in the space—an invisible presence, 
A quiet stillness conveys to us that something is there.
That presence is what we call FENAMENA.

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<h5>NEXT EVENT</h5>
<h3>FENAMENA</h3>
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Open: October July 12 &#8211; August 2, 2025<br />
Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm<br />
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at KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID<br />
604 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104<br />
<a href="https://koboseattle.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://koboseattle.com/</a><br />
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Artists<br />
Seattle: Paul Komada, Junko Yamamoto<br />
NY: Kakeru Asai, Masaya Nakayama<br />
London: Yuki Nakamura<br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO<br />
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When we come home to an empty house, we would still say, “I’m home.”<br />
There’s no one there to reply, and yet, something lingers in the space—an invisible presence, <br />
A quiet stillness conveys to us that something is there.<br />
That presence is what we call FENAMENA.<br />
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It asks for nothing, and gives nothing in return.<br />
It simply is.<br />
Being there in silence is the essence of FENAMENA.<br />
We can not sway FENAMENA—it remains beyond our reach.<br />
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ART BEASTIES is a collective of Japanese artists that began in New York in 2013.<br />
For its members, the relationship they share through ART BEASTIES is, in itself, a kind of FENAMENA.<br />
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In passing, FENAMENA may also be quietly present somewhere in this very space.<br />
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Saying &#8220;I&#8217;m home&#8221; into an empty room — this simple act seems to carry a sense of gratitude and reverence for the space itself.<br />
In Japan, greetings directed not at people but at “something else” present in a space are deeply rooted in Shinto beliefs, local folk traditions, and cultural education. It’s an everyday sensibility shaped by a spiritual and natural worldview. Just as Japanese schoolchildren learn to care for their environment through daily cleaning, the practice of showing respect for a space is woven into daily life.<br />
The exhibition title FENAMENA is a coined word that refers to that “something” — not a person, but a presence. Whether it be a spirit, a yokai, a consciousness, a memory, or history — though invisible, it is something whose presence is deeply felt. The venue for this exhibition, KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID, also seems to quietly breathe with the presence of FENAMENA, alongside its own layered history.<br />
ART BEASTIES  is a Japanese Artists Collective situated internationally, founded in New York in 2013. With members varying widely in terms of their places of residence, ages and styles of art, the group focuses on dialogue and the creative process itself as they continue their work through exhibitions.<br />
Like FENAMENA, the collective fosters a subtle yet enduring presence — an unseen connection between people and place. At its core, it simply is.<br />
We hope this exhibition offers visitors a moment to notice and reflect on the FENAMENA quietly residing in their own surroundings.<br />
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FENAMENA（フェナメナ）<br />
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誰もいない部屋に帰ったとき、「ただいま」と声を掛ける。<br />
それは目に見えず、気配だけを残して、静かにその場に「いる」。<br />
FENAMENAは、その名です。<br />
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こちらに何かをもたらすことはなく、ただそこに「いる」ことだけが、FENAMENAの本質です。<br />
そしてまた、私たちもFENAMENAを変えることはできません。<br />
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ART BEASTIESは、2013年ニューヨークで設立された日本人アーティストコレクティブです。<br />
メンバーにとって、ART BEASTIESという関係性もまた、ひとつのFENAMENAです。<br />
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FENAMENAは、この会場の中にも、どこかにひっそりと「いる」かもしれません。<br />
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誰もいない部屋に「ただいま」と声をかける——その行為には、場への感謝や畏敬の念が込められているように思います。<br />
「そこにいる人ではない何か」への挨拶は、日本の神道や各地に伝わる土着信仰にみられる宗教観・自然観、そして教育文化に根ざした、私たちにとってごく日常的な感覚です。<br />
日本の小学生が日々の掃除を通して場を整えることを学ぶように、空間に敬意を払う姿勢は、生活に深く根づいています。<br />
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展覧会タイトル「FENAMENA（フェナメナ）」は、そうした「そこにいる人ではない何か」を指す造語です。<br />
精霊なのか、妖怪なのか、意識なのか、記憶なのか、歴史なのか——目には見えないけれど、確かに「いる」と感じさせる存在。<br />
本展の会場である KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID にも、その歴史とともに、「FENAMENA」の気配が静かに息づいているように感じられます。<br />
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ART BEASTIES は、海外で活動する日本人アーティストが、2013年にニューヨークで立ち上げたコレクティブです。住んでいる場所や国、年齢、作品のスタイルなど、バッグボーンの異なるメンバーが、メンバー間の対話や制作のプロセスそのものに注視しながら、展覧会を通じて活動を続けています。<br />
それは「FENAMENA」と同様に、目には見えないけれど静かに存在し、場と人をつなぐ、緩やかな関係性です。その本質は、ただ「そこにいる」ことです。<br />
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本展を通じて、ご来場の皆さまが、ご自身のまわりに佇む「FENAMENA」に目を向けるきっかけとなれば幸いです。<br />
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<h3>and then.</h3>
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ART BEASTIES 10th anniversary<br />
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Open: October 7-15, 2023<br />
Reception: October 7, 5-8PM </h5>
at EV Gallery : 621 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10009<br />
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Artists<br />
Seattle: Paul Komada, Ko IRKT, Junko Yamamoto<br />
NY: Tokio Kuniyoshi, Kakeru Asai, Masaya Nakayama<br />
London: Yuki Nakamura<br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO<br />
Kobe: Mayu Kuroda<br />
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ART BEASTIES, founded in New York in 2013, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.<br />
To celebrate, we will hold a 2-day Pop-up Show in New York, the place where it all began.<br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.9:</h5>
<h3>ART BEASTIES @ Cornish College of the Arts : Arts Incubator Residency</h3>
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<h5>Duration for ART BEASTIES residency : January 20th &#8211; February 2nd, 2020 </h5>
<h5>Public Viewing Dates: January 30th 6PM-8PM &#038; February 1st 12PM-2PM</h5>
at Alhadeff Studio : 201 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109.(Seattle Center behind Cornish playhouse)<br />
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Participating ART BEASTIES Member<br />
Seattle: Paul Komada, Ko IRKT, Junko Yamamoto<br />
NY: Tokio Kuniyoshi, Kakeru Asai, Masaya Nakayama<br />
London: Yuki Nakamura<br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO, Mayu Kuroda<br />
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ART BEASTIES is a Japanese Artists Collective situated internationally in NY, Seattle, London &#038; Tokyo. The members regularly meet in the Internet, informing and inspiring each other to find alternative ways to recognize, devise and present Japanese contemporary art and ideas.<br />
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The members will work on individual project(s), and share their “in-process” images and notes throughout the duration of the residency. This will create complex feedback loops between the artists hopefully to unearth the new perspectives on Japanese art today.<br />
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The collective will stage a “co-working” office space inside Alhadeff Studio, in order to organize and exhibit the data and knowledge gathered during the incubation. The group will also contemplate on the feeling — social anxiety stemming from “working together alone” in such “shared” space.<br />
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<a href="https://www.cornish.edu/cornish-playhouse/arts-incubator/" target="_blank">The Cornish Arts Incubator Residency</a> aims to facilitate the risk taking in the allied arts. The goal for this program is to support artists in the creation of work that is outside the boundaries of their genre, discipline, or comfort zone. The intention of Arts Incubator is not to create a final, polished product. Instead, the program seeks to give artists time and space to incubate and begin to develop an idea, concept, or exploration.The residency is part of Cornish Playhouse’s public benefit to the Seattle community.<br />
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Performance @Arts Incubator Residency (5 Min Excerpt) : <a href="https://vimeo.com/431417341" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/431417341​</a><br />
Public Viewing @Arts Incubator Residency : <a href="https://vimeo.com/435045472" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/435045472​</a><br />
In Progress @Arts Incubator Residency : <a href="https://vimeo.com/435956770" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/435956770​​</a><br />
Thrift shop project @Arts Incubator Residency : <a href="https://vimeo.com/432819775" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/432819775​</a><br />
Silk screen project @Arts Incubator Residency : <a href="https://vimeo.com/4336298566" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/433629856​</a><br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.8:</h5>
<h3>蝶の羽ばたき Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York-Seattle-London-Tokyo</h3>
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<a href="http://www.tobikan.jp/exhibition/2018_groupshow.html" target="_blank">都美セレクション グループ展 2018</a><br />
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<h5>at 東京都美術館 ギャラリーC</h5>
東京都台東区上野公園8-36<br />
<a href="http://www.tobikan.jp" target="_blank">http://www.tobikan.jp</a><br />
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2018年6月9日（土）～7月1日（日） 9:30－17:30 （入室は閉室の30分前まで）<br />
夜間開室 ： 6月15日（金)、6月22日（金)、6月29日（金)は20:00まで<br />
休室日 ： 6月18日（月）<br />
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観覧料無料<br />
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主催 ： ART BEASTIES、 東京都美術館（公益財団法人東京都歴史文化財団）<br />
助成 ： 公益財団法人 朝日新聞文化財団、 芸術文化振興基金<br />
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<h5><a href="https://www.tobikan.jp/media/pdf/2019/groupshow2018.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">本展の記録集（発行：東京都美術館）<br />
https://www.tobikan.jp/media/pdf/2019/groupshow2018.pdf</a></h5>
出光美術館・笠嶋忠幸氏と東京都美術館・山村仁志氏から、批評をいただきました。<br />
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ART BEASTIESは「日本人によるコンテンポラリーアート」を世界に広く紹介し、次なるプレゼンスを切り開いていくことを目的として2013年ニューヨークで設立され、国内外で計6回の展覧会を行うなど精力的に活動を続けてきました。<br />
グループは、ニューヨーク・シアトル・ロンドン・東京・神戸の5都市を拠点に活動しているメンバーによって構成されています。アーティスト自ら展覧会の企画・運営を行い、グループだからこそできる実験的な表現や、大きなプロジェクトに挑戦する場として機能しています。<br />
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本企画「時差展」はこのような活動の中で、異なるタイムゾーンに暮らす私たちの、「時差」の実体験から生まれた企画です。<br />
私たちに必要不可欠なオンラインコミュニケーション：現代の瞬間的・同時代的な世界との繋がりは、時に私たちの「差」を露呈させ、孤独や危機感、自己のあり方を強く認識させることもあるでしょう。そのリアルな葛藤や共鳴、プロセスの全てにある、新たな視点・可能性を表現します。<br />
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メンバーは「日本人」アーティストであることをひとつの条件として集められていますが、それぞれが住む国や国籍、年齢、作品スタイル、バックボーンは様々です。2020年に行われる東京オリンピックを始めとし、世界中が日本という国や文化に注目する中で、私たちのように多様化していく日本人のアイデンティティを改めて深く追求し、今後の国際的な日本人の活躍に対し、ステレオタイプで一方通行でない新たな視点・タイミングを与えたいと考えます。<br />
また本展は、ART BEASTIESを東京で紹介する初の展覧会となります。長年海外で活動する日本人アーティストの実際を、東京の皆さんに紹介し交流できることは、次なるクリエイティビティや国際交流の芽を育むものと考えます。<br />
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「時差展」第1回、第2回に続く、本展「時差展」第3回は、「蝶の羽ばたき」をコンセプトに加えました。<br />
蝶が羽ばたく程度の小さな撹乱（こうらん）でも、その繋がりは場所を越え、思いもよらない影響を与えうるという、刺激的な未来を予見します。<br />
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実験的なファインアート作品、サイトスペシフィックなインスタレーション、各都市からの映像とサウンドを繋いだ映像作品、即興的パフォーマンス、コラボレーションワーク等、ジャンルを超えた作品群を紹介しました。<br />
また、これらの作品制作と本展開催に向けて、プランやコンセプト作りの段階から、メンバー間で行ってきたオンラインミーティングの映像やそこで実際に使われた道具など、あらゆるプロセスも展示しました。<br />
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海外から５名、国内から３名の出展作家８名が現地入りし、来場者の皆様と対話を行うアーティストトークも開催しました。<br />
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出展作家 ： 曳野真帆, Ko IRKT, 中村ユキ, ポール駒田, Takayuki Matsuo, Tokio Kuniyoshi, 北村早紀, 浅井翔, 中山誠弥, 山本純子<br />
運営代表 ： 曳野真帆, Ko IRKT, 北村早紀, 黒田真由<br />
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<h5>アーティストトーク&#038;パフォーマンス:6月9日(土)14:00〜</h5>
本展参加アーティスト10名と、来場者の方を交えたオンラインミーティング(ビデオ通話)形式のアーティストトークを行いました。会場内には11台のラップトップを設置し、NYからアーティスト2名も参加しました。来場者の皆様からの質問を受け付けながら、会話形式で「アーティスト活動の実際」を話しました。<br />
ネットワーク不良や機械の不調、時間制限など、そのエラーやハプニングも含めた即興的なパフォーマンスとなりました。<br />
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<h3>&#8220;Butterfly Flutter &#8211; Time Difference 時差 vol.3   New York-Seattle-London-Tokyo&#8221;</h3>
<h5>at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Gallery C</h5>
8-36 Ueno-Park Taito-ku, Tokyo<br />
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<a href="http://www.tobikan.jp" target="_blank">http://www.tobikan.jp</a><br />
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Organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and ART BEASTIES	<br />
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June 9 – July 1, 2018, 9:30 – 17:30 （Fridays 9:30 – 20:00)　<br />
*Admission until 30 minutes before closing.<br />
*Close on June 18.<br />
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Admission free	<br />
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Artist Talk and Performance Meeting Table June 9, 14:00 &#8211; <br />
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Artists: HIKINO MAHO, Ko IRKT, NAKAMURA Yuki, Paul KOMADA, MATSUO Takayuki, KUNIYOSHI Tokio, KITAMURA Saki, ASAI Kakeru, NAKAYAMA Masaya, YAMAMOTO Junko	<br />
Organizers: Maho Hikino, Ko Irkt,<br />
Coordinators: Saki Kitamura, Mayu Kuroda<br />
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Grant:<br />
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation<br />
Japan Arts Council<br />
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https://www.tobikan.jp/media/pdf/2019/groupshow2018.pdf</a></h5>
Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum<br />
Reviewed about the show by Mr.Tadayuki Kasashima (Idemitsu Museum of Arts) and Mr.Hitoshi Yamamura (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum).<br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.7:</h5>
<h3>In the Shadow of Olympus</h3>
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The group exhibition titled In the Shadow of Olympus will be held in March 2018 at SOIL Gallery.<br />
Less than a second later the flame was extinguished in Rio de Janeiro, the machination of Olympics has commenced its tumbling journey aimed toward Tokyo. If there was a straight flight path connecting the two cities, the airplane would fly over Seattle with a payload of extreme anticipation and anxiety. The exhibition would revolve around the idea of politics, economy, history, and the symbology of the long standing global ceremony. The forthcoming Tokyo Olympics preparation and promotion will be examined from the point of view of Japanese artists with various sentiments ranging from: positively enthusiastic to pessimistically dystopian.<br />
The participating artists are members of Japanese artist collective, Art Beasties based in Seattle, NY, London and Tokyo. The group members frequently engage each other intersecting multiple time-zones through Skype meetings, in order to shape and advance the projects.<br />
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During the Opening Reception, some connected via Skype and others physically present in SOIL gallery, Art Beasties will conduct a meeting. It is an &#8220;open-process&#8221; performance filmed and recorded simultaneously in multiple point of views. The recordings will be analyzed and edited in order to contemplate on the place for, and function of a Japanese Artists Collective in the world<br />
today.<br />
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SOIL Collective and Artist-run Gallery</h5>
112 3rd Ave S, Seattle, WA  98104<br />
206–264–8061<br />
gallery@soilart.org<br />
<a href="http://soilart.org/" target="_blank">http://soilart.org/</a><br />
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<h5>March 1 – 31, 2018, Thurs through Sun, 11 am – 4 pm<br />
Opening Reception March 1, 6-8pm<br />
Performance Meeting Table March 1, 6:30-7:00pm<br />
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Curators: Paul Komada, Ko Irkt, Maho Hikino, Junko Yamamoto<br />
Artists: Paul Komada, Yuki Nakamura, Ko Irkt, Maho Hikino, Tokio Kuniyoshi, Masaya Nakayama, Kakeru Asai, Saki Kitamura, Junko Yamamoto, Mayu Kuroda<br />
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Funded in part with a 4Culture Project Grant<br />
<a href="https://www.4culture.org/" target="_blank">https://www.4culture.org/<br />
<img src="http://artbeasties.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/4Culture-Logo-2300-c.png" alt=" "width="100" height="100"><br></a><br />
Seattle・NY・東京・神戸・Londonの5都市で暮らすアーティスト10名が、<br />
ペインティング、版画、映像、サウンド、ファッション、インスタレーション等様々な手法で、本テーマへの考察と新作を展示。<br />
またオープニングレセプションでは、メンバーによるパフォーマンスイベントを行われました。<br />
助成： <a href="https://www.4culture.org/" target="_blank">4Culture</a><br />
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リオデジャネイロでの聖火が消された瞬間、オリンピックという「たくらみ」が、転がり落ちるように東京へと狙いを定めた。<br />
もし、この二つの都市を直行便が結んでいたとしたら、飛行機はシアトルの真上を通過する。究極の期待と不安の荷物を乗せて飛ぶことだろう。<br />
本展覧会は、この長く行われてきた国際的な祭典における、政治的、経済的、歴史的、記号的な意味を、アイディアの発端とするものある。<br />
私たちART BEASTIESが視野を広げていくために、ホストとなる日本の私たちそれぞれの考えや感覚を、様々な都市に住む日本人以外の方たちに批評していただきたい。<br />
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この展覧会はただ単に、東京でのオリンピックの開催をお祝いするものではない。<br />
むしろ、この国際的スポーツイベントが放つ、目が眩むほどのまばゆい光によって、はっきりしなかったものが何であるかを明らかにしていきたい。<br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.6:</h5>
<h3>Time Difference 時差 vol.2  New York-Seattle-Tokyo-Kobe</h3>
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Jun 1 – 5, 2016<br />
Reception: Jun 4, 2pm-<br />
Artists talk and contemporary dance by Fumi Takahashi<br />
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<a href=http://www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp/" target="_blank">at 兵庫県立美術館ギャラリー棟 (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan)</a><br />
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Artists: <br />
Seattle: Ko Irkt, Paul Komada, Yuki Nakamura <br />
New York: Kakeru Asai, Tokio Kuniyoshi, Masaya Nakayama, mattuo<br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO, Saki Kitamura, Hanae Nakamura, Noriyo Yasunaga<br />
Kobe: Mayu Kuroda<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/951263618284068/" target="_blank">Face Book Event Page</a><br />
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ART BEASTIES is a Japanese artist collective based in New York City. We live in different time zones; NY, Seattle, Tokyo and Kobe; we communicate online and some of us never met in person. Starting off from experiencing somewhat counter-intuitive and awkward moments created through E-mail, Skype or SNS communication between three time zones, we explore the gap in our perception of time in the different time zones. The Art Beasties members investigate new discoveries and possibilities that miscommunications; time lag, digital glitch and cultural and linguistic context would create the process. The projects include painting, photography, printing, sculpture installation, video installation, clothing, knitting and contemporary dance performance. <br />
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シアトル・NY・東京・神戸の4都市で暮らす若手日本人アーティストが、「時差」というテーマを元に作品を制作し、実際に会場・神戸に集まり、開催された企画展覧会です。これは、NYをベースに活動してきた私たちART BEASTIESにとって日本初となる展示となります。<br />
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今回私たちが提示する「時差」というテーマは、自分と他者/世界との「差」を常に見つめながら、世界に挑戦している日本人若手芸術家の実際の姿を映し出すものです。展示作品の前で、アーティストと鑑賞者が出会い、私たちの経験と現状をナマのものとして伝え、多くの鑑賞者の皆様にその体験をご自身の実生活にもって帰って頂きたいと考え、展開しました。<br />
展覧会は、NY、シアトル、東京、日本から、12人のART BEASITES所属アーティストによる、絵画、インスタレーション、版画、ミクストメディア、写真、映像、スカルプチュアという多様な13点の新作（うち2点はコラボレーションワーク）によって構成されました。「時差」というテーマを起点とした、様々な方向への思考を展開しました。<br />
また、会期中に開催されたレセプションイベントでは、コンテンポラリーダンサーの高橋芙実さんにご参加いただきました。日本とアメリカの「時報」の音声をミキシングしたサウンドに合わせ、展示されたそれぞれの作品と肉体的に関わりながら、観客とともに会場内を回り、「時差」そのものの存在を表現しようという実験的なパフォーマンスを行いました。<br />
パフォーマンス後はアーティストによるトークイベントを開催し、国内外で作家活動を行う意義や困難などを、会場にお越しいただいた多くのお客様とともに考え、語る実りあるひとときとなりました。<br />
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また、図録の制作と販売を行いました。本展の企画概要、各作品に対するアーティストからのコンセプト文、作品の構想段階にて行われたスカイプミーティングの会話内容の書き起こし、ART BEASITESのこれまでの活動の紹介、作家紹介、などを収録しました。<br />
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助成　<br />
公益財団法人 朝日新聞文化財団<br />
公益財団法人 神戸文化支援基金<br />
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<a href="https://www.booster-parco.com/project/56" target="_blank"><br />
本展のために、クラウドファンディングにて資金調達を行いました。<br />
皆様からの暖かいご支援により、見事目標額を達成することができました！ありがとうございました！<br />
https://www.booster-parco.com/project/56</br><br />
Special Thanks!!!!!!（順不同）：<br />
MiChi様、Ayaka Nishi様、KENJI HIKINO様、長井隼平様、mizo@hi-g様、大場勲様、大場麻衣子様、MISAKI様、柏原久留美様、中村勲子様</a><br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.5:</h5>
<h3>Time Difference時差: Seattle–New York–Tokyo @ SOIL Collective and Artist-run Gallery</h3>
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Noon–5pm, Thurs–Sun, April 2 – May 2, 2015<br />
Opening Reception: First Thursday, April 2, 6–8pm<br />
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SOIL Collective and Artist-run Gallery<br />
112 3rd Ave S, Seattle, WA  98104<br />
206–264–8061<br />
gallery@soilart.org<br />
<a href="http://soilart.org/" target="_blank">http://soilart.org/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/794474720642270/" target="_blank">Facebook Event Page<br />
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Artists: <br />
Seattle: Paul Komada, Akiko Masker, Yuki Nakamura <br />
New York: Kakeru Asai, Ko Irkt, Tokio Kuniyoshi <br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO, Saki Kitamura, Mayu Kuroda, Noriyo Yasunaga<br />
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Special Thanks (Music Installation)<br />
Seattle: Yuya Izumi, Blake Ryan<br />
New York: COPUT (Ken Arii, Hiroki Oshiro)<br />
Tokyo: Muku Kobayashi, Taiga Hirabayashi <br />
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Time Difference is our first collaboration between the members exploring time, locations, and surroundings from various perspectives. We live in different time zones, countries and cities; we communicate online and some of us never met in person. Starting off from experiencing somewhat counter-intuitive and awkward moments created through Skype communication between three time zones, we explore the gap in our perception of time in the different time zones. The Art Beasties members investigate new discoveries and possibilities that real-time, time lag, digital glitch and cultural and linguistic context would create the process. The projects include live music performance, photography, installation, video, and painting.<br />
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 [<a href="http://artbeasties.com/next-event-info/">See image gallery at artbeasties.com</a>] <br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.4:</h5>
A concurrent pop-up show was held at Prole Drift Gallery.<br />
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April 2 – April 4, 2015<br />
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Thursday, April 2, 6–8pm<br />
Friday, April 3, 12–5pm<br />
Saturday, April 4, 12–9pm<br />
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4, 6–9pm<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/605358946263202/" target="_blank">Facebook Event Page<br />
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Prole Drift Gallery<br />
523 S. Main St.<br />
Seattle, WA 98104<br />
<a href="http://proledrift.com/" target="_blank">http://proledrift.com/</a><br />
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Artists:<br />
Seattle: Paul Komada, Akiko Masker, Yuki Nakamura <br />
New York: Kakeru Asai, Ko Irkt, Tokio Kuniyoshi <br />
Tokyo: MAHO HIKINO, Saki Kitamura, Mayu Kuroda, Noriyo Yasunaga<br />
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 [<a href="http://artbeasties.com/next-event-info/">See image gallery at artbeasties.com</a>] <br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.3:</h5>
<h3>&#8220;ART BEASTIE Open Studio&#8221; @ Dumbo Arts Festival</h3>
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Reception Party 26th September ( Friday ), 6pm &#8211; 9pm. <br />
Open:27th and 28th September noon &#8211; 6pm<br />
@55 Washington St #705, Brooklyn, NY 11201<br />
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ARTIST:<br />
Tokio Kuniyoshi, <br />
MAHO HIKINO,<br />
Ko IRKT, <br />
Kakeru Asai,<br />
Saki Kitamura, <br />
Akiko Masker<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1540392009513243/" target="_blank">Facebook Event Page</a><br />
<a href="http://dumboartsfestival.com/" target="_blank">Dumbo Arts Festival 2014</a><br />
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ART BEASTIES is pleased to announce a show and party to celebrate our first year Anniversary. Visit our open studio show  during DUMBO Arts Festival when more than 200,000 visitors gather in our neighborhood to experience the many artworks, studios, galleries and public art installations on view.<br />
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We will be hosting an open day on the 26th September 2014 to thank all our existing supporters, plus welcome new visitors to enjoy a party and the opportunity to talk about future plans and ideas about our new experimental works &#8211; painting, photography, video installation, woodcut print and mixed media works and much more.<br />
<br /> [<a href="http://artbeasties.com/next-event-info/">See image gallery at artbeasties.com</a>] <br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.2:</h5>
<h3>&#8220;FLUID DESTINATION&#8221; @ <a href="http://www.culturefixny.com/exhibits/">culture fix</a></h3>
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Artist Reception 20th March ( Thursday ), 7pm &#8211; late. <br />
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Open:20th to 22nd March 5pm &#8211; 9pm<br />
18th to 19th March OPEN BY APPOINTMENT, Please Contact to info@artbeasties.com<br />
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ARTIST:<br />
Yuki Nakamura and Robert Campbell, <br />
Saki Kitamura, <br />
Ko IRKT, <br />
Tokio Kuniyoshi, <br />
MAHO HIKINO<br />
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Curated by Sessa Englund. <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/535394179909588/" target="_blank">Facebook Event Page<br />
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Art Beasties welcomes you to join us at Culture Fix for our second show, Fluid Destination. The effects of a global world and a global identity are prevalent in our daily lives; we live half of it online, and many of us spend the other half in flux between two countries or two cultures. <br />
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In order to establish ourselves as members of a global community we must constantly flow and change; deciding whether to take the shape of our surroundings like water in a vase, or whether to extend our identity to contain new ideas of who we are and our live, constantly leaving traces of ourselves as we travel, and leaving things behind to discover new experiences.<br />
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For this show we ask our participating artists to meditate on the fluidity of their work and their experiences, bringing forth a personal and inspired expression of the implications of living globally.<br />
<br /> [<a href="http://artbeasties.com/next-event-info/">See image gallery at artbeasties.com</a>] <br />
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<h5>PAST EVENT ARCHIVES no.1:</h5>
<h3>ART BEASTIES EXHIBITION 29-31.JAN.2014 @ <a href="http://brooklynfireproofeast.com/">Brooklyn Fire Proof</a></h3>
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Introducing Art Beasties: a Japanese artist collective working in NYC. Join us to celebrate the start of a collective that strives to broaden and deepen the understanding of contemporary Japanese art, promoting individuality and diversity of esthetics. <br />
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Artists:<br />
<a href="http://artbeasties.com/koirkt/" title="Ko IRKT">Ko IRKT</a> (painting)<br />
<a href="http://artbeasties.com/saki-kitamura/" title="Saki Kitamura">Saki Kitamura</a> (print making)<br />
<a href="http://artbeasties.com/yuki-nakamura/" title="Yuki Nakamura">Yuki Nakamura</a> (sculptural installation)<br />
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<a href="http://artbeasties.com/tokio-kuniyoshi/" title="Tokio Kuniyoshi">Tokio Kuniyoshi</a> (photograph)<br />
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Curator:Sessa Englund<br />
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		<title>Masaya Nakayama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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1983 Born in Osaka, Japan<br />
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY<br />
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M.A, Osaka University of Arts (Fine Arts, Japanese Painting)<br />
2009-2012 Teacher in the public school in Osaka, Department of Fine Arts<br />
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Since he was young, he was obsessed to drawing by the influence of his father, who was an artist in his young age. His concept is the gap between purity and insanity. As a person learns the social mechanism and form one&#8217;s characteristics, generating both contradiction and possibility, he projects the fragile hope that he finds in his own childhood. Now that the unclear peace theory is about to collapse, it is time to ask ourselves, whom don&#8217;t know anything about the real war, what so-called &#8220;complacent with peace&#8221; really is. By using a paper called Mashi (hemp paper) as canvas, you will catch a glimpse of perfect purity of human existence through the natural white paper color peeking through the layers of bleeding pigments.<br />
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<h6>Exhibitions:</h6>
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2015 <br />
“Making History” (Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery/NY)<br />
&#8220;Bushwick Open Studio 2015&#8221; (44Stewart Brooklyn/NY)<br />
“Domesticated space travelers Exhibition” (Galerie Project,Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery/NY)<br />
“Open Call” (Lorimoto Gallery/NY)<br />
2014<br />
“Bushwick Benefit” Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, NY<br />
&#8220;Bushwick Open Studio 2014&#8221; (Brooklyn/NY)<br />
”Paper works unbound” (Williamsburg Historical Center/NY)<br />
2013 <br />
Solo Exhibition “Stain proof” (JaNet Hall/NY)<br />
2012 <br />
&#8220;Bushwick Open Studio 2013&#8221; (Brooklyn/NY)<br />
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<h6>Education:</h6>
M.A, Osaka University of Arts (Fine Arts, Japanese Painting)<br />
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Paul paints geometric abstraction, but in the past few years has incorporated knitting into the paintings, exploring the boundary between Art and Craft.
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Paul Komada was born in Seattle and raised in Yokohama, Japan. In 2002, he completed his MFA program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Between 2003-06, he worked at a Buddhist temple as a monk in Tokyo, Japan. Today, he lives and works in an artist loft in Pioneer Square.<br />
Paul paints geometric abstraction, but in the past few years has incorporated knitting into the paintings, exploring the boundary between Art and Craft.<br />
He has exhibited works in the Northwest region. He has shown works nationally in Harlem NY and Peoria IL, as well as internationally in Seoul, Toronto and The Hague, Netherlands.<br />
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<a href="http://paulkomada.com/" target="_blank">http://paulkomada.com/</a><br />
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<h6>SOLO SHOW</h6>
2014 Solo Show: Formalist&#8217;s Agony, Prole Drift, Seattle WA<br />
2013 Maker Leisure Pleasure Seeker, Backspace Gallery, Peoria IL<br />
2013 Knit N&#8217; Paintin&#8217;, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA<br />
2010 knit_art_history, 4culture, Seattle, WA<br />
2006 Topology, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA<br />
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<h6>SELECTED GROUP SHOW</h6>
2014 MadArt on the Campus, University of Washington, Seattle WA<br />
2014 To Be Alone Together, curated by ShellyLeavens and Emma Levitt, Museum of Northwest Art [MoNA], La Conner WA<br />
2014 Storefronts Projects on Amazon Campus Site Specific Installation &#8220;Going Cascade&#8221;, Shunpike, Seattle WA<br />
2013 <Tagtics>, Quartair, The Hague, Netherlands<br />
2013 Today, from your yesterday and tomorrow, curated by Jaclyn Blumas, Gallery 918, Toronto, Canada<br />
2012 BAM Biennial 2012: High Fiber Diet, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA<br />
2012 Four Approaches, curated by Nicholas Nyland, Pulliam Gallery, Portland OR<br />
2011 Textiles Tieton: Fresh Thread, curated by Ed Marquand, Mighty Tieton Wearhouse, Tieton WA<br />
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<h6>AWARDS AND HONORS</h6>
2014 2015 Northwest Contemporary Art Award Nominee, Portland Art Museum<br />
2012 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust<br />
2000 International Exchange and Program Study Abroad Scholarship<br />
1999 Eleanor Roberts Memorial Scholarship<br />
1999 George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship<br />
1997 Fine Art Studio Program Study Abroad Scholarship<br />
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<h6>COLLECTIONS</h6>
Rijnstate Kunstcollectie, Arnhem, Netherlands<br />
City of Seattle: SPU Portable Works *currently hanging in the Mayor&#8217;s office<br />
University of Washington<br />
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<h6>SELECTED PUBLICATION AND BLOG</h6>
2014 &#8220;Vibrant Outdoor Exhibit Brings Local Art to Public Spaces at UW&#8221; by Soyon Im, International Examiner,Oct 15<br />
2014 Seattle Met Visual Art, Mad Campus Brings Large-Scale Art to University of Washington&#8217;s Grounds,Jeremy Buben, Sep 26<br />
2014 &#8220;Watching Paul Komada Make Mysteries: Or, What Are You Looking At?&#8221; by Jen Graves, The Stranger,June 11<br />
2014 The Whiskey City Collaborative, The Best Peoria Art Shows Of 2013, January 27<br />
2013 CONCERT GOER, Tagtics: Quartair Den Haag, kemicalhardatwork, November 17<br />
2010 Featured Art, Art Zone with Nancy Guppy November 16<br />
2010 artdish, Jim Demetre November 5<br />
May 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer Review<br />
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<h6>EDUCATION</h6>
University of Pennsylvania &#8211; M.F.A. Painting 2002<br />
University of Washington &#8211; B.F.A. Painting 2000<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[YUI HORIUCHI is a Tokyo based artist whose works cover wide range of mediums from painting, illustration to embroidery. Since acquiring her B.F.A degree in Oil Painting from Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2011, she has been developing her multiple art practice. Her work, regardless of its form, tends to be inspired by incomparable beauty and rich colors found in nature. For her embroidery works, she stitches her own designs on found fabrics such as used tablecloths and cotton bags not only to play with narratives and memories of the materials but also to make her artworks portable and wearable. She has also offered commissioned works for a various clients including Isetan Department Store in Tokyo. ]]></description>
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YUI HORIUCHI is a Tokyo based artist whose works cover wide range of mediums from painting, illustration to embroidery. Since acquiring her B.F.A degree in Oil Painting from Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2011, she has been developing her multiple art practice. Her work, regardless of its form, tends to be inspired by incomparable beauty and rich colors found in nature. For her embroidery works, she stitches her own designs on found fabrics such as used tablecloths and cotton bags not only to play with narratives and memories of the materials but also to make her artworks portable and wearable. She has also offered commissioned works for a various clients including Isetan Department Store in Tokyo. <br />
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<h6>Education:</h6>
2011 Tama Art University, Bachelor of Fine Art in Oil Painting Department<br />
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<h6>Representing gallery:</h6>
OPEN LETTER <br />
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<h6>Solo Exhibitions:</h6>
2014  &#8220;Tender Mountain -Mt.Shirane-&#8220;, 101 gallery, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2011  &#8220;TAKE MORE TIME&#8221;, Keiyudoh gallery, Tokyo, Japan<br />
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<h6>Selected group exhibitions:</h6>
2011 &#8220;Joint Graduation Exhibiton of 5 Art Universities in Tokyo&#8221;, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2010 &#8220;Nezumi-ko exhibition&#8221;, void+, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2010 &#8220;Pareru Piruremu Poreriremu&#8221;, TURNER Gallery, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2010 &#8220;Artist Night No.1&#8221;, 0000 Gallery, Kyoto, Japan<br />
2009 &#8220;Radical Metamorphose&#8221;, Kita-senju alley, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2009 &#8220;FREE SHOW&#8221;, Yarimizu Youth Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2009 &#8220;YARI-BI-BI-BI&#8221;, Yarimizu Youth Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2008 &#8220;Kura no Machikado Art Project&#8221;, Traditional Store, Tochigi, Japan<br />
2008 &#8220;Photo Slide Show&#8221;, Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan<br />
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<h6>PERFORMANCE:</h6>
2009 &#8220;Live Sewing&#8221;, WOMB Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2009 &#8220;Live Sewing&#8221;, AIR, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2009 &#8220;Live Sewing&#8221;, WOMB Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan<br />
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					MAHO HIKINO is a video artist born in Hyogo Japan. Her B.A. in Liberal Arts was received from Doshisha Women&#8217;s College, Kyoto in 2008 and earned a Master of Arts degree from Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2010. Subsequent to that She lived and worked in Tokyo, produced video installation, short film, animation and art project. And she moved to New York City in 2013 for working and exhibition her-self art project. <br />
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<a href="http://www.hikino-maho.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hikino-maho.com/</a><br />
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<a href="http://birdproject.hikino-maho.com/" target="_blank">http://birdproject.hikino-maho.com/</a><br />
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I want to catch beauty that originally exist in the world, its such as the textures, motions. and memory. These things must be change and lost. All sensation, all emotion, all lovers, we hope to cherish these things forever, but disappeared without our noticing in no time at all. <br />
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Through Art (&#8220;Geijutsu&#8221;), I pursuit the appetite for the truth. <br />
Why must I be here? What are we clinging to? In this world where everything will go and be lost, What kind of meaning that has?<br />
Art, its only way to believe there is give us the answer in.<br />
Because my Art pieces based on the appetite to seek the truth in affirming the Existence of the world.<br />
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&#8220;We have art in order not to die of the truth.&#8221; Friedrich Nietzsche<br />
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<h6>Exhibitions</h6>
<table><th>2012&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;HIKINO MAHO Solo Exhibition&#8221; (The Artcomplex Center/Tokyo)<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;MIRROR&#8221; (Pepper&#8217;s Gallery/Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;J_ART 2ND&#8221; (Williamsburg Art &#038; Historical Center /NY)</th></table>
<table><th>2011&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;HIKINO MAHO Video Exhibition&#8221; (double tall cafe Shibuya /Tokyo)<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;MIRROR: HIKINO MAHO Video Art Exhibition&#8221; (Gallery cafe bar [enyen] /Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;ART STYLING with NOS Aoyama&#8221; (NOS Aoyama /Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Holiday Vol.6&#8243;(Gallery KINGYO /Tokyo)<br />
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<table><th>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Tama Art University &#038; Universität der Künste Berlin Exhibition (Gallery LE DECO /Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Holiday Vol.5&#8243;(Gallery KINGYO/Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Tama Art University Graduation Exhibition&#8221;(Tama Art University /Tokyo)</th></table>
<table><th>2009&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;MIRROR#2~chilll out&#8221;(Pepper&#8217;s Gallery/Tokyo) <br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;TOKYO SCREENING&#8221;(About Floor/NY)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;IDD TAMACOM&#8217;09 -Thinking Bubbles-&#8220;(Bank ART Studio NYK /Yokohama)<br />
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<table><th>2008&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Solo Exhibition &#8220;MIRROR#2&#8243;(Shinjuku Ganka garou /Tokyo)<br />
Film Festival &#8220;6th North Shinano Obuse Film Festival,60-Second Cinema Competition&#8221;(Nagano)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;ART &#038; PHOTO -100 Persons&#8217; Portfolio Exhibition&#8221;(Shinjuku Ganka garou /Tokyo)</th></table>
<table><th>2007 &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
solo Exhibition &#8220;Drawing Piano&#8221;(AD&#038;A gallery /Osaka)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Aki Kono,Chika Mukai,Maho Hikino exhibition&#8221;(msc gallery /Kyoto)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Doshisha Women&#8217;s College of Liberal Arts, Department of Information and Media promotional execution exhibition&#8221;(DOSHISHA ROHM PLAZA / Kyoto)</th></table>
<table><th>2006 &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Kotonoha_hirari&#8221; (Keihanna international forum /Kyoto)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Kotonoha_hirari&#8221;(Japan Atomic Energy Agency _Kyoto)<br />
Group Exhibition &#8220;Minamo ni mau, Hikariuta.&#8221;(Sanjo akari keshiki /Kyoto)</th></table>
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<h6>Books</h6>
2010 &#8220;ARTBOX Vol.8 Contemporary-Artist File Contemporary ART&#8221; <br />
2010 &#8220;Hyper Art Catalogue&#8221;<br />
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<h6>Prize</h6>
2010 &#8220;MIRROR#3&#8243;16th Student CG Contest, Last Nomination <br />
2008 &#8220;MIRROR#2&#8243;6th North Shinano Obuse Film Festival and 60-Second Cinema Competition <br />
2007 &#8220;MIRROR&#8221; Art &#038; Technology Northeast 2007,Special Jury Prize<br />
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<h6>Education</h6>
2010 (M.A) Information Art Course, Tama Art University<br />
2008 (B.A) Department of Information and media, Doshisha Women&#8217;s College of Liberal Arts<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Kakeru Asai is an artist whose investigations and activities are to cover a lot of ground, Sculpture, Painting Drawing and Installation works.  He has moved his activity base to NYC since September 2007.  And he enrolled to Art Students League of NY 2009. It was because, when he was about high school student, he watched a documentary film about Yasuo Kuniyoshi on TV program. He discovered the existence of the school in the film. Since that day, he has started to make connections with artists who have careers in NYC. And started to be active as an artist himself in Japan.

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Kakeru Asai is an artist whose investigations and activities are to cover a lot of ground, Sculpture, Painting Drawing and Installation works.  He has moved his activity base to NYC since September 2007.  And he enrolled to Art Students League of NY 2009. It was because, when he was about high school student, he watched a documentary film about Yasuo Kuniyoshi on TV program. He discovered the existence of the school in the film. Since that day, he has started to make connections with artists who have careers in NYC. And started to be active as an artist himself in Japan.<br />
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His activity base is now in Bushwick area in Brooklyn, and being active making collaborative art with artists living in same area. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kakeruasai.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kakeruasai.com/</a><br />
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When busy recording the dairy of living, we see singular aspects of the mirror that may only result as surface and visual.<br />
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I want you to imagine a scenario in which, spread inside of the mirror, closely resembles the inner world of an aquarium. <br />
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There are various life forms which show us rich colors and faces with these windows. It is, however, solely you who is in the mirror.<br />
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In this space, it may be your friends; it may be people whose names you do not know.<br />
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It may be just a vision of a social community surrounds us.<br />
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As is often told, the origin of life was born from ocean. Since then, tiny species like microorganisms or even single cells had to coexist with others. Even the relationship between single cells need to thrive in order to survive this world.<br />
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A lingering question: can’t we see the origin of community within human beings in this micro-world?<br />
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When you stand in front of mirror, you are placed between two worlds &#8211; each of which resemble each other. <br />
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The vision of you and your world appears outside of the mirror. <br />
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The vision of primitive memory appears inside of the mirror. <br />
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Your viewpoint as a viewer becomes a door, which connects one&#8217;s inner and outer side. <br />
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When we stare fixated at the origin of life and community, we realize that we are kept alive by nature and by our role in the community.<br />
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I am asking myself habitually: what is my role in the community, when facing the content of my work? <br />
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<h6> Representing gallery </h6>
Leg Room<br />
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery<br />
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<h6> Education </h6>
Art Students League of New York/2013/certificate<br />
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 06:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Human" is constantly right in front of my focus and point of arrival of my work.
We make us human ourselves because of our subconsciousness knows the form of "human".
It's uncanny for me what the most people remain a human in their life time, in any age.
What is the form of "human" in our Archetype?
I approach the subject from the perspective of surface representation.]]></description>
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					 &#8220;Human&#8221; is constantly right in front of my focus and point of arrival of my work.<br />
We make us human ourselves because of our subconsciousness knows the form of &#8220;human&#8221;.<br />
It&#8217;s uncanny for me what the most people remain a human in their life time, in any age.<br />
What is the form of &#8220;human&#8221; in our Archetype?<br />
I approach the subject from the perspective of surface representation.<br />
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<a href="http://ktmrsk.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://ktmrsk.tumblr.com/</a><br />
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<h6>Exhibitions</h6>
<table><th>2010&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Group Exhibiton&#8221;Five traces”(Tama Art University/Tokyo)</th></table>
<table><th>2011&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Group Exhibition&#8221;Lookers Crosses The Bridge&#8221;(Gallery LE DECO/Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibiton&#8221;39 artists 390 pieces 3900yen&#8221;(Gallery CHIKA/Tokyo)<br />
Group Exhibiton&#8221;ART STYLING with NOS Ⅹ(NOS Aoyama/Tokyo)<br />
Joint Exhibition&#8221;DAAN?&#8221;(Shimokita Art Space/Tokyo)<br />
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<table><th>2012&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
&#8220;J_ART 2ND&#8221;Tokyo≠New York(WAH center/New York)<br />
&#8220;37th <Japan Universities> National Print Making Competition&#8221;(Machida <br />
International Print Making Museum/Tokyo)</th></table>
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<h6>Prize</h6>
2012 <br />
18th Sumio Kawakami Wood -Cut Print Making Art Competition Last Nomination JAPAN PRINTING ART ASSOCIATION 80th Anniversary Printing Art Competition,Last Nomination <br />
37th<Japan Universities >National Print Making Competition Purchasing Prize<br />
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2013<br />
19th Sumio Kawakami Wood -Cut Print Making Art Competition The Rookie Of The  Year Award<br />
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<h6>Education</h6>
Tama Art University/M.A.1st./print making course<br />
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		<title>Yuki Nakamura</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I create sculptural installations with ceramics as my primary medium that explore a sense of place, relationship, identity and formal structure. My work challenges the aesthetic restraint of my traditional cultural roots through active experimentation with new media and contemporary issues: cross-cultural, multi-faceted contemporary sculptural forms that reflect and challenge our specific time, place, culture, and social environment. I consider both the macro and micro worlds and how they shift within the internal, human and subjective perspective, how they become increasingly confused, chaotic and full of turmoil. My work questions the tenuous connection between the two worlds; the internal subjective self and the external world of cultural façade. 
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					I create sculptural installations with ceramics as my primary medium that explore a sense of place, relationship, identity and formal structure. My work challenges the aesthetic restraint of my traditional cultural roots through active experimentation with new media and contemporary issues: cross-cultural, multi-faceted contemporary sculptural forms that reflect and challenge our specific time, place, culture, and social environment. I consider both the macro and micro worlds and how they shift within the internal, human and subjective perspective, how they become increasingly confused, chaotic and full of turmoil. My work questions the tenuous connection between the two worlds; the internal subjective self and the external world of cultural façade. <br />
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<a href="http://www.yukinakamura.com" target="_blank">http://www.yukinakamura.com</a><br />
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Yuki Nakamura graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo in 1994, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Washington in 1997. She has had solo exhibitions at Peeler Art Center, DePauw University in Greencastle, SOIL Gallery in Seattle and Howard House Contemporary Art in Seattle. Her multimedia collaborations have been featured at Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Santa Fe International New Media Festival and Kittredge Gallery in Tacoma. Her work has been reviewed in international art magazines, such as Ceramics Monthly, Art in America, Whitewall and Sculpture Magazine. She has also been awarded numerous prestigious awards including the Pollock-Krasner Grant, Artist Trust Fellowship, and the Joshibi Creative and Research Fellowship. She has participated in multinational artist-in-residence programs in France, Italy, Japan and the US. Her work is part of the Tacoma Art Museum permanent collection, the Microsoft collection, and the Swedish Cancer Institute collection. <br />
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<h6>Solo Exhibition</h6>
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2013<br />
Kukai: Sea and Sky, collaboration with Robert Campbell, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (upcoming)</table></th><table><th>
2012<br />
Kukai: Sea and Sky, collaboration with Robert Campbell, SOIL, Seattle, WA</table></th><table><th>
2010<br />
Illuminant, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA</table></th><table><th>
2009<br />
Poetic of Restraint, Dan &#038; Gail Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR</table></th><table><th>
2007<br />
The Logic of Place, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN</table></th><table><th>
2006<br />
Floating Plaster / City Motion, collaboration with Robert Campbell, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA<br />
Suspended, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA</table></th><table><th>
2005<br />
Mapping the Moment, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle</table></th><table><th>
2003<br />
Red Stair, Window Dressing Urban Art Installation, Woolworth Window, Tacoma, WA<br />
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<h6>Prize</h6>
2011             Tacoma Arts Initiative Program Grant, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA  (also in 2003)<br />
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2010             Grant for Art Project, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA  (also in 2005 and 1999)<br />
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2009             Nominee, Foundation of Art Award, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma, WA<br />
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2007             Arts Special Project Program Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (also in 2006 and 2005)<br />
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2007             Nominee, The Neddy Artist Fellowship Award, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, WA<br />
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2006             CityArtist Projects Grant, City of Seattle Office of Arts &#038; Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA<br />
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2004             Joshibi Intensive Work and Research Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan<br />
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2002             Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA<br />
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2002             PONCHO Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA<br />
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2001             The Pollock-Krasner Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc, New York, NY<br />
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2001             George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA<br />
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<h6>Artist in Residence</h6>
2006             New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA<br />
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2005             NAC: Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy<br />
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2005             Artist in Residency in Education, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA<br />
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2004             La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France<br />
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2003             PONCHO Artist in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA<br />
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2001             Centrum Creative Residency, Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA<br />
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2001             Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Born and raised in Okinawa, JAPAN, based in New York. He moved to San Francisco in 2002 and got into the photography world. He started learning from the basic by himself and looking everywhere through the finder. After spending 4 years in SF, he relocated himself in New York to seek his unknown possibilities and new opportunities. He currently owns his own photo studio "Studio11 New York", focusing on shooting more of his fine arts photography. The philosophy behind his photography is to look into the objects differently. He has his own unique way of looking into the world and capturing the way that brings photography to not just a framed scene but also an artwork. His works can tell a story and stimulate your senses, and before you realize, you are in his world.]]></description>
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					Born and raised in Okinawa, JAPAN, based in New York. He moved to San Francisco in 2002 and got into the photography world. He started learning from the basic by himself and looking everywhere through the finder. After spending 4 years in SF, he relocated himself in New York to seek his unknown possibilities and new opportunities. He currently owns his own photo studio &#8220;Studio11 New York&#8221;, focusing on shooting more of his fine arts photography. The philosophy behind his photography is to look into the objects differently. He has his own unique way of looking into the world and capturing the way that brings photography to not just a framed scene but also an artwork. His works can tell a story and stimulate your senses, and before you realize, you are in his world.<br />
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2002- moved to San Francisco<br />
04-06 &#8211; CCSF Photography major<br />
2006 &#8211; moved to New York<br />
2008 &#8211; established shootinglife LLC in New York<br />
2009 &#8211; set up own photo studio in New York <br />
now &#8211; currently in New York<br />
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<a href="http://www.shootinglife.net/" target="_blank">http://www.shootinglife.net/</a><br />
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<h6>Awards</h6>
• international photography awards<br />
   Honorable Mention (professional)<br />
   2009 Buildings, Lifestyle<br />
   2010 Buildings<br />
   2011 Portrait<br />
   2012 Portrait<br />
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• 6th Dave Bown international Art competition<br />
   Honorable Mention<br />
   2013<br />
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• NEW YORK CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART<br />
   urban landscapes 2013<br />
   second place<br />
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• &#8220;Best of Photography 2013&#8221; by Photographer&#8217;s FORUM<br />
   finalist 2013<br />
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<h6>Exhibitions</h6>
one year (July 2005 Okinawa, JAPAN)<br />
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silence and motion (July 2006 San Francisco, U.S)<br />
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SYNK vol 3 (Februaly 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
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wordless eloquence *07 (March 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
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The King of Funky Soul (July 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
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inspiration (September 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
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Art of Autumn (October 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
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$99 Art Fair<br />
(December 2007 New York, U.S)<br />
(April 2008 New York, U.S)<br />
(June 2008 New York, U.S)<br />
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Jazzlicious (May 2008 New York, U.S)<br />
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The Beginning of New Classics (September 2008 New York, U.S)<br />
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The Art Market <br />
(December 2008 New York, U.S)<br />
(April 2009 New York, U.S)<br />
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TORAPOTE -ride it!- (June 2009 New York, U.S) <br />
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82FM (September 2009 Okinawa, Japan) <br />
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Traces of Nature (March 2010 New York, U.S) <br />
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Tokio Kuniyoshi Photography (October 2010 Okinawa, Japan)<br />
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Love Save Japan (March 2011 New York, U.S)<br />
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Dear Japan, With Love, New York (March 2011 New York, U.S)<br />
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eye of the wolf (April 2011 New York, U.S)<br />
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RISE JAPAN (April 2011 San Francisco, U.S)<br />
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ASCENSION (May 2011 New York, U.S)<br />
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B SOL (September 2011 New York, U.S)<br />
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Essential ~EroticA~ (March 2012 New York, U.S)<br />
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Beauty in the Beast (April 2012 New York, U.S)<br />
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GIMME SHELTER (May-June 2013 New York, U.S)<br />
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Art at GARI (July-Octber 2013 New York, U.S)<br />
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FALL2013 Prize winners exhibition<br />
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