artist statement
奈良、和歌山、三重に連なる紀伊山地の山々には、古来より神が棲まう地として崇められてきました。約1300年前、大陸からの思想が入り桃源郷や仙境のとも言われ、人々の信仰の対象となり、今もなお、その信仰は続いています。私は、信仰の対象となる山々で遊びまた学ぶ中で、いつしか画家を志し太古から続く山々で起こる人々の現実、幻想に目が行きそれを描くようになりました。山で棲まう者の生活、山を行き交う様々な人々、語り継がれる神話、民話、歴史、現代における山での問題、環境変化 、ハイスピードで進む現代社会。画家の視点から現代に起こる物事を見つめ、また時にはそれら全てに背を向け考えています。現代に生きる画家として、ただ山に生きる一人の人間として、何が出来るのか模索したいと思っています。
artist statement
The Kii Mountains connecting through Nara, Wakayama, and Mie Prefectures, have long been worshipped since ancient times as land inhabited by Kami.* Ideas having entered from the outside close to 1,300 years ago, the region even came to be associated with Chinese legendary paradises, such as the “Peach Blossom Spring” and the enchanted lands of sages, becoming a site of faith to this day. Having played and grown up in these mountains of faith, I strove to become a painter, capturing people’s realities and fantasies long associated with the ancient mountains. Through them, we can consider the lives of its inhabitants, the coming and going of many kinds of people, and the shaping and telling of legends, stories, and histories. We may even consider contemporary issues, such as the change in environment, and our current society that continues to progress at a rapid speed. I am an observer of everything in contemporary society through the eyes of a painter, yet sometimes I turn my back to shut out all of this. I would like to search out what I can accomplish as a painter living in the contemporary era, while also living simply as one human in the mountains.
*In Shinto belief, Kami are ancient deities residing in the natural world.
経歴
1981 奈良県吉野郡天川村生まれ
2003 奈良芸術短期大学専攻科修了
個展
2020 うつせのほ／Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO, 東京
2017 ことよのほら／Gallery OUT of PLACE NARA, 奈良
2017 つかもりのめ／画廊飛鳥, 奈良
2006 内なる者の眼／喜多美術館, 奈良
2005 レスポワール展／銀座スルガ台画廊, 東京
グループ展
2021 ふたみのほら Fieldwork in Tenkawa vol.3 / Art Osaka 2022 Expanded Section / CCO 大阪
2021 ANONYMA vol.1 「赤い黒」with 関智生 / 奈良 蔦屋書店 天平ギャラリー
2020 やまんどのこえ／天川村立資料館, 奈良
2019 リンクする風景／奈良県立美術館ギャラリー, 奈良
2019 晨昏展／Gallery OUT of PLACE NARA, 奈良
2018 3331 ART FAIR／3331アーツ千代田, 東京
2016 奈良・町家の芸術祭はならぁと／旧米谷家住宅, 奈良
2016 輪輪展／ギャラリー勇斎, 奈良
2011 風の会 ’14 ’18／雪梁舎美術館, 新潟
Personal Background
1981 Born in Tenkawa Village, Yoshino, Nara Prefecture
2003 Graduated from the Nara College of Art
Solo Exhibition
2020 UTSUSE no HO／Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO, Tokyo | Japan
2017 Kotoyonohora／Gallery OUT of PLACE NARA, Nara | Japan
2017 Tsukamorinome／Gallery Asuka, Nara | Japan
2006 The Eyes of the Inner Man／Kita Museum of Art, Nara | Japan
2005 L'Espoir／Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo | Japan
Group Exhibition
2021 Futaminohora Fieldwork in Tenkawa vol.3/ Art Osaka 2022 Expanded Section / CCO Osaka
2021 ANONYMA vol.1 "Red Black" with Tomoo Seki / Nara TSUTAYA BOOKS Tenpyo Gallery
2020 The Voice of the Wilderness／Amagawamura Museum, Nara | Japan
2019 Linking Landscape／Nara Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery, Nara | Japan
2019 Konshin Exhibition／Gallery OUT of PLACE NARA, Nara | Japan
2018 3331 ART FAIR 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo | Japan
2016 Art Festival of Machiya House／Old Kometani House, Nara | Japan
2016 Wawa Exhibition／Gallery Yusai, Nara | Japan
2011 Kaze no Kai '14 '18／Setsuryosha Art Museum, Niigata | Japan