2017 "The Sonpo Japan Award" The 60th Sinkyo Art Association Exhibition"
Masafumi Takeda
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Born and raised in Kobe city, Japan, he majored in realistic oil painting at university but got absorbed into abstract mixed media painting after graduation.
He takes the lesson “The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself” from Leonardo da Vinci and “Letting the material itself paint the picture” from Sadamasa Motonaga, a member of the Gutai Art Association.
At one point in his life, he noticed multiple voices in his head communicating with each other. He experienced a hang glider crash and the Great Kobe Earthquake, which in synergy with the realization, made multiple personalities awake within himself.
They were named Masafumi, Tori, and Hito and keep evolving as they take different actions in the creation.
Masafumi designs the salvation of spirits by attempting to repair the unrepairable.
Tori makes the canvas revolve and simulates the creation of the universe using substances.
Hito seeks the emergence of her own psyche in the process of mimicking ontogeny using the decalcomania technique and silicone materials.
The works that get produced by the actions of each personality always exist simultaneously, contradicting and synchronizing with each other.
He hopes that these fragments that imitate the world once again show us the world as we saw the moment we were brought to life.
1994-present
"Sinkyo (New Cooperative) Art Association Exhibition" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo; Japan
1997 "The 2nd Thumbhole Award" in Nishiwaki City; Japan
1998 "Three-Person Show"Art Hall Kobe in Kobe City; Japan
2005 "Exposicuon De Arte Contemporaneo Japones Y Sho" in Santander City; Spain
2009 Solo Show Horikawa Gallery in Kobe City; Japan
2012 Solo Show "Restoration" Hyogo Prefectural Art Gallery in Kobe City; Japan
2019 Solo Show "The Shape Of A Drop" Harada Forest Art Museum in Kobe City; Japan
etc.
Tori Sorano
Hito Torino
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