亜鶴/Azu official website

〈略歴〉

 

1991 兵庫県生まれ

2012 大阪美術専門学校絵画専攻卒業

 

 

〈展覧会〉

 

2015 個展”Human-made noise”(Gallery Den mym/京都)

2015 グループ展”DRIFTWOOD”(Montserrat Art Gallery/ニューヨーク)

2015 グループ展”Painter Session”(AIDA Gallery/大阪)

2015 グループ展”現在幽霊画展”(TAV Gallery/東京)

2015 第42回現代美術-茨木2015展 (茨木市立生涯学習センター/大阪)

2015 グループ展”ArtFusion2015”(Jadite Galleries/ニューヨーク)

2015 グループ展”架空”のうわさ”(2kw Gallery/大阪)

2015 個展”今日の日の再構築”(Spectrum Gallery/大阪)

2014 第7回 ONSA展(la galerie/大阪)

2014 第64回西宮市展(西宮市立市民ギャラリー/兵庫)

2014 第41回現代美術-茨木2014展 (茨木市立生涯学習センター/大阪)

2014 個展”Détente”(2kw58 Gallery/大阪)

2014 第42回人展 (大阪市立美術館/大阪)

2013 第3回関西日曜画家展 (Gallery CASO/大阪)

2013 第40回現代美術-茨木2013展 (茨木市立生涯学習センター/大阪)

 

〈アートフェア〉

アートサンディエゴ2015

 

〈メディア〉

FM MOOV

 

〈ステートメント〉

 

私の制作テーマは社会との関係性を考えた上で自己の存在意義を再構築することである。

個性を持つオンリーワンになることに重きをおく結果、社会との摩擦を避け、

自己中心的かつ閉鎖的になり、そして他者との関係性を築けない傾向が顕著である社会に疑問を感じ、ポートレイトを描くようになった。

他者と向き合い、その関係性の中で自己と向き合う行為である。

私の考える「自己」の定義はSNSやセルフィー(自撮り)の流行にみられるような

承認欲求の現れではなく、社会との関係性を持つことにより発生する「社会の中の個」である。

そしてそれ故にその「自己」は不確実で不安定になりえる。

そのゆらぎの中で、時として焦点が合い像は結ばれ自己が存在する時もあれば

曖昧さの中で像を結ばず消滅の境目で蠢く時もある。

存在と消滅の間で、人は不安や虚無を感じるだろう。そして、だからこそ

曖昧な自己は、他者との関わりを求め、そこに確固たる自己の存在を獲得していく。

 

1991　Born in Hyogo, Japan

2012　P.A.　Osaka College of Art

 

-Selected Exhibitions-

 

2015 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Den mym,Kyoto Japan

2015 Group Exhibition,Montserrat Art Gallery,Nyc US

2015 Group Exhibition,AIDAGallery,Osaka Japan

2015 Group Exhibition,TAVGallery,Tokyo Japan

2015 Group Exhibition,42th Contemporary Art Fair Ibaraki,Osaka Japan

2015 Group  Exhibition, JaditeGalleries,Nyc US

2015 Group  Exhibition, 2kwGallery,Osaka Japan

2015 Solo Exhibition, SpectrumGallery,Osaka Japan

2014 Group Exhibition,64th Nishinomiya City Exhibition,Hyogo,Japan

2014 Group Exhibition,41th Contemporary Art Fair Ibaraki,Osaka Japan

2014 Solo Exhibition, 2kw58Gallery,Osaka Japan

2014 Group Exhibition, 42th Portrait Exhibition,Osaka art museum,Osaka Japan

2014 Group Exhibition,3rd Kansai amateur painter Exhibition,Osaka Japan

2013 Group Exhibition,41th Contemporary Art Fair Ibaraki,Osaka Japan

 

-Awards-

2014 Good piece of work Prize,64th Nishinomiya City Exhibition,Hyogo Japan

2014 Rookie of the Year award,42th Portrait Exhibition,Osaka art museum,Osaka Japan

2013 HOLBEIN WORKS award,3rd Western Japan amateur painter Exhibition,Osaka Japan

 

-ArtFair-

ArtSanDiego2015

 

-Media-

FMRadio Moov

 

-Statement-

 

My theme is reconstruction of the Self through interaction with society.

When I see people who believe in the images they create of themselves online, I noticed that the Self becomes unbalanced, and they become self-centered and start to avoid direct communication with real people. These people believe that they are special, unique, so much to the point that they believe that other people want to know what they are doing at all times via social network. It was, and still difficult for me to understand this wide spread tendency in my society.

This became my motivation to start painting portraits.

 

The definition of the Self for me is the independent being who can appear seamlessly within the society he/she belongs to. This should be clearly separated from the addictive desire for approval by shallow communication and meaningless relationships through social networks.

 

To me, the Self should be recognized and respond through the existence of others; and that is also the reason our Self is ambiguous, unstable, and ever changing. Because of these fluctuation we easily feel anxious and unsure about our existence. 

 

What I am trying to accomplish in my paintings is this fragility between the Self, existence, and the ambiguity. Sometimes the images appear clearly, but sometimes it is wiggling without focus, quivering between existence and disappearance. This is a reflection of my own anxiety about my existence, and my quest to acquire my true Self through relationships and interactions with others and their views.