Group Exhibition
Douce Lumière
4.22 fri. ~ 5.28 sat. 2022
* Opening reception：4.22 fri. 16:00~19:00
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery is pleased to announce "Douce Lumière" a group exhibition by four artists starting April 22 (Fri.), 2022.
We will feature new works by Etsuko Aihara, who represent the voice of plants which grows in her garden, Honoka Okuyama, who empathizes with people’s feelings using the landscapes of her hometown as models, Akane Sumi, who creates empathy with others through the healing she feels, and Natsumi Tomita, who breathes new life into scrap materials with free ideas.
We hope you will enjoy the works that shine with the originality and identity of each artist.
We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
STATEMENT
The title of this exhibition, Douce, is a French adjective with various meanings: pleasant, affectionate, gentle, soft, touching, sweet, eco-friendly, etc. Lumière is a noun meaning light, glimmer, clarification.
The spread of unknown infectious diseases and the resulting economic disparity, widening difference of values and climate change that continues to advance at a rapid pace. We are facing a multilayered problem that makes us want to turn a blind eye to it, and the tense atmosphere still continues on a global scale.
In the midst of the transition period, we hope that you will be able to feel the various forms of "light" that will get close together each individual's future through the works of these four artists, full of warmth and love.
INFORMATION
Douce Lumière Etsuko Aihara・Honoka Okuyama・Akane Sumi・Natsumi Tomita
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: 2022.4.22 (Fri.) – 5.28 (Sat.)
Open：Monday to Sunday from 10:00~18:30
Closed：National Holidays
Maison de Ville Kanda Jimbocho 1F (Jimbocho Sakura Street) 2-11-4, Kanda Jimbo-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan.
Tel /Fax: 03-6261-0018
email: guas.info@gmail.com
Website: https://www.uchigoshizimi.com/index.html
ARTIST’S PROFILE（alphabetical order）
Etsuko Aihara | Painter
Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design, Musashino Art University in 2015. Having a "Rooftop garden" on her house where she grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit trees. She is an oil painter who depicts the visible world from unique perspectives, interacting with plants on an equal terms as living creatures. She was favored by the painter Tomiya Nishimura in 2010, and awarded the Encouragement Prize at the Morikazu Kumagai Grand Prize Exhibition in 2012. In the same year, she transferred to Musashino Art University, and received an encouragement award for her graduation work in 2015.
Honoka Okuyama| Artist
Born in Hokkaido in 1996. graduated from the 6th research department of the Tokyo University of the Arts. Using the natural atmosphere where she was born and raised as a motif, she draws things that s close to people's emotions while expressing the feeling of falling and feelings of melancholy. While exploring the abstract image in the concrete form, by placing the brush so that the ground and the figure are intertwined, the point is created.
She has held solo exhibitions at MAKII MASARU FINE ARTS in Tokyo in 2020 and at JINEN gallery in Tokyo in 2021. He also participated in "ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2021" held at the Museum of Kyoto in 2021.
Akane Sumi | Ceramic Artist
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1995, graduated from the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020. She creates works of living things by molding porcelain clay for the reason that she is fascinated by the beauty of the white color. During her college years, she was deeply impressed by the beautiful and delicate porcelain works of her professors and seniors, and realised about the current situation of the decline of young porcelain artists. In addition, her childhood experience of living in the UK where porcelain production is thriving, influenced her to pursue her current career. She creates works that generate sympathy in her small studio in Nagoya while placing importance on the element of "comfort" that she feels herself.
Natsumi Tomita | Artist
Born in Tokyo in 1986, graduated from Tama Art University in 2009 with a major in oil painting. She carefully assembles unwanted daily use items, electronic devices, scrap materials, and used paper to create expressive and adorable animal sculptures. She holds not only her solo exhibitions, also holds workshops using scrap materials, creates art for stores, TV programs and music videos. Her works are in the collections of Hamada Children’s Museum of Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, The Sato Art Museum (Tokyo), Fuchu Art Museum, and Tama Art University Museum.
We will feature new works by Etsuko Aihara, who represent the voice of plants which grows in her garden, Honoka Okuyama, who empathizes with people’s feelings using the landscapes of her hometown as models, Akane Sumi, who creates empathy with others through the healing she feels, and Natsumi Tomita, who breathes new life into scrap materials with free ideas.
We hope you will enjoy the works that shine with the originality and identity of each artist.
We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
STATEMENT
The title of this exhibition, Douce, is a French adjective with various meanings: pleasant, affectionate, gentle, soft, touching, sweet, eco-friendly, etc. Lumière is a noun meaning light, glimmer, clarification.
The spread of unknown infectious diseases and the resulting economic disparity, widening difference of values and climate change that continues to advance at a rapid pace. We are facing a multilayered problem that makes us want to turn a blind eye to it, and the tense atmosphere still continues on a global scale.
In the midst of the transition period, we hope that you will be able to feel the various forms of "light" that will get close together each individual's future through the works of these four artists, full of warmth and love.
INFORMATION
Douce Lumière Etsuko Aihara・Honoka Okuyama・Akane Sumi・Natsumi Tomita
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: 2022.4.22 (Fri.) – 5.28 (Sat.)
Open：Monday to Sunday from 10:00~18:30
Closed：National Holidays
Maison de Ville Kanda Jimbocho 1F (Jimbocho Sakura Street) 2-11-4, Kanda Jimbo-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan.
Tel /Fax: 03-6261-0018
email: guas.info@gmail.com
Website: https://www.uchigoshizimi.com/index.html
ARTIST’S PROFILE（alphabetical order）
Etsuko Aihara | Painter
Born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design, Musashino Art University in 2015. Having a "Rooftop garden" on her house where she grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit trees. She is an oil painter who depicts the visible world from unique perspectives, interacting with plants on an equal terms as living creatures. She was favored by the painter Tomiya Nishimura in 2010, and awarded the Encouragement Prize at the Morikazu Kumagai Grand Prize Exhibition in 2012. In the same year, she transferred to Musashino Art University, and received an encouragement award for her graduation work in 2015.
Honoka Okuyama| Artist
Born in Hokkaido in 1996. graduated from the 6th research department of the Tokyo University of the Arts. Using the natural atmosphere where she was born and raised as a motif, she draws things that s close to people's emotions while expressing the feeling of falling and feelings of melancholy. While exploring the abstract image in the concrete form, by placing the brush so that the ground and the figure are intertwined, the point is created.
She has held solo exhibitions at MAKII MASARU FINE ARTS in Tokyo in 2020 and at JINEN gallery in Tokyo in 2021. He also participated in "ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2021" held at the Museum of Kyoto in 2021.
Akane Sumi | Ceramic Artist
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1995, graduated from the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020. She creates works of living things by molding porcelain clay for the reason that she is fascinated by the beauty of the white color. During her college years, she was deeply impressed by the beautiful and delicate porcelain works of her professors and seniors, and realised about the current situation of the decline of young porcelain artists. In addition, her childhood experience of living in the UK where porcelain production is thriving, influenced her to pursue her current career. She creates works that generate sympathy in her small studio in Nagoya while placing importance on the element of "comfort" that she feels herself.
Natsumi Tomita | Artist
Born in Tokyo in 1986, graduated from Tama Art University in 2009 with a major in oil painting. She carefully assembles unwanted daily use items, electronic devices, scrap materials, and used paper to create expressive and adorable animal sculptures. She holds not only her solo exhibitions, also holds workshops using scrap materials, creates art for stores, TV programs and music videos. Her works are in the collections of Hamada Children’s Museum of Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, The Sato Art Museum (Tokyo), Fuchu Art Museum, and Tama Art University Museum.