MAKI Wataru
| CAREER | 1949 Born in Ishikawa, JAPAN 1972 Graduated from Kanazawa Art University, Sculpture Department, B.A. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2003 The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture. Yamato, Ibaraki ('01,'99) 1995 Appeal for Public Subscriptions in Nou, Niigata 1989 Art Exhibition of Contemporary Ibaraki. Ibaraki Modern Art Museum 1979 Kanazawa Sculpture Exhibition, Ishikawa ('80-present, every years) 1976 The Exhibition of Shinseisaku Artists Association, Tokyo Metroporitan Art Museum (Awarded the New Artist Prize) SYMPOSIUMS: 1998 Okayama Sculpture Art Jamboree '98, Okayama 1993 The 3rd Kasaoka Stone Sculpture Symposium, Okayama 1992 Saku Marble Sculpture Symposium, Nagano 1987 Hakuba Open Air Sculpture Symposium, Nagano 1984 Ohmiya Sculpture Symposium, Saitama 1978 Untoan Sculpture Symposium, Niigata |
AMABIKI 2011 In the midst of winter
AMABIKIDON
White granite, Wood
400×350×120 (h)cm
AMABIKI 2008
Fountain of imagination
black granite
153×82×73 (h)cm
AMABIKI 2006
Woods of KI
White granite
110×140×240 (h)cm
THE 5TH EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Seal of the time
Andesite
140×170×110 cm
2500 kg
When I think about beginnings and ends of things, I'm keen to know where I am right now. While all sorts of thoughts turn over and over, like human evolution, the future of the earth and my own life, I can gain peace of mind by encapsulating the current point in time in Amabiki.
THE 4TH EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
a guard of forest
White granite
60×150×230 cm
1800 kg
THE 3RD EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
Madaminusekaini
Granite (black, yellow)
A 110×120×120 cm 700 kg
B 110×140×90 cm 600 kg
C 110×140×115 cm 700 kg