| CAREER | 1947 Born in Tokyo, JAPAN 1969 Graduated from Musashino University of Art, Sculpture Course PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS: 2004 Gallery GAN, Tokyo Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo ('77) 2000 Masuda Studio Gallery, Tokyo 1998 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo ('93/ '92/ '91/ '90/ '89/ '88/ '87 /'85/ '83/ '81) 1995 Atagoyama Gallery, Tokyo SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2003 The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture. Yamato, Ibaraki 2002 Sculptors of Eastern Japan. Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo 2001 A Shriek from an Invisible Box. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo 1999 Abiko Open Air Art Exhibition. Chiba 1997 The 17th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture '97. Open Air Museum of Ube City, Yamaguchi 1996 Survival Tool Exhibition. Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba Container 96 - Art Across Oceans. Copenhagen, DENMARK 1993 Grand Prize at Shonan Hiratsuka Open Air Sculpture Exhibition. Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 1980-1986 Hamamatsu Open Air Exhibition. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka COLLECTIONS: Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Tokyo. |
AMABIKI 2011 In the midst of winter
Tornado
Aluminum
a: 260×200×187 (h)cm
b: 203×170×112 (h)cm
When I am watching a whirlpool, I fear being drawn into it, like into a whirling current, a strong tornado and a crowd which is whirling around and around. I tap into these strong energies to create sculptures.
AMABIKI 2008
Wind and Boxes
Aluminum
400×400×120 (h)cm
"Wind and Boxes"
These are boxes of wind. I want to embrace the wind blowing from the horizon. I've tried to catch it many times, but it bounced and then left. I changed my mind. I gave up trying to put it into these yellow boxes. I hope you let yourself be blown to your favorite place, even to the plains and the mountains.
AMABIKI 2006
green of green
Aluminum
700×700×370 (h)cm
When I was looking for a place to install my works, I found the stone gate of the Aoki Shinto shrine. Then I stood still at the entrance to its precincts. There, I decided to enshrine my sculptures which I created with lively colors. Nearby, there is a quiet approach to the village shrine.
THE 5TH EXHIBITION OF AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE
water meets land
Aluminum
230×1000×160 cm
300 kg
I chose a place where land and water come together. The surface of the water changes in many ways with clear weather, cloud, rain, strong winds, downpours and sun, and energy aggregates and vibrates at the waterside. I wanted to build something to prove the existence of that energy.