"wonderland" SHANG HUINING, Fujiwara Ayame, Morisakorisa, Wada Sakura
shimokitazawaartsJanuary 17 - 28, 2024
1-7pm
Closed on Mon and Tue.
Shimokitazawa Arts is pleased to present group exhibition "wonderland" by four artists. "Wonderland" has a wide range of images, including wonders of nature, wonderful scenery, a mysterious Alice-like world, and Haruki Murakami's novels. All of them are worlds that move your heart, and that experience illuminates you from within. In this exhibition, four artists will create a unique fantasy world "wonderland" using their own colors, lines, and shapes. Please take a look at the exhibition of small works and drawings to celebrate a new year.
SHANG HUINING
Born in Shandong Province, China, 1992.
2023 BFA, Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo
Artist Statement
I like parks. All there're are fountains, trees, little birds, and a meaningless time.
In a city full of "meanings," I think this place is truly a different kind of space.
The park has always been my WONDERLAND.
Fujiwara Ayame
Born in Miyagi pref., Japan, 2001.
2020 entered Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo
2023 currently in Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo
Exhibition
2023
Group Exhibition "muni Art Award 2023" SHUKADO gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition "10th Commemorative Future Exhibition" galerie nichido, Tokyo
Group Exhibition "Raising Piggy with ketchup" Room_412, Tokyo
2022
Group Exhibition "CAF (Contemporary Art Foundation) Award 2022 Exhibition of selected works" Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo
Award
2023 muni Art Award Grand-Prix, Hijikata Meiji Award
2022 CAF Award 2022, Hosaka Kenjiro Award
Scholarship
2023 Musashino Art University, Alumni Association Scholarship Student
Artist Statement
I paint pictures by looking at multiple images.
Past images become invisible with new images, or images become directly connected and become firmly established.
Morisakorisa
Born in Tokyo, 2003.
2022 Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi High School, Arts and Crafts course
2023 currently in Tama Art University, Oil painting course
Favorite painter / painter influenced by：Fujita Tsuguharu, Vilhelm Hammershoi, Odilon Redon, Henry Joseph Darger, Jr., Kaneko Kuniyoshi, Uno Akira, Kondoh Akino, Henri Rousseau, Marc Chagall
Solo exhibition
2023
"Mood Indigo" Shimokitazawa Arts, Tokyo
"A story of garden" Space Kurage, Tokyo
2022
"moon mischief" Daikanyama Hillside Terrace E building salon
Group exhibition
2023
"CHANGTING GALLERY EXHIBITION 2023, Finalist Exhibition", Changting gallery, Tokyo
"CHANGTING GALLERY 3RD EXHIBITION", Changting gallery, Tokyo
WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.28, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
"Human being", Changting gallery, Tokyo
"Arts Students STARS" ＋ART GALLERY, Tokyo
2022
"I love everybody so much." Space Kurage, Tokyo
Books Tokyodo
GINZA COLLECTOR’s CLUB, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo
WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT. TOKYO EXHIBITION, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
"Roots - whereabouts and stronghold" gallery re:tail, Tokyo
"Insight II 2022" GALLERY AND LINKS, Tokyo
"-ECHO-" blanc gallery, Tokyo
57th Showa-kai exhibition, galerie nichido, Tokyo
FACE Award 2022, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
"Art exhibition with zombies" Space Kurage, Tokyo
2021
GAKUTEN, Student Art & Design Concourse, The National Art Center, Tokyo
6th Hoshino Coffee Art Competition, Hoshino Coffee, Japan
The World Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Art Exhibition for All-Japan students and school children, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Award
2022
57th Showa-kai exhibition, galerie nichido, Tokyo
FACE Award 2022, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
2021
GAKUTEN, Student Art & Design Concourse, Excellence Award, Tokyo
The World Art Exhibition, Tokyo
6th Hoshino Coffee Art Competition, Second Prize, Japan
2020
Environmental education poster competition, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, Japan
Concept for works
I express a parallel world.
If a revolution or war occurs in reality, it will also occur in the other world, and they have two forms, one in reality and one in a parallel world.
As I paint them, I visualize them, and I feel as if they're really alive.
The reason why my paintings oscillate between figurative and abstract is because the resolution of the scene is different.
I will express the absurdities of life, dream-like happy events, and weave a story with words.
I really hope that you can appreciate my works from multiple angles.
We live in a complicated world where we don't know how much of it is true, but I will continue to advocate for the dignity that needs to be protected through painting.
The person painted will become the narrator of a new story.
Wada Sakura
Born in Kanagawa pref., Japan.1999
2023 currently in Tokyo Zokei University, Painting, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition
2022 "approach liberty" Taimei Gallery, Tokyo
2021 "Dogs chill with reggae (apparently)" Gallery Binosha, Tokyo
2020 "I love you" switch box, Kanagawa pref., Japan
Group Exhibitiom
2023 "JAM" KOGANEI ART SPOT Chateau 2F, Tokyo
FACE Award 2023, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
2022 "Cosmic Socks" Moto-Eigakan, Tokyo
Award
2023 FACE Award 2023, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo, Tokyo
2021 Rookie of the year award by Gekkan Bijutsu, monthly art magazine, Japan
2020 Selected show of students 2020 Encouragement prize, Gallery binosha, Tokyo
Artist Statement
Wada Sakura reconsiders the problems that arise in human communities (distance and balance) by replacing them with the work and the viewer, and creates works to explore these problems. Quoting stories and animations that were familiar to me during my childhood is an attempt to encourage mutual negotiation between the work and the viewer. Believing that it is possible to discover multi-perspective evidence through a variety of mediums, I create works every day in mediums that I'm physically interested in.
