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ARTWORKS
Kiyoko Sakata
About a Certain Mountain 2020
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, pencil, batten lace, other
Size: W760 H760 mm／W900 H900 D70 mm (framed)
About a Certain Mountain
Year: 2014
Materials: Acrylic paint, pencil, batten lace, other
Size: W640 H640 mm / W800 H800 D70 mm (framed)
Room: 628
Work Commentary:
The works “About a Certain Mountain” and “About a Certain Mountain 2020” are a series of drawings created in Okinawa, where I currently live, while reflecting on memories and thoughts, using a mountain in my hometown of Niigata as a model. In early spring, the shape of a “leaping horse” formed by lingering snow appears on the foothills of this mountain. Local people observe this shape to determine the timing for sowing seeds and rice planting.
PROFILE
Born in Niigata Prefecture in 1972, currently resides in Okinawa Prefecture. Completed the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts in 2001.
Recent major exhibitions include: “Yukikayo no Fune” at Hotel Anterum Naha GALLERY 9.5 NAHA (2020/Okinawa), “Present Passing: South by Southeast” at Osage Gallery (2019/Hong Kong), “New Today's Artists Exhibition 2018 - A Viewpoint Without a Fixed Point” at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (2018/Yokohama), “Water and Earth Art Festival” (2018/Niigata), “10th Anniversary Exhibition ‘Sea of Encounters—Crossing Realisms’” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (2017-18/Okinawa), “Niigata Creation” Niigata City Art Museum (2014/Niigata), among others. Major solo exhibitions include “Crossing the Sea” at Gallery3+4 (2020/Niigata), “Aggregate of Uncertain Positions” at Galerie Paris (2017/Yokohama), and “The Opposite Shore—Circulating Landscapes” at Sakuukan (2016/Niigata). Associate Professor, Painting Major, Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Crafts, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.