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| name
: Mikako Tomotari |
| birthday
: 1965 |
| birth
place : Fukuoka |
| awards
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Working on a sculpture
is to become aware of and learn the mechanism and truth of nature
inherent in such materials as clay, wood, stones, and iron, while
feeling our physical senses and limitations. Many of my works are
life-size and I work alone. I always take a long time to complete
a work. I think there is no work that cannot be done by a woman
as long as she can take the time needed.
An artwork is the whole process of combining personal encounters,
experiences, inner nature, and thoughts without words. It starts
with my life and returns to my life. It is not something outside
of my everyday life. I have been turning what I felt was necessary
at the time into a form. An artwork is not a consequence but a
journey to a new awareness shared with others. When an artist stops
at a point, it is because she had to do so; she couldn't keep moving
ahead without being able to lie to her true self. I think this
is true for any artist, and no artist aims at achieving a goal
from the start of her journey. |
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exhibition data:
1994-
2004 |
"Kokuten" (national Exhibition) at Tokyo
Musium |
1996-
2004 |
"Fukuokaken Bijyutsu Kyoukai Kaiin Ten" (Exhibition
of Fukuoka Art Association ) at Fukuoka Musium |
| 1996 |
"Chokoku no Kajyutsu Ten" ( The Fruits
of Sculpture Exhibition) at Fukuoka Musium |
| 1999 |
"Nibutani Art Project for Ainu" |
| 2000 |
A physically handicapped person's
art activities "Able Art Fukuoka" |
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| Official Web Site : http://www.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~tomotari |
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