Tricolore 2021—Negishi Fumiko・Uda Yoshihisa・Tsuri Mitsuho
(Web exhibition / By appointment only)

April 02 [Fri.] ― April 17 [Sat.] 2021 11:00-19:00
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Tricolore 2021 - Artist interview Vol.1 NEGISHI Fumiko (Japanese only)

Tricolore 2021 - Artist interview Vol.2 UDA Yoshihisa (Japanese only)

Tricolore 2021 - Artist interview Vol.3 TSURI Mitsuho (Japanese only)

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Toki-no-Wasuremono will hold a group exhibition of three selected artists.

After graduating from art school, NEGISHI Fumiko moved to Spain to create warm works full of humor. This exhibition shows works drawn on silk.

UDA Yoshihisa explores large environmental themes of river flow and the water cycle in his series "aquarium".

TSURI Mitsuho uses a method of hand coiling to create pottery that looks almost like knitwork.

We hope you enjoy the works by these three artists unique use of method and color.

NEGISHI Fumiko
"jardin secreto IZ"
2021
Acrylic on silk
60×33cm
Signed

NEGISHI Fumiko
"jardin secreto DR"
2021
Acrylic on silk
60×33cm
Signed

NEGISHI Fumiko
"untitled IZ"
2021
Acrylic on silk
60×33cm
Signed

NEGISHI Fumiko 【Statement】
Silk is a material that is supple, weighty, and has a strange radiance.
It's a wonderful treasure born in China in the distant past that crossed borders, oceans, and reached Japan.
Silk, which has been held in esteem by man for some thousands of years.
I am the result of long flow of time up to this moment, and I will be a part of whatever may happen in the future.
On this treasure of silk I create works searching for the stirring world hidden in memories of a time before I was born, and beauty, in the hopes that I can share them with as many people as possible.
I draw directly on the silk.
There's no room for error, so I make each brushstroke with the utmost care.
Success cannot be understood until it's obtained.
Human beings are the same way.
I work every day to try to make concrete the utopia in my mind on the surface of the silk.
I believe that daily work is the only possible way to glimpse that utopia.

■根岸文子　NEGISHI Fumiko
Born in Tokyo in 1970. Moved to Spain after graduating from the painting course at Joshibi University of Art and Design in 1993. In Spain, studied at the print studio of a university of art. Was awarded the Newcomer's Prize at the Spain National Print Festival and was selected for the Mojacar painting scholarship course. Held solo exhibitions at Gallery Toki-no-Wasuremono in 1999, 2001, and 2004. Held a solo exhibition at Egan Gallery (Madrid) in 2002, and exhibited with the same gallery at Madrid International Art Fair. Also participated in the group exhibitions GENERACION 2002 and 2005 (Caja Madrid). Held a two person show at Gallery Sudo in 2006. Held a solo exhibition at the Japanese Embassy in 2016, at Gallery cuatori in Valencia, Spain, in 2017, and at Galeria HG Contemporary in Madrid in 2019. Negishi is involved in the KIMONO-JOYA exhibition both as an artist and organizer. KIMONO-JOYA is an event that connects Japanese and Western artists as they create works using Japanese haori. This exhibition has been held el Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid in 2015 and the Spanish Embassy in Japan in 2019.

UDA Yoshihisa
"aquarium 21-1"
2021
Panel, acrylic, urethane varnish
91×113cm　
Signed

UDA Yoshihisa
"aquarium 21-1"
2021
Panel, acrylic, urethane varnish
160×91cm
Signed

UDA Yoshihisa
"water level 21-2"
2021
Panel, acrylic, urethane varnish
68×18cm
Signed

UDA Yoshihisa　【Statement】
The title of this series, "aquarium", expresses the similarity between us, for whom its harder and harder to survive in the summers without air conditioning, and the tropical fish who can't live outside of an aquarium with tightly controlled water quality and temperatures. As if they've already perished, the water on the image contains no fish. Clear, beautiful water is at times deadly poison that can host not even a microbe.

The clouds that float in from the sea to become rain that brings water to the land have raised many forms of life. This is a massive system of nature that has repeated itself long before the birth of mankind. However, now, as man continues to violate the global environment, many lifeforms face the brink of extinction. We live in a contradiction wherein we receive the gifts of nature, but must continue to violate it. In recent years, as we are threatened by golbal warming and catastrophic weather, there are times it feels as if the earth is rejecting us. Perhaps the works I have been making these past few years with themes of "water" and "weather" originate in these sad ideas.

■宇田義久　UDA Yoshihisa
1966　Born in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. Currently lives in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
1992　Graduated from the art program at Iwate University.
1991　「Magnetic State Series」／Gallery Saiensu（Iwate・Morioka／'95, '00, '08）
1993　Solo exhibition／Gallery Saiensu（Iwate・Morioka／'94, '14, '16）
1996　Received Iwate Prefectural Award for Fine Arts・Solo exhibition／Morioka Crystal Gallery（Iwate・Morioka／'99, '02）
2003　VOCA Exhibition／Ueno no Mori Museum（Tokyo・Ueno）・Holbein Scholarship
2004　Solo ehibition／Junko Museum（Iwate・Kitakami／'06, '10）・Solo exhibition／Ashikaga Gallery（Fukushima・Aizuwakamatsu）
2005　N.E.blood21 Vol.17 Uda Yoshihisa Exhibition／Rias Ark Museum of Art（Miyagi・Kesennuma）
2007　「Backstreets of Iwate」Exhibition ／Rias Ark Museum of Art, others（Miyagi、Hokkaido、Yamagata）
2008　ISHIGAMI ART WALK 2008／Ishigami Museum of Art（Iwate・Iwate City）
2009　Fukushima Next Generation 2009／Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art（Fukushima・Fukushima City）・Among Diverse Expressions Exhibition／Ishii Kenreitei（Iwate・Morioka）・Beginning viewpoints・Artists awakened in the museum／Fukushima Museum
2011　Sendai Morioka Art／Miyagi Museum of Art・Citizens' Gallery・「2011.3.11～exhibition」／Junko Museum（Iwate・Kitakami）
2012　Sendai Morioka Art／Ishii Kenreitei（Iwate・Morioka）
2013　Solo exhibition／turn around（Miyagi・Sendai）
2014　BOX ART exhibition／Rias Ark Museum of Art（Miyagi・Kesennuma）・National Cultural Festival Akita／Akita Prefectural Museum of Art
2015　Solo exhibition／Yorozu Tetsugorou Memorial Center　Haccho Dozou Gallery（Iwate・Hanamaki）・Solo exhibition／MORIOKA Daiichi Garou（Iwate・Morioka／'17）
2018　Uda Yoshihisa Exhibition／Morioka Takuboku and Kenji Museum（Iwate・Morioka）
2020　Uda Yoshihisa Exhibition Aqua／Ishigami Museum of Art（Iwate・Iwate City）

TSURI Mitsuho
"MACARONI yel"
2020
Ceramic, china clay, pigment
D34×W47×H32cm
Signed

TSURI Mitsuho
"MACARONI blu"
2020
Ceramic, china clay, pigment
D28×W28×H37cm
Signed

TSURI Mitsuho
"kintaro marilyn yel"
2020
Ceramic, china clay, pigment
D16×W9×H9cm
Signed

TSURI Mitsuho　【Statement】
I explore ways of expression that come from reevaluating and changing the scale of everyday objects and how things are made.
I use string making, a primitive method of pottery, and stretch clay until its long and twist it together to build forms.
I compile memories of daily life in the accumulation of my work hours, and try to bring together a strange image closeby my brightly colored pottery.
I would be happy if my works make you feel the fun of daily life and the universal joy of creating.

■釣光穂　TSURI Mitsuho
1991, born in Hyogo Prefecture. 2014, graduated from Kyoto City University of the Arts with a major in Pottery. 2016, received a Master's from the same faculty. 2017, entered Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo (crafts studio). Currently registered there.
Major exhibitions: 2016 - solo exhibition "Basics of Utsuwa" at KUNST ARZT (Kyoto), 2017 - group exhibition "Loompa Loompa Kanazawa Newly arrived Art&Craft 2017" at Aoyama Spiral (Tokyo), participant in "Warhol Art" at KUNST ARZT (Kyoto), 2018 - participant in "Art Crafting Towards the Future 2" directed by Akimoto Yuji at Ginza Wako (Tokyo), other group exhibitions, domestic art fairs, workshops.
Awards: 2016 "Kyoto City University of the Arts Show" Honorable Mention, 2017 "7th Kikuchi Biennale Current Contemporary Pottery" (at Musee Tomo) Honorable Mention, 2019 "Kanazawa City Pottery Exhibition" NHK Kanazawa Director's Award, "Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Researchers' Works Show" Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Award.

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