Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2023
- BLOG STAFF
- Jun 15, 2023
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The artist group, Floating Artists, has been selected to hold their exhibition for the Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2023 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The Group Show of Contemporary Artists is initiated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to support emerging art creators. The museum calls every year for groups of artists with their own exhibition that will be held in the gallery A, B, or C. Three groups were selected from among the proposals submitted during the open call period from April to July 2022, along with the interviews that were held in September 2022. The artist group, Floating Artists, consisting of Takeshi Kobayashi as curator and organizer, Saki Asayama as art manager, and Shinichiro Kano, Tomomi Morishima, and Wataru Murakami as artists, will participate in the Group Shows of Contemporary Artists 2023 with the exhibition Traces of Images: Between Memory and Reality.
Exhibition Description
Early 1980s, when the participating artists were born, was the time when disposable cameras and Nintendo video games was introduced. Photography became a common tool, and the use of the photographic documentation in the field of art began to grow. What are the characteristics of these artists who grew up in the age of information conveyed through images was beginning to be simplified? Although their works are based on motifs from their surrounding environment, their images contain a sense of depth for the viewer. Are their works impressive or insignificant, or neither of them? We invite you to experience their ambiguous yet serene works that cannot be decided with a black-and-white view.
Group Profile
Floating Artists is an artist group that consists of three artists, Shinichiro Kano, Tomomi Morishima, and Wataru Murakami, who met in Germany, the curator and the initiator of the group, Takeshi Kobayashi, who was fascinated by their works, and the art manager, Saki Asayama. Each artist has studied the fundamentals of Western art history and continues to create works using their own unique method. Through the exhibition, we hope to introduce some aspects of the artistic approaches of these internationally active artists, and to provide the audience with a new experience in viewing artworks.
Group Members
Left: KANO Shinichiro, Branch (Red, Silver), oil on canvas, 14.1 x 9.9 cm, 2016
middle: MORISHIMA Tomomi, The Bather, oil on canvas, 90 x 110 cm, 2021
right: MURAKAMI Wataru, Last Days in Karlsruhe, inkjet print, 75 x 60 cm, 2016
KANO Shinichiro (Artist)
Born in 1982, Tokyo, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo. 2006 - 2007 Exchange student at Bauhaus University (Germany). 2007 Graduated from Nagoya University of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Western painting course. 2009 Auditor of Daniel Roth class at Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (Germany).
◆ Awards: "The 25th Holbein Scholarship", 2010
◆ Solo Exhibitions: 2010 "PLOT" LOOP HOLE, Tokyo. 2016 "measurement" Satoko Oe Contemporary, Tokyo. 2020 "logs" Satoko Oe Contemporary, Tokyo (Japan).
◆ Group exhibitions: 2013-14 "Mono No Aware. Beauty of Things. Japanese Contemporary Art" Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (Russia). 2014 "Where is Painting" Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo (Japan). 2018 Through the glasses - HikarieContemporary Art Eye vol.9", Shibuya Hikarie 8 /CUBE, Tokyo (Japan). 2019 "Frozen Window: Life and Art" CAGE GALLERY, Tokyo (Japan)
MORISHIMA Tomomi (Artist)
Born in 1984, Paris, France. Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany. 2002 - 2006 Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course. 2012 Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe (Germany). ◆ Awards: 2012 "Meisterschühlerpreis", Friends of the Academy Association of Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe ◆ Solo exhibitions: 2018 "PETAL - fragments as a partial whole" Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen (Germany). 2019 "Swell" Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart (Germany). 2021 "Wandering Light" Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen (Germany). 2022 "Purple Rain" Gray Kitchen, Karlsruhe (Germany). 2022 "Lichtung," Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer (Germany)
MURAKAMI Wataru (Artist)
Born in 1983, Ehime, Japan. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany. 2006 graduated from the Department of Comparative Culture at Sophia University. 2016 graduated from the Department of Media Art and Photography at Karlsruhe University of Art and Design, Karlsruhe (Germany). ◆ Awards: 2012 "DAAD - Prize for Outstanding Achievements of International Students Studying at German Universities," DAAD. 2013 “Stipendium der Fördergesellschaft" Center for Art and Media (ZKM) Scholarship ◆ Solo exhibition: 2018 "Fit In - In Between" Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (Germany) ◆ Group exhibition:: 2020 "69e EDITION Jeune Creation" La Chaufferie a la Fondation de Entreprise Fiminco a Romainville (Paris, France)
KOBAYASHI Takeshi (Curator and Organizer)
Born in 1982, Gunma, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo. 2005 Graduated from Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kogakuin University, Tokyo (Japan). 2005-2007 MA at Professor Naomichi Kurata Laboratory of Urban Design, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Kogakuin University, Tokyo (Japan). 2007-2013 Real Estate Department, General Affairs Department, Property Management Section, Planning Office, Warehouse TERRADA. 2017 Founded Tokyo Tender Table Co., Ltd. Experience in exhibition design and construction, commissioned photography, and production of flyers and archives for numerous museums, including Tokyo Station Gallery, Railway Museum, and SOMPO Museum of Art. 2021 found TTT Project House, in which is an experimental site for art activities, holding exhibitions of invited artists and workshops.
ASAYAMA Saki (Art Manager)
Born in 1994, Kagoshima, Japan. Live and works in Tokyo. 2018 Graduated Department of Art and Culture, Musashino Art University, Tokyo (Japan). Obtained curatorial license for Japanese museums. Studied planning and managing museum exhibitions. Experience in planning art exhibitions, curated by high school students. After the studies, working as managing budget and schedule related tasks for museum exhibitions. Furthermore, designing booklets, flyers, and postcards, as well as editing documentary moving images that are made for archival purposes.
Event during the exhibition
Event Title | Floating Artists - Artist Talk |
Event Description | Talk on the exhibition by the curator and description of artworks by each artists. |
Date | June 11, 2023 (Sun) 14:00-15:30 *No advance reservation required |
Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Studio Reception Area, Gallery A |
Capacity | 50 people |
Exhibition Outline
Exhibition Title | Traces of Image: Between Memory and Reality |
Duration | June 10 (Sat) - July 2 (Sun), 2023 |
Opening Hours | 9:30 - 17:30 *June 16 (Fri.), 23 (Fri.), 30 (Fri.) 9:30 - 20:00 *Entry until 30 minutes before closing |
Venue | Gallery A, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (8-36 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan) |
Closed Day | June 19 (Mon) , 2023 |
Admission | Free |
Organizers | Floating Artists / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture |
Sponsors (in no particular order) | |
“Group Shows of Contemporary Artists 2023” Selection Committee | NOJI Koichiro (Director, Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum, Tokyo) MITSUDA Yuri (Professor, Tama Art University) YAMAMURA Hitoshi (Chief Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
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