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ARTWORKS
神谷 徹 / Toru Kamiya
Concept Suite #301
2020
(Photo: 1st image, circular work in foreground, from right)
Title: galaxy
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
Title: head
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
Title: meeting
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
(Photo: Second image, front view)
Title: sure
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H1250 W2450 mm
(Photo: Third image)
Title: round
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
(Photo: 4th image, from left)
Title: dawn
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton cloth, panel
Size: H320 W200 mm
Title: hull
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H300 W115 mm
Title: haze
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H110 W85 mm
Title: momo
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H115 W80 mm
Title: feathers
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H150 W115 mm
Title: heath
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H220 W80 mm
Title: minty
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H170 W105 mm
Title: read
Year: 2017 – 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H215 W400 mm
(Photo: 5th image)
Title: round
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
Exhibition Location: Public Area (Staircase)
Artist's Statement:
As is common in hotels, the guests staying in the rooms change, but the installed artwork remains. These paintings wait for someone to enter the room and view them in a private setting. While staying in the room, that person becomes the owner of the artwork. Please enjoy life with art that resonates with light, sound, and space. I would be very happy if this room becomes a place you find hard to leave and want to return to again and again.
PROFILE
Toru Kamiya
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1969. Completed the Master of Fine Arts program in Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1994. Studied at the National College of Art & Design in Ireland as an Irish Government Scholar in 1994. Participated in the Artist-in-Residence program at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland in 1999. Visiting Researcher at Chelsea College of Arts, London under the Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Training Program in 2011.
Major exhibitions include “Modest Engagement” (SCAI THE BATHHOUSE / Tokyo / 2016), “Toru Kamiya, Jenny Holzer, etc.” (SCAI PARK / Tokyo / 2018), and “new works” (Temple Bar Gallery / Dublin, Ireland / 1999).
Major commissioned works include: Mori Building Toranomon Hills (2014), contribution to the book “HYPERGRAPHIA the writings of DAVID SYLVIAN 1980-2014” by DAVID SYLVIAN (2015), Tokyo Midtown Public Art Project (2007), Kyushu Dental University (2007), etc.
(Profile photo: Taken by Tsunemasa Omote)