Sahoko Otsuki

Sahoko Otsuki

Profile

  • Doshisha Women's University B.A. in English, Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School Doctoral Program, Doshisha University Ph.D. in Fine Arts
  • Former Trainee of the Cognitive Informatics Lab, Intelligence Science and Technology Course, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
 

Message

My area of expertise is in art production.When I think about what art is, there is an article that I will never forget and that is one of the reasons why I believe in art.It's about a shopping bag lady who stays in the free space area of a museum.A shopping bag lady is a female vagrant who carries all her belongings in a shopping bag, and the museum is her shelter because it protects her physical safety and preserves her self-esteem.While there are various circumstances that brought her to her current situation, when she sits in this museum, she can think to herself how she is now sits in a refined place and maintains a sense of self.

What does it mean to maintain a sense of self, to be refined?I believe that the answer can be found in the experience of facing and empathizing with the expression of the artist's thoughts and feelings that can be seen through his/her works.Empathy that traverses time and region, the imagination of foreign sensations, and the feeling of surprise can also be a process of affirming one's own "here and now".I saw the meaning of art in that the museum was a place where one could protect one's self-esteem in an unwilling situation.

On the other hand, in terms of shaping the work, tools and techniques have a great deal to do with it. They truly represent the times.This is because the appearance of new tools and technologies changes the way we see the world, not to mention the shape of the finished work.Or maybe it's the world's demands that give rise to technology.In any case, "technology," which is inseparable from the times, creates a vision of those times.

In this age of AI, information, and technology, how will people's worldviews change?What does the world look like to those of you who study cutting-edge technology?Expectations are high for the arrival of new sensibilities and possibilities of expression.At the intersection of the "here and now" of eras, regions, and cultures of each individual, I would like to convey the present towards a future together with you as the creator and viewer of the work.

Subjects

  • Animation Drawing Fundamentals

Field of Specialization

  • Fine Arts, Art Production

Business Performance

Awards

  • The 13th Imadate Contemporary Paper Art Exhibition
  • Kirin Contemporary Award '98 (Kirin Brewery Company, Limited)
  • Japanese Contemporary Printmaking - The Descendants of Hokusai Exhibition ＜ELFA's and GrafikensHus' International Award in Printmaking ＞(Sweden)

Publications

  • Imadate Art Center
  • Grafikens Hus (Sweden)
  • Elfa AB
  • Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City
  • Bank of Kyoto

Individual exhibitions

  • The 13th Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art/ Imadate Art Center, Fukui, Japan
  • The 48th and 49th Kyoto Exhibition / Kyoto City Museum of Art
  • Kobe art annual '97 art port/Kobe Art Village Center
  • Kirin Contemporary Award '98/ Kirin Art Space Harajuku (Tokyo)/Kirin Plaza Osaka (Osaka)
  • Japan-India Print Exchange Exhibition / Nandan Art Gallery, Visvabharati University (India) / Kyoto Saga Art Collage Art Space
  • Japanese Contemporary Printmaking -The Descendants of Hokusai Exhibition/ Grafikens Hus（Sweden）ELFA's and GrafikensHus' International Award in Printmaking
  • Contemporary Art from Japan/ Cast Iron Gallery（US）
  • Solo Exhibition 2.5D - Between Photographic Paper and Everyday Life / Otani Memorial Museum of Art, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
  • VOCA Exhibition 2001/ The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
  • EXTENSION MAXI GRAFICA/Kyoto City Museum of Art, Annex Building
  • Kyoto Prefecture Art and Craft Newcomers Selection Exhibition -2002, 2003 New Wave / The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
  • Solo Exhibition iJapan Art in Blekinge / The Art Exhibition Hall of Karlshamn（Sweden）
  • The Contemporary Exhibition of Japanese Art in Finland / Kerava Art Museum (Finland)
  • Solo Exhibition i.ta.mi.-mi.ta.i.Hall Exhibition/ Itami Cultural Center Itami Hall (Hyogo)
  • Soko ni nani ga mieru?（What do you see there?）4 Expressions of Photography / Hamada World Children's Museum of Art, Hamada, Japan
  • Elements of Art (5 Rooms) - sculpture, oil, water, glass, glass, silk, paper - / Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Other solo and group exhibitions

Symposiums

  • Speaker at symposium EXTENSHION/MAXI GRAPHICA (Kyoto Kaikan Small Hall)

Books and other publications

  • Pilgrim's progress Tenro Rekisho” published by Nanundo (illustrations) 1993
  • Collection of works, Photographic Objects Sahoko Yamada, Multiple work, Print Studio Nomart Editions, 2000
  • Illustrated book Kobe Art Annual 1996-2005, 2005

Others Published in newspapers and magazines