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綱島 礼子 / EN

綱島礼子の作品は、墨と紙による抽象表現です。主なテーマは自然の風景や心象風景であり、彼女はそれを「墨の情景」とよびます。墨や水、紙をつかう制作では季節や気候が作品の仕上がりに大きく影響するため、それらの作品は「自然との共作」であることも特徴です。筆を動かす過程での墨のにじみの偶然性は、そこから発する「何か」を表現するためには必然の過程です。また、パネル上の紙マットのカッティングや配置も作者によって緻密に計算されており、それが作品のシンプルかつ独創的な表現の確立に寄与しています。彼女の作品は墨の世界へ誘なう窓のようなもので、作品からそこに入ることができます。会場には綱島礼子の作品を通して「墨の情景」への窓がたくさんあります。そこにいる人は、綱島の作品を選び鑑賞することで、自動的にその墨の世界に入っていくことになります。
*2000年以上前から東洋の書画に墨が用いられてきました。脈々とつづくその歴史に裏付けられた墨作品の必然性は今もなお健在です。

Reiko Tsunashima / EN

Reiko Tsunashima’s artworks are abstract representations using Sumi (Japanese ink) on paper. The subjects are apparently natural landscapes, which she calls “Scene of Sumi”. Because the climate at the time of production has a significant impact on the conditions of Sumi, water and paper, the works are also characterized as being “collaboration with nature”.
The contingency of the blurring of Sumi in the process of moving the brush is an inevitable process that can be used to express “something” that emanates there. Meanwhile, the cutting and layout of the mats on panels are elaborately calculated, which contributes to an established style of expression that is both simple and original. Her artworks are like windows to the Sumi world, so you can get into there from her artworks.
There will be a lot of windows to the “Scene of Sumi” through the artworks by Reiko Tsunashima at the space. People there will be able to get into the several kinds of Sumi world automatically when they select and watch her artwork.
*Sumi, or Japanese ink, has been used for Oriental calligraphic works and paintings for over 2000 years. The need for works in Sumi, an art form backed by a long unbroken history, remains strong.

  • Solo
    Exhibitions
  • Group
    Exhibitions
  • Others
2024

Scene of Sumi / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2023

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2020

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2017

Solo Exhibition / JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN in BELGIUM  / Brussels, Belgium

2015

Solo Exhibition / AVA Galleria / Helsinki, Finland

2014

Scene of Sumi -Shine Brilliantly / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2011

Distant Clouds / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2008

A single art work exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2007

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2005

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2003

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2002

Solo Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2023

OSAKA ART FES HANSHIN 2023 (Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store 8F / Osaka)
Sumi_ism #8 (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo) *Annual exhibiting since Sumi-ism #1

2022

Expo I Love Japan / Liège / Belgium

2019

Encre Noire Soleil Levant / L’ARBRE A PLUMES / Brussels, Belgium

2017

Japan in Black and White / ESH gallery / Milan, Italy

2016

SEELENHORT / Galerie Kristine Hamann / Wismar, Germany

2015

CLOSE UP / Galerie Kristine Hamann / Wismar, Germany

2013

Akasawa Sumi Art Exhibition / Hayakawacho / Yamanashi, Japan

2012

KAKEJIKUTEN / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan
Exposicion de Kakejiku / Centro Cultural e Informativo de la Embajada del Japón / Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic

2009

Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition / JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN in BELGIUM / Brussels, Belgium
Japan Premier Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan
Eternal Moment [two-person exhibition] / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2007

Warehouse Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2006

Reimported Japanese Art Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan
Sumi Art Mirai Exhibition / Nara City Museum of Art / Nara, Japan
Japanese Art Exhibition / Koksijde / Koksijde, Belgium
Exhibition Celebrating the Publication of ART UNION JAPAN vol.5 / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2004

Bokko Exhibition / Gallery KITAI / Tokyo, Japan

2002

Japanese Art Exhibition / Koksijde / Koksijde, Belgium

2024

ART FAIR TOKYO : Solo Exhibition / Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo, Japan

2023

Drawing Now Art Fair Paris : Solo Exhibition / Carreau du Temple, Paris 3rd / Paris・ France

2020

London Art Fair : Solo Exhibition / Busuness Design Centre / London, UK

2019

Draw Art Fair : Solo Exhibition / SAATCHI GALLERY / London, UK

2018

Drawing Room Madrid : Solo Exhibition / CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES / Madrid, Spain

2017

Art on paper at BOZAR : Solo Exhibition / BOZAR / Brussels, Belgium