Asako Shiroki
yellow collar W15×H7×D15 (cm) Cherry 2009
#02 W74×H23×D3 (cm) Oak 2011
in the grid 01 W105×H52×D80 (cm) Cherry 2012
STATEMENTS FROM GALLERIES 2011: Replaying the World – The Understanding of Life Gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan Photo: Tadasu Yamamoto
a water vein W23×H234×D38 (cm) Cherry, Oak 2009
same as body temperature / pocket right side, pocket left side W130×H121×D15 (cm) Oak 2009
An Eversion of Space and Gravity
Before working with traditional carpentry techniques, the building process of wooden structures like furniture was something I had never thought of. But while better understanding the process, it occurred to me that the outside and inside of built objects can be reversed into the surrounding space and gravity; like turning a bag inside out. By exposing the internal structure, the normally hidden gets independent and creates new meaning in it’s own right, while the formerly exterior surface loses its affordant qualities. When objects with function and purpose are “reversed� like this beyond their own meanings, an non-visible presence sublimates from the solid object into a vapor. When the evaporated object touches the invisible spatial grid, the space becomes visible, gaining a sense of quality.
in the grid 02 W44×H23×D25 (cm) Ash 2012
Biography
Solo Exhibitions
1979
Born in Tokyo，Japan
2003
B .F.A. in Metal Carving, Tokyo University of the Arts
2011
“STATEMENTS FROM GALLERIES 2011: Replaying the World – The Understanding of Life”, Gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan
2005
M .F.A. in Woodworking, Tokyo University of the Arts
“Touching Uncertainty”, SKKY | iTohen, Osaka, Japan
2008
P h.D. Tokyo University of The Arts
Currently
Lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts
Solo Exhibition, feel art zero 0, Nagoya, Japan 2009
“between here and there”, SAN-AI GALLERY +contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
Lecturer at Chiba University
MARUZEN Nihonbashi shopwindow, Tokyo, Japan 2007 Fellowship and Residence
2012
Grant from the Pola Art Foundation
2013
Artist in Residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany
Guest artist at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany
“Scenery of the fluctuation: Transparent complex”, GALLERY HANA, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Thesis
“Small Size Works - STATEMENTS FROM GALLERIES 2012”, Gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan “Faculty Exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts”, The Univer-
2008
sity Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
“Scenery of Fluctuation”, Tokyo University of the Arts 2011
“IMMEDIATE ISSUE”, CSID showroom Medamothi, Switzerland “Small Size Works - STATEMENTS FROM GALLERIES 2011”,
Awards
Gallery NATSUKA b.p, Tokyo, Japan “Skin＆Map II: Ways to approach Memory and Time”,
2010
“Toyota Art Competition2010”, selected artist,
Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
“39ART Nezumi kou”, RED CUBE Project Room, Tokyo, Japan
2005
“Salon de Printemps Prize”, Tokyo University of the Arts
“Hitotoki”, KAMIYA Denbe’s villa, Chiba City Museum of Art,
2001
“The 6th Japan gold and silver creation exhibition encouragement prize”
Chiba, Japan 2010
“2010 Asia Art Fairnale”, HASLLA ART WORLD PROJECT, Korea “Tokyo Art Meeting: Transformation” Tokyo Geidai Trans Weeks, Tokyo, Japan
Workshops
“Temporary Modern Art Museum”, Ibaraki, Japan “Small Size Works - STATEMENTS FROM GALLERIES 2010”,
2012
2007
“Making a Chair – A Place for Changing the World”,
Gallery NATSUKA b.p, Tokyo, Japan
Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo
“A chair taking shape, Chiba University, Chiba Japan
“Strike while the iron is hot”, Children Museum, Chiba,
“Toyota Art Competition2010, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
Japan 2009
Nakanojo Biennale 2009, Gunma, Japan “message”, Wacoal Art Center / Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan “monochrome”, SHINSEIDO, Tokyo, Japan “red”, GALLERY SHOREWOOD, Tokyo, Japan “From ◯ to □”, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2007
“The Doctoral Program Final Exhibition”, University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan “DAY BY DAY: daily・journey・dream”, Children Museum, Chiba,
Asako Shiroki
Japan 2006
“DIVISION − Related paragraph”, SAN-AI GALLERY +
www.asakoshiroki.com
contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
asakoshiroki@gmail.com
International exhibition, Daegu University, Korea