Michiko Nakatani

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Michiko Nakatani ( Japanese 中 谷 ミ チ コ , Nakatani Michiko ; * 1981 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese artist.

Vita

Michiko Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1981. From 2001 to 2005 she studied sculpture at the Tama Art School in Tokyo in Japan. In 2005 she came to Germany and in 2006 began studying at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . In 2010 she completed her main studies with Martin Honert with a diploma, from 2012 to 2014 she studied with him as a master class student .

art

The sculptor Michiko Nakatani mainly creates negative reliefs in plaster, which are painted in color and filled with synthetic resin. Her repertoire also includes sculptures that are made of different materials, often plaster of paris or wood. She often puts her works together in installations that are completed with pencil drawings on large wall surfaces. She uses pencil and watercolor on paper. Her works show people, birds, boats or trees. They address the forlornness as well as the security of the individual as a whole.

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2012–2014 Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists
  • 2010 VOCA sponsorship award from the Ueno Imperial Museum, Tokyo ( VOCA 展 奨 励 賞 受 賞 )

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017: North Gallery, Saitama City, Japan
  • 2014: Souzou no yoroi. Rothamel Gallery, Frankfurt
  • 2013: Tōhoku. (with Hans-Christian Schink), Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt
  • 2012: Impression. Maki Fine Art, Tokyo
  • 2005: Michiko Nakatani. Gallery b, Tokyo

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016: All living things. The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka Japan
  • 2013: Dollhouse. Rothamel Gallery, Erfurt
  • 2013: Light & Blindness. Maki Fine Art, Tokyo
  • 2010: Voca Art Award. Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
  • 2010: Soko ni aru image. Morioka Shoten, Tokyo
  • 2010: Our House is Your House. Dolmen Gallery, Prague
  • 2009: Our house is your house. Domlagk Ateliers, Munich
  • 2009: nothing with -ung. Villa Eschebach, Dresden
  • 2009: skin. HfBK Dresden
  • 2009: Beautiful Fish. Mini Gallery, Yokohama
  • 2009: nei loro tatting. Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice
  • 2008: Animals. Pögehaus, Leipzig
  • 2008: humans and animals. g8kunstraum, Dresden
  • 2008: Global Generation, Freiburg
  • 2007: Attention Art. Horticultural Museum, Erfurt
  • 2005: About an emotion. Gallery B, Tokyo
  • 2004: White. Tama Art University, Tokyo

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita | GALLERY ROTHAMEL. Retrieved on March 17, 2017 (German).
  2. ↑ Michiko Nakatani | GALLERY ROTHAMEL. Retrieved on March 17, 2017 (German).
  3. ↑ Vita | GALLERY ROTHAMEL. Retrieved on March 17, 2017 (German).
  4. ↑ a b ArtFacts.net: Michiko Nakatani. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Nakatani, Michiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 中 谷 ミ チ コ (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo Prefecture