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Most promising Art Fair in Asia to visit by Vogue Magazine the Tokyo International Art Fair 2025
From Art Basel Hong Kong to the Tokyo International Art Fair, these are the most promising destination art fairs in Asia
TIAF 2024 REVIEW - Tokyo International Art Fair 2024, Belle Salle Roppongi - 7th Edition
Thousands of art aficionados were eager to enter through the doors of Belle Salle over the weekend (Friday 29th and Saturday 30th November 2024 as Tokyo city hosted the third Tokyo International Art Fair organised by the Sakura Group.
The venue was arranged to perfection with over 100 artist and gallery stands from over 30 countries from around the world. The atmosphere was charged with positive vibes as visitors took in the wide range of original art available and took pieces they had purchased home.
Visitors were sipping away on champagne, whilst looking around to invest into a piece of original art.
Exhibitor Maki Nakana from Japan said that this was the best art fair she has ever exhibited. She was also interviewed by camera crew and received many requests.
Exhibitor Paulina’s Friends created a fantastic atmosphere the Tokyo International Art Fair 2024 and has been an amazing experience. She shown her fashion collection and wasn't sure what to expect, but was overwhelmed by all the nice comments. All in all a great event, thanks Sakura Group Team.
The weekend culminated in the announcement on Saturday afternoon of the winner of the "Best Tokyo International Art Fair Artist" in by both the panel of judges and members of the public.
First prize went to Nubian Art Gallery from Sudan. The second prize went to Mr AK from UK. The third prize went to Daryl Smith from USA. And the outstanding prize went to José Luis Ramírez Rodríguez from Mexico. You can find all details here
Organisers of the fair from the Sakura Group added their appreciation to the city's reaction to the event and the enthusiasm they found from artists and visitors alike.
"TIAF 2024 was a great success not only for the big selection of exhibitors from all around the world. It was a window of what's going on in the contemporary art world nowadays due the best artists " Tasha Curator said.
"We'll be back for more in 2025 and are already planning next year's event," they said.
For more information on next year's Tokyo International Art Fair and other forthcoming events, please visit www.tokyoartfair.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokyointernationalartfair/
The count-down is on for Tokyo's most vibrant art event this year 29-30 Nov 2024
Expect over 100 exhibitors from around the world to take over Belle Salle Roppongi for the 7th Edition of Tokyo's must-see art event!
東京インターナショナルアートフェア
29-30 NOVEMBER 2024 | 2024年11月29日～30日
Kim Minsu - Gallery Grappe (South Korea)
Set in the stunning Belle Salle Roppongi, just a stone's throw from the Mori Art Museum, the Tokyo International Art Fair brings together under one roof some of the most exciting and challenging artwork ever seen in the city.
GALLERY GRAPPE (booth C02) from South Korea will be amongst the 100 international exhibitors. They will exhibit and sell the paintings from artists Kim SoonCheol, Kim MinSu, Jeon DaWha and Lee Na, who are worldwide famous.
SOUTH TRIP GALLERY (booth D03) is the first Chilean Art Gallery oriented to the dissemination, promotion and export of Chilean and Latin American artists in the international art market.
GALLERY ART POINT (booth D05) was established at Ginza in Tokyo with the purpose of promoting artists and expanding contemporary art market in Japan. Since opening in 1969, it has conducted a policy of presenting a wide range of exhibitions focusing on modern and contemporary art with local artists amongst them Hitoshi Yagi who is known for exploring new visual expressions through collage techniques, with a central theme of “What does a place belong to?”
Hitoshi Yagi - Gallery Art Point (Japan)
More than 100 artists and galleries will take part, transforming Tokyo's artistic landscape. Art collectors and enthusiasts alike will get a one-off opportunity to view the wide range of art on show, talk to the artists to learn what inspired them and buy unique art for their home, workspace or garden. They can also enjoy an exclusive preview by attending a champagne private view when the art fair opens its doors on the evening of Friday 29th November 2024 from 18:00hr. TICKETS
Paintings, sculpture, photography, illustrations, jewellery and bespoke crafts created using a wealth of different media and techniques are just some of the artworks at the two day event, with each artist carefully selected for the calibre, style and individuality of their work.
In launching the seventh edition of the hugely successful Tokyo International Art Fair, award-winning Sakura Group Curator Ms Tasha says, "This year's event will be a highlight on the vibrant Tokyo art scene, bringing a spectacular collection of contemporary work from established as well as emerging artists from across the globe – exhibitors from over 23 countries including many from Europe and Asia. I am thrilled to see a lot of Pop Art style work this year, which I am sure the local people will also be excited with.
Antonio Marra represented by Carparten Galerie (Germany) Booth D07 & D08
"Big names, among them are Markus Blazaizak, Antonio Marra, and Katrin Sefaj represented by Carparten Galerie (Germany) who will also have an interpreter for the deaf, meaning that any Japanese deaf visitors would understand.
Heikedine Günther / Switzerland (booth D01)
Heikedine Günther is a Swiss contemporary artist living and working between Basel and Stalden, Switzerland. She is a painter, printer and sculptor who draws on the connection of abstraction and natural forms, and the concepts of microcosm and macrocosm.
José Luis Ramírez from Mexico (booth D04) The artist has developed a successful career, recently recognized in an international exhibition in which he received the "Artventurous & Paramount Art Awards" at the majestic Paramount Hotel in Dubai. His work has appeared in numerous art magazines and books around the world, such as the special edition "Top 200 Collectors" by Artnews Magazine and "The 100 Most Creative Mexicans in the World" by Forbes Mexico.
José Luis Ramírez / Mexico (booth D04)
Paulina’s Friends / Germany (booth C01)
PAULINA'S FRIENDS (booth C01) a sustainable slowfashion avantgarde couture label from Berlin. They connect sustainability and diversity creating a massive positive environmental impact. Zero waste. Unisize, unisex, uniseason. Funky, freaky, edgy wearable art. Unique. Every person is an unique piece of art. Their collections are handmade from couture leftovers/deadstock, vintage fabrics, world heritage fabrics and our own prints. We put real beauty, real people, real diversity in the center of fashion. Humanize and revolutionize the fashion industry and break down stereotypes and beauty standards in terms of age, body size, origin, gender.
Mr. AK (booth C03) is an India born British artist who has showcased in multiple exhibitions in the UK and internationally. He explores the sounds, movements, events around, seizes them forever and brings it to life using colours as if it’s talking to you. His art helps individuals bring their whimsical thinking and quirky behaviour out in open. His approach is to break all the conventional concepts of art in a positive way. In his words ‘My art is and should be a conversational starter’. He has also published his first illustrated book - The Bulbs of London: The Chronicles of Orby.
Mr AK (booth C03)
“Many more international exhibitors will be there, so the quality and the sheer diversity of the work on show will be outstanding. We want to fill the city with colour and get everyone talking about and buying art. The event will inspire and enrich everyone who steps foot through the door."
Alongside the art on show, the fair will feature live painting, also live music by DJ ‘Katsuya Everywhere’, expect Geisha’s to pour champagne on the opening evening, and there is the chance for every visitor to attend the Sakura Art Prize Ceremony on Saturday 30th November. The culmination of the event, the Sakura Art Prize recognise and acknowledge the hard work of all artists and galleries taking part, singling out one overall winner and two runners-up for particular praise.
In the meantime, Sakura Group who have taken over the event and put the Tokyo International Art Fair on a new high has highlighted some outstanding exhibitors for visitors to must see.
Christine Climent from France (booth 1M05) grew up among the forests, rivers, and castles of the Loire Valley. In the series of paintings created for the TIAF, she used circles of color to evoke the sparkling essence of life and the lightness of living.
RJ Wafer / USA (booth A02)
RJ Wafer from USA (booth A02) is a 360 photographer from Brooklyn, NY. He’s made a career out of bringing new technologies to market, including work with 3D printing, telepresence robotics, VR and AR projects, and for the last 25 years, he’s also taken pictures and shot video for live music. Given his background, 360 photography is the perfect way to capture the images he envisions. RJ orients his shots into tiny planets and prints them on sheet metal to bring out the light. A must see at the Tokyo International Art Fair this year!
Big and Small Art Gallery (booth A21) Philippines
Big and Small Art Gallery (booth A21) Philippines representing MB Pacquing (Filipino b. 1988) was born in Cagayan Valley Philippines. Pacquing's titled work " Immortality" features a complex layering of images and styles, ranging from realism, anatomy organs and abstraction. He views this layering process as a metaphor for the multifaceted inter national identity. MB Pacquing also assume there is 'no such thing' as immortality. In literal terms you are of course correct, but in social terms 'immortality' is rather different.
Furthermore a selection of local Japanese artists will be exhibiting and selling their original artworks such as; Risa Wada Tan, CHIKA TAKEI, Ogasawara Masumi Gallery, MT, and artist Makoto Ambo.
We all welcome you to visit the 7th edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair on Friday 29th November and Saturday 30th November 2024.
You can book your tickets online here: https://www.tokyoartfair.com/tickets
Dates & Times:
Friday 29th November 2024, 18.00 - 21.00 - Opening - private view by invitation & ticket only. Including Champagne Reception, Private View and Vernissage and DJ Katsuya Everywhere. Tickets available here http://www.tokyoartfair.com/tickets
Saturday 30th November 2024, 11.00 - 18.00 - Open to the public, free entrance. Reserve your free ticket online: http://www.tokyoartfair.com/tickets
Live painting and the Sakura Art Prize at 17.45. Pre-book tickets here http://www.tokyoartfair.com/tickets
Venue:
BELLE SALLE Roppongi
Japan, 〒106-0032 Tokyo, Minato, Roppongi, 7 Chome−18−18, 住友不動産六本木通ビル
For more information about the Tokyo International Art Fair, please go to: www.tokyoartfair.com
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Sakura Group Press Department
info@tokyoartfair.com
ボランティア Volunteer at one of the biggest International Art Fairs in Tokyo 2024
Interested in interning or volunteering for an international art fair? Then look no further!
国際アートフェアのインターンやボランティアに興味がありますか？その後、もう探す必要はありません！Opportunities are available to learn about every aspect of building a fair, including being on-site and working the actual event. 現場での実際のイベントの運営など、フェアを構築するあらゆる側面について学ぶ機会が用意されています。
WHEN: 29th & 30th November 2024. 日時: 2024 年 11 月 29 日と 30 日。
WHERE: Roppongi, Tokyo - 7th edition Tokyo International Art Fair. 場所：東京・六本木 - 第7回東京国際アートフェア
The volunteers receive (upon successful completion):
- ‘Certificate of Completion Tokyo Art Fair volunteer Assistant” 2024.
- Official thank you letter signed by the Director of the organisation.
- Free Catalogue Tokyo Art Fair 2024
- Free 2 VIP Tickets Fri 29th November VIP Reception to invite key contacts.
To find out more please fill in the form below and we will contact you about current openings.
Volunteers will have to work on both art fair days: Friday 29th November from 12noon till 21.00pm & Saturday 30th November from 11.00am till 18.00pm 2024.
Or email your CV with photo to: info@tokyoartfair.com
現場にいることや実際のイベントに取り組むことなど、フェアの構築のあらゆる側面について学ぶ機会があります。ここに提出
Thank you.
Nate Hester, magic realism and the language of maximalist collage - Tokyo International Art Fair Exhibitor.
Nate Hester - an emerging mid-career, transdisciplinary, diaristic artist from North Carolina in the United States, exhibited widely two decades ago—resurfacing recently at Satellite Art Show concurrent to Art Basel Miami in December 2023 with subsequent exhibits in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Hester’s unapologetic pop-punk, Southern Gothic, magic realism works are included in the permanent collections of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the Allen Memorial Art Gallery at Oberlin College, the Newark Public Library, and the New York Public Library. In the upcoming year, Hester will be in residence at Residency Unlimited (Brooklyn NY), Kolaj Institute (New Orleans LA), Studio Kura (Fukoka, Japan), the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Amherst VA) and Chateau Orqueveaux (Troyes, France). He loves fruit pies, the trickle of water over rocks along a creek in any deciduous forest and the memories of his 15 year old son as a young boy.
Hester’s absurd and reverential vision explores the charming if disquieting incongruities of the places, communities and bodies to which we all yearn to belong – in particular, the landscape of the modern home. In his most recent topo-psychoanalytic, “In Search of Lost Time,” toys, flowers, imaginary avatars, human figures, found objects, and pop culture aphorisms cavort in almost—but never fully— comprehensible ways. The language of maximalist collage is invoked to address the fragmentation and inclusive reintegration of modern living. Hester asserts: “I don’t know about y’all, but my life is a hot-mess-dumpster-fire. Like that Leonard Cohen song about the cracks letting the light in, the beauty for me is how I manage to stitch all the ripped-toshreds pieces back together again.” Here, in the face of the predatory aggression of the adult world in the forms of advanced free market capitalism, neocolonialism and patriarchy, intimate sensuality and soulful tenderness prevail and proclaim that everything belongs to everything. In the face of sadness and “saudade” - the Portuguese concept of nostalgia for the future, Hester’s unapologetic pop-punk, Southern Gothic, magic realism calls forth the curiosity and playfulness of his own inner child, with the explicit hope that it invites audiences to connect to their own native and enduring bliss.
What drives you?
I exist to expand the scope of human empathy through the expression of the silly sacred. I care about and am driven by meaningful relationships. The great thing about drawing from life or observational rendering is that it is always about harmonizing relationships. The way to achieve the correct proportions or tonal gradations is by seeing how things fit together. I like when the right things fit together in the right way at the right time. In essence, I like creating harmony surprising harmony.
Where do you get your inspiration?
I get inspired by looking at Titian’s Andromeda in the Wallace Collection in London or graffiti in the banlieue train track corridors of Paris, hugging people that I love, reading Wallace Stevens’ “The Idea of Order at Key West,” going out to dinner with raucous friends, hiking to the top of mountains, diving into the ocean, dancing to funk beats and singing outlaw country music at the top of lungs.
If I could have a group exhibit with anyone in the world currently alive, I would want to call it “Sidewalk Shamanism: Contemporary Surrealist. Hip-Hop Protest Textiles” and feature the work of Yinka Shinobare from Nigeria, Nick Cave from Chicago, Joo Young Choi from Houston, Texas and Melissa Monroe from Portland, Oregon.
What is your life quote/motto?
In Voltaire’s Candide, the naïve religious cleric, Pangloss, is a foil for the author to criticize organized religion at the time of the Enlightenment. Pangloss routinely says, “Le paradis terrestre est ou je suis.” This translates as “earthly paradise is wherever I happen to find myself.” While this was used in mockery and derision as Pangloss would exclaim this in the face of experiencing real human atrocities, I have reappropriated it for my own brand of earnest optimism and devious delight. In other words, my life motto is “bloom where planted.” No matter what forces try to pave over you and block out your sunlight, keep pushing your leaves up through the cracks in the sidewalk.
What jobs have you done other than being an artist?
I have been an interfaith hospital chaplain as well as a sports marketer for a cybersecurity company.
Website: https://www.thenatehesterstudio.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_is_pretty_sketchy/
"You have to live it to believe it!" Interview with Marc Noël Avatar from Belgium - Tokyo International Art Fair 2024 exhibitor
Marc Noël Avatar was born in Belgium on the 08/04/1962. He is also currently living in Belgium. He is a very passionate and even excentric and out of the norm artist. Who has a major objective to the world where he wants to show and share his paintings all over the world. He has acquired now a reputation that when he comes in physically at one of his exhibitions, people recognize him immediately for who he is, the paintings he will be presenting and also his very out of the box entertaining skills during these exhibitions…
When he was young, a major car accident shifted his life into a completely different dimension from what he had planned. It was then that he began his training "at the Academy of Fine Arts of the Universe." During a long path of rehabilitation, Marc’s therapist understood very quickly that the patient he had in front of him was not a “standard” patient, and thus, this professional has been able to go outside of all his classic rehabilitation techniques with his patient. Together they completed a magnificent therapeutic path, which allowed Marc Noe l to, first, gain the ability to hold a pencil again between his fingers, through which the first achievements were the drawing of completely closed circles. Through his motivation, determination, and self-teaching, Marc Noe l progressed through drawing, pastels, Japanese calligraphy, and painting, eventually recovering full control over his hands. Always looking to push boundaries, he realized that traditional artistic expression felt limited. This led to a mystical opportunity where his painting became guided by another dimension, giving birth to his quantum paintings. The paintings he creates today are not just paintings but are very powerful evolving tools which, through time and the observer who stands in front of them, will create an opportunity for an “out of the norm” encounter between the quantum painting and the observer. These are now quantum paintings that change every day for the observer, even though the painting is not modified physically, because the quantum painting adapts itself in what it shows according to the evolution of the observer. He also teaches quantum painting to people, whether they have had or have not had academic training in painting, to make them live and experience “the painting” from a completely different point of view, or to dare enter into the feeling of the creation of the painting, and even become their painting. All the people who already have had the chance to acquire one of his quantum paintings have all experienced an evolution, from when they first saw their canvas, and day after day, as well as a change in their quantum painting and in the feeling that they had with their quantum painting. Today Marc Noe l also presents his paintings to the whole world in physical, digital and online exhibitions, and also on other media platforms, such as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), videos, etc., so that everyone who wants it can benefit from these very powerful tools
Every single time when a curator, a journalist, a gallery owner and even another artist is seeing my art on a physical exhibition or even digital exhibition, they are always intrigued.
Once journalist said from my work: “Mr. Noël, one thing is for sure… nobody will never be able to copy your artwork… not even with artificial intelligence !”
Every single exhibition that I have being presenting to the world have created with every observer/visitor a lot of questions because they “felt” things that their brain could not identify through a certain norm.
The uniqueness of my art is that first it has to be felt. Once the observer has made that connection with my canvas, with his eyes closed, he can open his eyes and invite them to discover one area of the canvas and caresses through his view every single relief… knowing that each one of my paintings are created through a hundreds of reliefs…
Also, I am a very passionate artist and so for me using a lot of very powerful and bride colors is a personal signature of who I am. Even the way I am “merging” colors is very intriguing. Once a curator shared with me that I was able to combine some colors that he had never seen been done by other artists.
You have to live it to believe it!
How would you describe yourself? And your artwork? What drives you?
Pure Passion ! In everything I do I am bringing in pure passion, and through that I am able to live every single second of my life the most beautiful things that I could not even imagine… And that gives me even more passion and drive !
Where do you see your art going in ten years?
Couple of years ago I decided to share my paintings all over the world. Since then, I have been participating in a lot of exhibitions. As well physical as digital exhibitions.
There where it fits into my planning, I honor the visitors of the exhibition with my physical presence. Because I know that people love to meet me face to face and of course I love to meet them too.
I have noticed that the popularity of my artwork grows day by day, week by week, month by month, and even year by year. I am also aware that my paintings are not just “paintings”, they are very powerful tools that are transforming people. So many people have already expressed verbally and also in writings how seeing and also owning one of my paintings has completely changed their life in a very positive way.
So in 10 years time, I see the impact of my art being something that will have influenced exponentially humanity…
I know my artwork is finished when…?
One of my foundations I have learned, practiced and integrated is the practice of Shodo, Japanese calligraphy. For me practicing this art has never been putting something on a canvas…
It has always been and still is practicing “the breath of the Dragon” …
So when I stand in front of a completely new blank virgin canvas… I present myself in a very humble way to it and I request for the permission to get in contact with the canvas. When I feel that I have been accepted and I have received the authorization from the canvas, I choose also a brush that is presenting himself to participate in this creation. And then of course all the abundance of colors that are in my environment where I am going to create this painting starts to sing and to breathe in the rhythm like an orchestra which are tuning all the instruments to start a magnificent “creation” …
And then breath after breath and stroke after stroke, the painting is created and is manifested on the canvas… until this beautiful symphony of breaths and strokes merging with colors onto the canvas and comes to an end in a complete silence…
That is where my creation of this canvas is DONE!
What other hobbies do you have?
I choose this question because it is a very very funny one when people ask me “what are your hobbies”?
Why? As I am a very passionate person, I have developed hobbies already very early in my life and until today I have just been adding up more and more hobbies…
Every hobby that I have, I am still practicing with a lot of passion in the time frame that is available for me in my day-to-day planning. Very often people ask me how it is possible for me to do all these activities as well professionally as personally in a 24hours day period?
The answer is that I have learned to be “very time management efficient”. So, I will share with you some of my hobbies so that you have a taste of how passionate through my hobbies I am.
First, I would like to mention that I practice 7 different types of martial arts that I started when I was 7 years old. For me martial art is something that has created a foundation of my life and I am still living in a true way of “Bushido”.
I am also a very passionate long-distance runner which gives me always that opportunity to go in a very deep state of meditation during my long runs.
I am also a very passionate alpinist and rock climber which gives me that opportunity to be always very focused in being aware that every foot step that I make, every grip that I make with each one of my hands have to be perfect because my life depends on it. I am also a deep sea diver and rescue diver, it is a passion that grew early in my life because I always been one with the water, and once I grew I wanted to explore also the depths of water through special diving gear equipment. And through that I felt the need also to become a rescue diver so that I could help people in need at those depths.
Another passion of mine is to drive motorbikes and sport cars on circuit, a hobby that brings me also the opportunity to work on my focus through high speed on 2 wheels and on 4 wheels. Another hobby of mine is the art of archery, again a magnificent tool for me to work on my focus, being in the present moment, and become the arrow and travelling with it until he has reached his target.
Another passion of mine is to play the Taiko drum, Japanese drum, that for me is much much more than just a percussion instrument. Every single time I strike with my “bachi” on my Taiko, it is like a heartbeat, a breath of life, a creation into the Universe. Communication in all his forms is also a hobby of mine, that I am able to practice, to teach into seminars and on one to one encounters. For me the art of communication is a day-to-day tool that I practice every single moment.
And I could of course continue much much longer on this topic but I am sure that the reader has already have a view how passionate I am through my hobbies.
Have you ever had a spiritual happening?
I have been very lucky in my life that I have so far had a lot of spirituals happenings/ awakenings.
But one I would like to share here is the one that changed my life overnight. When I was 26, I had a very major car accident that make me live a near death experience and a very long revalidation period. This experience brought me even to the big question that I had on that moment: “Would I like to continue to live a normal life with a job, a wife, a child or live the rest of my life as a Tibetan monk?” And I went into a very deep “introspection” and finally found the answer to this question…
I could live both and that’s what I did. It changed my life a lot but the major advantage is that through this spiritual happening, I am now a very good businessman, and I am still able to live fully into science and merge at the same time in the most freeing spiritual and energetical dimension and share it and teach it to the world.
And I enjoy every single moment of it.
If you would be on your death bed what advice would you give to people?
This is such a beautiful question but even that I am still not on my death bed… I would like give people already this advice today…
First, enjoy every single moment in your life… every moment that is gone, is gone… so make sure that when you see that that moment is gone, that you have no regrets on that “gone moment”!
Second, I would like to advice people that they make themselves aware, and also to every child that is walking on this earth, to look very deep inside of them and look for that very special light that is telling them who they are. And then, that they dare to approach that light, go into a deep communication with that light, and being fulfilled with it.
Third, I would advice them to look around them, wherever they live in the world, and look of what “the norm” is, look at that norm and see if they are compatible with it…?
If they would feel that they are not compatible with it, I would advice them of not going into resistance, and I would advice them to look for a way to transform this norm in something that is compatible with who they are today… and then eventually from there, share it and maybe teach it to others!
Fourth, if you really committed in something in this life, you should use this sentence for yourself and for others : “I will do whatever it takes, no matter what to succeed !”
And finally, I would advice them don’t judge themself and don’t judge others and your life will become much much easier. And then, before I will close my eyes definitely I will ask myself this question, the question that I have asked myself every single time before I was sleeping in since my childhood: “Did I do everything that I had to do today in all my knowledges and my competencies to make this world a better place ?” and the answer will be as it has been every single night when I was sleeping in : “YES !”
Why do you do what you do?
This is a very simple question for which I have a very simple answer. I do what I do because I am unable not doing it…
Every single breath that I take is a gift that I received from the Universe and so it is my duty and commitment to this world that every time I have been granted through this breathing in, that in every breathing out I am giving back something to the world and to the Universe. So it is a very natural and automatic process for me, the things that I do, there is no mental process involved in what I am doing…
I do what I do… Just because I AM WHO I AM.
CONNECT WITH MARC:
Website url: https://mapeinturequantique-fushigina.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naturopathe.glinne.anais
Come and see and buy Marc’s artwork at the 7th edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair.
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Tokyo International Art Fair reviews and success stories
"Thank you so much for the opportunity to exhibit at the Tokyo Art Fair. I had six paintings and sold 3 of them within the first hour of the opening night!!! Very exciting. I was so thrilled to be a part of such a great event. The amount of people that came was huge and the feedback I received, the contacts that I made, not to mention new friends, has made my experience a successful, as well as truly memorable and worthwhile one. I can't thank you enough for putting on such a great show!" - Joanna Blair
SAKURA GROUP puts Tokyo International Art Fair on a new high!
After six successful editions of the Tokyo International Art Fair the Sakura Group is taking over and puts the TIAF 2024 on an even bigger high. The Group has organised hundreds of art and culture events mainly in Japan, but also overseas. The team are expertise in combining the pleasure of art and culture to the Japanese art collecting audience.
Expect a new and diverse art trade show open to artists and galleries worldwide.
6回の東京国際アートフェアの成功を受けて、さくらグループが引き継ぎ、TIAF 2024をさらに盛り上げます。当グループは、主に日本国内だけでなく海外でも数百件の芸術文化イベントを主催してきました。ターシャ・ベルが運営するチームは、日本の美術品を収集する観客に芸術と文化の楽しさを融合させる専門知識を持っています。
世界中のアーティストやギャラリーが参加できる、新しくて多様なアート見本市にご期待ください。
ボランティア Volunteer at one of the biggest International Art Fairs in Tokyo
Interested in interning or volunteering for an international art fair? Then look no further!
国際アートフェアのインターンやボランティアに興味がありますか？その後、もう探す必要はありません！Opportunities are available to learn about every aspect of building a fair, including being on-site and working the actual event.
The volunteers receive (upon successful completion):
- ‘Certificate of Completion Tokyo Art Fair volunteer Assistant” 2021.
- Official thank you letter signed by the Director of the organisation.
- Free Catalogue Tokyo Art Fair 2021
- Free 2 VIP Tickets Fri 8th October VIP Reception to invite key contacts.
To find out more please fill in the form below and we will contact you about current openings.
Volunteers will have to work on both art fair days: Friday 8th October from 12noon till 21.00pm & Saturday 9th October from 11.00am till 18.00pm 2021.
Or email your CV with photo to: office@globalartagency.com
現場にいることや実際のイベントに取り組むことなど、フェアの構築のあらゆる側面について学ぶ機会があります。ここに提出
Record numbers turn out for Tokyo International Art Fair 2019
12th July 2019: Belle Salle Roppongi was teeming with talented artists, leading galleries and appreciative art lovers in their thousands as the city of Tokyo played host to the 5th annual Tokyo International Art Fair.
The two day art fair, one of the highlights of the city’s cultural calendar, featured work created by leading artists from around the world including Ron English, Cho, Hui-Chin, High Art Gallery and Araki Nobuyoshi. Artists and visitors alike declared it a huge success, with record numbers turning out to show, enjoy and buy art.
More than 100 exhibitors from 23 countries travelled to Tokyo to take part in the largest free to attend showcase of contemporary art seen in the city. Paintings, sculpture, photography, illustrations, jewellery and bespoke crafts transformed the setting into a sea of colours, as the aisles buzzed with excitement as visitors chatted to the artists and snapped up unique works.
Trade was brisk, with artists and galleries reporting strong sales throughout the event, as Tokyo International Art Fair director and curator Joëlle Dinnage explains. “It was the fifth time that I and my colleagues from the Global Art Agency travelled to Tokyo to host the art fair and this year surpassed all our expectations,” she says.
“I can honestly say that it was one of the busiest, most vibrant art fairs we have ever organised anywhere in the world, with an incredible atmosphere on both days. The excitement was palpable.
“Wherever I looked, I saw artists, surrounded by enthralled visitors, talking passionately about their work. We were totally bowled over by the level of talent on display, something which made judging the Tokyo International Art Fair Awards on the second day harder than ever. Finally, we did select our winners1 and I warmly congratulate them, though everyone who took part was worthy of praise,” she says.
WINNERS OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARDS TIAF 2019
1) Harry Arling (Netherlands) middle https://www.instagram.com/kosmotroniks
2) Jiro Shimizu (Austria) left www.jiro.tv
3) Tunikov (Russia) right www.tunikov.com
The organisers’ enthusiasm was matched by the artists present, who were quick to share their appreciation for the event.
“It was a great opportunity to be a part of the show. I was able to meet an incredible amount of extremely talented artists as well as gallery representatives from all around the country and the world. I can’t thank you enough. I know that being part of such a high calibre event is going to be a major part of my success story,” says American artist Johnny, the “The Spilt Ink”, who resides in Tokyo.
“I too had a great time at the Tokyo International Art Fair,” says Dutch artist Stephan van Riezen. “I sold a few paintings, but most importantly, I met amazing people. I’m in love with Tokyo now, something which is giving me great inspiration.”
"Tokyo was great and so was the art fair,” adds painter Rima Chahine. “I sold all of my paintings, so I am very happy with the results. The atmosphere of the opening night and the second day was stunning and captivating. I made many friends, both artists and collectors, and met buyers and potential buyers.”
Dates for the sixth Tokyo International Art Fair are beginning of June 2020, applications to participate will open shortly, but in the meantime, artists and galleries can register their interest for next year’s event by going to http://www.tokyoartfair.com/apply-to-exhibit-tokyo-art-fair.
More information about the event can be found at www.tokyoartfair.com.
The event is organised by http://www.globalartagency.com/
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Details of the winners of the Tokyo International Art Fair Awards 2019 can be found here.
Artist interview with Ale Montañez
Ale Montañez, was born in Tenerife (Spain) being the oldest of the brothers, raised in an environment within a fairly large family, for different adverse reasons of life. Montañez responds to his feelings through painting, being for him is an escape, where he can express what he feels, what he has seen or what he imagines. During Montañez’s travels he has learnt stories that he later captures in his paintings. He began to work in a small format, but after time, he concentrated on a bigger format with a change of technique, the latter was carried out and would be exhibited by different rooms of museums, galleries, exhibitions and biennials.
What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
A few years ago, I created a painting for Lady Gaga, I was inspired by it in the "force" tarot card. In a concert that the artist performed in the city of Amsterdam. I moved with the painting to make it come, since from my point of view, it is a letter that represents her, for all the adversities that she had to overcome in life, being the person that it is today.
How would you describe yourself? And your artwork? What drives you?
I am a conceptual artist, who always paints what inspires me and that art is the answer to sensations.
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
I am inspired by nature, the little things in life. Artists block is complicated, when this happens to me I need to see the sea, to feel its renewing energy. My art will continue to grow and evolve, I will continue doing what I like and I will give it to know the world. Right now I am in a stage of connection with the earth, reflected with flowers and animals.
I know my artwork is finished when…?
Every time I finish creating a piece of work, I look at it, if I feel that I do not need to express anything else, I sign.
Which are your favorite artists?
When I exhibited in Florence, commissioned by art curator Virginia Bazzechi, at Dante Museum
Best exhibition ever participated in…?
Vincent Van Gogh
Greatest achievements so far…?
To have exhibited my work in three continents, America, Europe and Asia
Would love to exhibit my work in …
I am very happy to exhibit my work so that everyone can see it, especially in these moments that I have been able to take my art to Tokyo, where people will be able to see different parts of my art.
Artist interview with Cho, Hui-Chin
Cho, Hui-Chin (Japanese: 卓 卉芹 (たく きせり) )
Born: Tainan, Taiwan
Lives: London, UK
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chohuichin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chohuichin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.chin.art/
Cho, Hui-Chin finished her Bachelor of Fine Art degree at Slade School of Fine Art in 2018. She graduated with first-class honours and made the dean's list. Having grown up in a multicultural country, she prefers to use an amalgam of materials, especially vintage or antique materials, to prompt philosophical dialogues about the distortion of subject matter and abstract motifs, especially the grotesque iconography of babies as the motif sustains her work.
Through a practice primarily consisting of painting and sculpture, Cho investigates vintage materials and the dilemma of using materials. Cho is interested in exploring how metaphors are overlaid and integrated into our ordinary perception of things, simultaneously depicting the manifestation of antique materials with ambiguous identities , and she insists on responding to the metaphors hidden in the materials. Her work is concerned with a miscellany of incongruous figures and motifs; fragments form a narrative that is grotesque but still compelling. Her inquisitive artistic approach leads to introspection and a reflection on humanity, desire, fetish, ambivalence, sadism and obsession.
Cho, Hui-Chin currently lives and works in London.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
I am elated that a lot of my works have been collected by influential collectors! (I apologise that I cannot mention their name, who are the famous composer/artist/notable individuals, in this interview because it is quite important and basic to protect their privacy.). I still remember that at one time (honestly the circumstances happened a few times), in an usual morning I got e-mails saying that they would like to collect my works, and at that moment I had no idea who the collectors were, and I was amazed that why they would like to collect my work without knowing my conception? Therefore I insisted on inviting them coming to my show/studio so I could explain my conception of the works, which they’re interested in, to them, and yes, they did come and listen to me. And afterward I just realised they are the famous celebrities or the notable individuals; I really admire my collectors who respect the artist and the artworks, and I am grateful for having their appreciations.
I would say if there are any new collector who might be interested in my works, I am absolutely happy to share my idea and concept; however, I will not persuade them to purchase an artwork which they are not interested in at all since that is meaningless. From my perspectives, collectors should treat the artworks with more respects instead of taking an artworks as an item. As being an artist, I would be very much thankful to the collectors who cherish my artworks just like how I do to my artworks.
How would you describe yourself? And your artwork?
Both me and my artworks are grotesque but serene.
Honestly I am such a timid, shy and introverted person, and facing a crowd would scare out of my wits (but you can’t tell I am such a person when you literally look at me.)
My artworks is my solace when I feel insecure about my ability, my artworks bring me the sense of accomplishment. My artworks as the platform will help me communicate with the world of temptations or the world of sensual pleasures and vanity.
What drives you?
I very often amalgamate multiple references as materiality is a crucial facet to my works. Sometimes choosing certain materials is periodically correlated with personal preferences, but I have been attempting to eliminate such personal instinct, rather than consider certain metaphors hidden in the materials which are chosen.
My works are like a chaotic consolidation in which leather or fur (which MUST be the vintage, antique or something expired) are the symbols of both ‘indulgence’ and the ‘existence between life and death’, showing the inevitable relationship between obsessions and humanity with my grotesque iconography of babies.
What is your definition of art?
Every single time I have such a soar feeling when I heard someone’s saying that:
“ something is ‘cool’ so it is ‘art’, or ‘someone’ is ‘cool’ so the person is an ‘artist.”; I am completely irked by hearing these statements.
‘The definition of art’ depends. For me, my definition of art is the dialogue between my aesthetics, symbolism and the latent meaning. The postulate in my works is that painting, sculpture, photography are the same manifestation. All my works are identifiable in the ambiguous depiction of concrete dimensions, and such ambiguities could be conveyed into a variety of compositions and motifs.
Where do you get your inspiration?
I am very often inspired by the iconography, and I have the predilection for baby figures such as the Putto in Italy. Since I am a Buddhist and I do believe reincarnation, interestingly I take ‘baby’ as an ambiguous creature in between life and death in a series of movements in my artworks. However, I would not reckon that my works are particularly religious even though I arrange various repetitive motifs as the symbolisation of the idea of reincarnation.
Generally speaking I would say that I am obsessed with the subject matter about the darkest humanities and the fetish including the existence in between life and death, and I have been trying to convey such ideas into the cute motifs with grotesque figures which are ‘sugar-coated’. My idea of every single fact, unacceptable or cruel, being ‘sugar-coated’ is very often arranged in both my paintings, sculptures or the reason of choosing certain materials and references.
I know my artwork is finished when…?
In the past, I overly relied on the ‘instincts’. I might be waiting for inspirations coming to me; this is because, in my paintings, I was seeking the sense of being loved, namely intimacy and romance which couldn’t be achieved in the reality; it was difficult to tell people a practical reason why I reckoned a work was finished since it would be associated with unconscious choices.
Now I often compel myself to follow the schedule, even though sometimes I would be sitting in front of my works, wondering something else or doodling; the first brush very often is done by instincts though. I am struggling not to absolve all of my mind. I did not ‘intentionally design’ anything in my artworks; I would say my works are accomplished within the process of accomplishing the icon which could be easily told by a grotesque figure with two red cheeks. It has the ability to record my vague human, and for me it is the most immediate way of expressing myself; in the meantime, I tend to understand my current state of mentalities so that I could think of the subject matter and equitable arrangements into the artworks in a logical way with my instinct as well as aesthetics.
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
I will compel myself to leave the comfort zone and intentionally organise the intense schedule to myself.
For example, I graduated from Slade School of Fine Art, University College London with my BA Fine Art Degree in 2018, and I am talking a gap year doing the intense residencies also breaking the block in my artworks. The intensive plans during my gap year, especially the summer time in Japan, for me is just starting to warm up as I am going back to London in September to do my MA Painting at Royal College of Art.
I am fairly clear about the direction of my artist career, and I am certainly gain in confidence over the hectic schedule; I even uncover myself relish giving an artist talk during these intensive plans! I am looking forward to thought-provoking subject matter or new mediums. Artworks themselves are still the most compelling facet to my artist’s career. I reckon that being experimental toward mediums could help confront the limit of the perception as being an artist.
Artist interview with Paromita Roy
Paromita Roy
Born: New Delhi, India
Lives: Tokyo, Japan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pro999
Paromita Roy (Indian) born in New Delhi, India, living in Tokyo Japan for more than a decade. She has trained herself in a completely independent way from her childhood. She started her career academically as an artist from 2009, showcasing her first Pratt show in Manhattan, NewYork after she graduated from that university.But her biggest source of inspiration was her father whom she used to see doing painting since she was a child. Her painting has a myriad of colors and unique synergy of life and emotions.Her each art is a storyteller.Being a multimedia artist, she has a hand on experience of oil, acrylic, black ink ( sumie) and chalks on papers and canvas.Photography is also one such passion which she chooses to explore while doing her studies in New York.
Paromita enjoys life and tries to connect with people to capture life beyond it...
What drives you?
This world is full of colors and different peoples with the same basic needs. I just try to re-create it as I see it.
Where do you get your inspiration?
As mentioned earlier, my biggest inspiration was my father. I have also traveled around the world. People, from different cultures and social struggles inspires me.
Where do you see your art going in ten years?
I very recently started organizing my art. I was busy with my own business in Tokyo earlier. I would be participating in and exploring the art scene for a few years. In ten years would like to see me as an established artist.
I know my artwork is finished when...?
Artwork is never "finished" as professional learners.This continuous learning makes it challenging and hence interesting.
Can you tell us what your 'Before I Die' is?
Never stop seeking for creativity. Seek truth even beyond your most cherished convictions. Never, never stop!
Artist interview with Jatin Khan
Jatin Khan
Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago
Born: India
Lives: India
www.jatinkhanart.com
Twitter: @jatinkhan01
Instagram: @jatinkhanart
Jatin Khan was born in 1985 and brought up in Mumbai, India. His mother was a pop superstar in India in the 1990s. His father is a veteran Director of Photography of motion pictures in the Indian Film Industry. His grandfather was a legendary dialogue and screenplay writer as well as a very highly regarded novelist and a historian par excellence.
It is essential to speak about his family background because it gives a mental picture of the artistic environment that he was raised in. he was actively involved in the performing arts with his mother as a child and performed in concerts nationally as well as internationally. He has assisted his father in the capacity of Chief Cinematography assistant and camera operator in 5 motion pictures. The experiences operating the camera strongly instilled the fundamentals of lighting, composition, golden points and other various elements of the visual language of the frame.
The other aspect of his life has been his education. He dropped out of med school and went forward and did his Bachelors in Chemistry from St Xavier’s College. Shortly after completing his graduation he got selected into the Film and Television Institute of India (F.T.I.I) which is one of the best film schools in the world. He did his post-graduation there for two years where he further refined his skills in the visual and performing arts. Not too long after his stint in film school, his constant quest for learning pushed him towards the Law. He persuaded it and 3 years later acquired his LLB.
For all practical purposes, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but in time, life happened and the family descended into major financial uncertainty. Growing up rich and then subsequently broke, was one of his biggest teachers. Especially about relationships, friends, family and above all, real values, humanity and humility. In spite of all adversities, half his head continues to remain smiling in the clouds, while the other half stays firmly rooted to the ground.
His life has been colorful and full of rich experiences, good and bad, which has contributed to his evolution. He is at this point the sum total of all experiences be it from family, education or just life in general. But of all things, painting has to be the most accidentally freakish thing to have ever happened to him. And here we are……..
Painting happened to me by accident. My father used to paint in his younger days and he was quite good at it. In January 2018, in an effort to get him to restart, I bought a couple of canvases and a set of oil paints for him and decided to give him company. Quite unexpectedly, the floodgates opened, and I’ve been thoroughly hooked since. Knowingly or unknowingly I found myself evolving with each work I created. I devoted the initial months to studying the physicality of the medium of oil paints.
Major driving forces for my work include my fascination with entropy, theology, quantum chaos and astronomy, along with their mythological significance, especially when whenever they converge towards a coherent and comprehensible narrative. The philosophy behind my work is the celebration and channeling of the vibration of these events, be it celestial, locally energetic, or both.
When I paint, I give in to my aesthetic fetishes in a completely uninterrupted manner, not giving the mind a chance to stop me to interpret and analyze. There is no analysis, just pure uninterrupted free flowing energy. In whichever direction it takes me, I follow, without judgment or resistance. Whenever I reflect upon a certain event as a subject for my work, either the final image will flash before me in a moment of inspiration, or the interpretation of the event will intuitively and emotionally lead me to certain colours which l use without any mental or visual limitations.
What also fascinate me are the aspects and definite forms of the geometry of shapes and their spatial arrangement. Sharp edges, solid shape and structure are elements that inspire me. They are bold, certain, purposeful and imposing.
Abundance is also a big driving force for me. When I refer to abundance, I don’t mean material abundance. I mean abundance of thought and of expression; not letting the mind impose any restrictions or limitations whatsoever, pushing the mind beyond what it perceives as possible. That in my opinion is what Art is all about. It is about creation. Creation, again, in my opinion, can only come from an unrestricted mind. Different artists according to their respective styles, set different parameters within which they execute their creation. But once those parameters are set, the commonality underlying all styles of Art, ultimately, is creation from an unrestricted mind. Of course, when creation gets complimented with skill, the quality of the Art vastly improves. I am currently in this stage of study; acquiring and building skills, refining my drawing abilities, improving upon my current understanding of the mechanics of interpretation and spatial arrangement of objects. The intention is to always remain a student. But creation is and always will be my primary focus.
To quote Picasso, “Explanation Kills Art”. This is a philosophy that i deeply resonate with. Jargon related to one’s imagery tends to color opinions and perceptions. It dilutes the true perception and experience of the work and is something I try to stay far away from. My objective is to become skillful to the point, that skill becomes second nature to me. It is a continuously evolving process. I strive to keep learning, evolving, trying my hand at as many different styles of imagery as possible and never saying no, only a yes to the universe and all that it has to offer. It is an intentional direction I choose to take, so that I don’t get stuck in any particular mold or color palette and paint in only that way for the rest of my life. Getting stuck in one’s comfort zone and inevitably excelling at it, in my opinion tends more towards craft than skill rather than art. To me, Art many be finite in its material form but Art is infinite with respect to subjects and colors and hence emotions that can be experienced thereof. There is just so much to experience, one cannot get bogged down into a comfort zone, at least that’s how I see it .My objective is to always try and move out of my comfort zone by exploring all possible facets of my style and keep building on it .
Bottom line, I just love to paint and all I want to do is keep painting. Im excited to live this journey and see where it takes me.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
Every single piece is unique and resonates at its own particular frequency. I would advise my buyer to see if the painting resonates with them and their unique energy signature. Different buyers would experience different stories within the same painting.
What is your definition of art?
Art is the creation and evocation of emotion.
Where do you get your inspiration?
The Self.
How do you deal with artist's block?
For me, an artist block arises when the mind tries to step in and analyze, rationalize and justify actions, which in turn leaves us doubting our own judgment and self-belief. I believe that all these are manifestations of the analytical left brain, which I consciously try and shut down when I paint, in an attempt to stay in the creative flow of the right brain. Its either I paint or I don’t paint, I don’t get stuck in-between.
Where do you see your art going in ten years?
On Mars.
I know my artwork is finished when…?
That is a tricky one….Art can never be finished. Art is infinite. But there is a moment when you reach an emotional peak of satisfaction which I intuitively listen to and just stop. The trick is listening to that subtle and elusive feeling.
Which are your favorite artists?
Caravaggio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Titian, Rembrandt, Monet, Constable, Turner, Picasso, S.H Raza , Mark Rothko , Hilma Af Klint
Artist interview with Rima Chahine
Rima Chahine
Born: Canada
Lives: Dubai
www.rimachahine.com
Twitter: rimart35
Facebook/INSTAGRAM: Rimachahine.art
Instagram: RimaChahine.Art
Rima Chahine is an intuitive abstract artist with a multicultural background with her Middle-Eastern roots and upbringing in Montreal, Canada. Her artistic journey began as an art collector and consultant that bloomed into her own authentic style of materializing feelings, and love for the universe on a canvas. She is a creative, artistic and sophisticated individual pursuing a simple yet deep and emotional connection to the world which is expressed in the artwork encompassing her passion, personal feelings, and experiences. Painting for her is an intimate endeavor with no fear of failure and no forced destination but a flow experience of thoughts, colors, and feelings that breathe soul into her finished piece.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
A famous art collector who deeply appreciates abstract impressionism art . I would tell him that the art piece has chosen him way before the first encounter with it. In fact, all art pieces have deep meaning and a spiritual journey to go throw believing firmly in the symbolic value of each art piece and its healing powers and depth.
What drives you?
My two boys I am a single mom it is not easy for me but I strive to make them proud of me everyday.
What is your definition of art?
Art is a way to connect and pray with the universe , art is oness.
Where do you get your inspiration?
landscapes views , ocean feel, emotions from music , depth in love , But mostly pain and suffering
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
For the last quarter of the year , I am preparing for My solo exhibition that will start in November 20th 2019 and lasts for 1 month at Andakulova Gallery in DIFC, Dubai, UAE and for the art fair in La carrousel du Louvre , Paris, France in early October .
Which are your favorite artists?
I love MONET & PIERRE BONNARD
Artist interview with Kai A De Los Reyes
Kai A De Los Reyes
Born: Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Lives: Quezon City, Philippines
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaiadelosreyes
Kai A De Los Reyes is a self-taught visual artist and a medical doctor. She believes that art has an integral role in reminding society of crises that may be left forgotten after the heat of being the breaking news dies down.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
I would like my art to be bought by people who realize that every beautiful thing has a story to tell that is wonderful, thought-provoking, and devastating.
How would you describe yourself? And your artwork?
I’m a digital artist who likes discovering new techniques in producing multimedia art. My artwork is conceptual and abstracted.
What drives you?
The need to be better.
Where do you get your inspiration?
From all that is beautiful and terrible in the world.
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
I’m a medical doctor in my last few months of Pathology Residency Training. I would like to see the world and depict the world through the lens of my art.
Best exhibition ever participated in…?
The Tokyo International Art Fair 2019
Artist interview with Anita Bjørbekk
Anita Bjørbekk
Born: Porsgrunn, Norway
Live: Skien, Norway
www.kreativkunst.no
Facebook: AB Kreativ Kunst
The Norwegian artist Anita Bjørbekk loves colors and uses colors in many ways. Anita has made 45 colorcards, a fairytaile called Rainbows Daughter and written about the nine color-personalities. She also does lectures, webinars and online courses about how to use colors as tools for success.
She is a self-taught artist and has taken courses in the classes of well-known artists.
From 2014 to 2018 she had her own Gallery located in Skien, Norway. She has had many solo exhibitions and group participations in Europe, Afrika, Amerika and Asia
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it.
Anita loves colors and she want you to be happy when you see her art. She want to spread happiness all over the world. That is why she want to sell her art to people who loves it and feel the happiness in their heart.
Several times she has had phone calls from buyers who tell her that they love her work and they feel happy when they see the painting. Anita is so happy when that happens because this is her great goal.
What drives you?
Anita loves to travel and to be in exhibitions. When she was selected in a juried exhibition in Norway in the start of her artist career she found out that she loves to be in exhibitions. She loves to see all the fantastic art, meet other artists and to have connected conversations with visitors.
What is your definition of art?
Anita`s definition of art is that colors are happiness. She see the colors as different personalities and have written her own personality system called the nine colorpersonalities. By using these colorpersonalities you can retrieve all the personalities talents, abilities and integrate them in you. Then you can meet all challenges in your life in the best way. You have all the tools inside you. Her experience after she got to know the colors is that by using colors you can get in harmony and balance.
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
Right now Anita are in three solo exhibitions in galleries in Norway. The 20th of may she arranges and also participates in a special POP UP exhibition in her hometown Skien. Nineteen artists are participating in this creative exhibition. When she come home from Tokyo, she is going to Denmark to participate in a exhibition, from 27 to 30 june, located in a Museum in Sjællands Odde with two other artists.
Best exhibition ever participated in…?
Best exhibition ever participated in was RomArt in 2015. This was a fantastic exhibition in Rome, Italy. It was Anita`s first exhibition abroad. It was a new experience for her, and she felt she had reached her highest artistic potential within art. Here she met many other artists from all over the world. She made many friends and are still in contact with them.
Would love to exhibit my work in …
Her goal is to participate in exhibitions all over the world. Anita has now participated in Europe, Africa, America and Asia. She would love to exhibit her work also in Australia and South America. Anita has built network all over the world and she are planning to exhibit in those places with artist friends in near future.
Artist interview with Alice de Miramon
Alice de Miramon
Born: Dakar ( Senegal)
Live: South of France
www.aliceheaven.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/alicemiramon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miramonart/
Alice de Miramon is a French American artist, born in Dakar in 1973. She has been exhibited internationally. Through her vast imagination, she transports us in a contemplative and poetic universe.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
The art of Alice de Miramon has grown over the years, and her work is promising for the years to come. Her prolific and generous production has seduced many art fans and collectors.
What drives you?
Often a car, but off the records, I often forget where the brakes are. I just can’t stop.
What is your definition of art?
Art is what connects to life and life is connected to art. It is the constant flow between that brings so much pleasure on making art. When you let that go freely, it is a pure joy to fail every day at making the most of it.
Where do you get your inspiration?
From various sources, the nature, what is going on around me, sometimes I get strucked by something, colors, artworks. It echoes and transform in my daily work.
How do you deal with artist's block?
I don’t, it never happens, I am painting from 150 / 200 pieces a year. I have to deal with trouble taking time off and doing nothing
Where do you see your art going in ten years?
It is hard to tell, it is a day to day work. What I hope is nice projects, making art that I can be proud off.
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
I am going to sing songs at Mont Fujii, and dance. Make large paintings, and after that have great holidays with my daughters.
Can you tell us what your 'Before I Die' is?
Before I die, I want to be able to say I loved deeply, I created something, I was gifted to live this life. I am glad I already can say most of it, but it will never end.
I know my artwork is finished when…?
I paint a first draft and then I take distance for a few days, let it cool down. Then with a fresh eye I can finish it and put it in perspective with the serie I am working on. Often 10 / 15 drawings together. They are connected with a story, a thought, and visually by set of colors and specific papers I am using.
Best Commissioned artwork ever done was…?
Unlike love it was the first time. I did a wall painting at my highschool, and there was teenagers hanging out suddenly with me to my surprise, I was very shy. And then my English teacher commissioned me to do a painting. It was pretty surrealistic at that time, and she was my first customer ever.
Which are your favorite artists?
The douanier Rousseau, Ingres, Manet, Hirosige, Utamaro, the colors of Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry drove me crazy very young.
Best exhibition ever participated in…?
The first international show I went to was the off Bienal Venice. It was the first professional group show and being in the city was great fun.
Greatest achievements so far…?
I always think it is ahead. I am so surprised and happy to be able to travel with my art, and make it day by day. The road is what is important less than the final achievement, I am always focusing on the next step and how to keep the work interesting
Would love to exhibit my work in …
Tokyo ! So a long story come true. One day I was sick as a child and I never was. In the hallway there was these two Japanese prints. I still have them today and it always has been a great source of inspiration for me.
Artist interview with The Spilt Ink
Johnny (The Spilt Ink) was born in Detroit on a cold October night in 1977.
His first day home from the hospital was on Halloween
where helped pass out candy to all the
colorful ghouls and ghosts.
He was obviously doomed from the start.
Do what you love, love what you do, never listen to “NO” and never stop art.
Who would you like to buy your art? A famous person? What would you tell him/her about your art so he would buy it?
Anyone who is serious about my work can have it. I have had all kinds of people from all over the world get my work and I’m proud of that.
How would you describe yourself? And your artwork?
I’m the only person that I know who is like me and describing myself is like describing neon colors to a blind person. My work… Hmm… I guess you could call it electric lowbrow with a hint of sexy.
What drives you?
Good question. Many things motivate me, loud music (mostly punk and drum&bass) caffeine, the fear of failure and sometimes jealousy. Is that too honest?
What is your definition of art?
To each their own.
Where do you get your inspiration?
Mostly loud music, sometimes alcohol.
How do you deal with artist's block?
Keep on working, it’s a battle sometimes.
Where do you see your art going in ten years?
Can anyone truly answer this question?
Can you tell us what you have going on right now?
I just finished a European tour. I painted live at night clubs and had shows in Amsterdam, Paris, & Berlin. I wanted to stay but I had to paint live in Tokyo, which isn’t a bad thing.
Can you tell us what your 'Before I Die' is?
Honestly, I want to continue painting and expressing myself through my art. If I can continue doing that until the very end, I’ll be happy.
I know my artwork is finished when…?
Good question, sometimes it’s more than obvious and other times it’s not.
Best Commissioned artwork ever done was…?
I’ll answer that one on my deathbed.
Which are your favourite artists?
They rotate a lot but currently I am enjoying the work of Szukalski, Glenn Barr, Dragon76, and can I add myself to this list?
Best exhibition ever participated in…?
There have been quite a few good ones, I don’t want to say which one is my most favorite because I don’t want to bruise anyone’s feelings.
Greatest achievements so far…?
That’s a tough one too. Can I answer this one after the show?
Would love to exhibit my work in …
I’ve shown my work in a lot of places and with the internet it’s really seen all over the world but If I could show my physical work somewhere or paint live I wouldn’t mind New York or Hong Kong.
Artist Bio/Statement EXTENDED:
“It all started with Camel Cigarette ads and Iron Maiden records.”
Johnny (The Spilt Ink) was born in Detroit on a cold October night in 1977.
His first day home from the hospital was on Halloween
where helped pass out candy to all the
colorful ghouls and ghosts.
He was obviously doomed from the start.
In his youth, he didn’t pursue the usual
school activities, instead he spent countless
hours drawing Joe Camel ads, comics and
Iron Maiden record covers,
“They were my friends and I loved that they
were packed with action and color.”
As a teenager he moving to San Francisco to
attend art school. There he invested all his time in DJing, art and photography.
After graduating, he had a brief stint in advertising until he found himself unemployed due to the sudden burst of the
dotcom bubble. With nowhere to go and
nothing to do he was saved by his Japanese friends in Tokyo.
“I was invited out to DJ and hang out
for a bit, but then I fell in love with the city
and its art filled culture.”
At this time, he developed his current style.
Be it the excitement of the clubs or the electricity
in the streets, something exhilarating
happened to him and his art.
Since then Johnny has traveled the world on
tour painting live at music events in Amsterdam,
Athens, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo & the USA.
Johnny currently resides in Tokyo where he
focuses on new paintings for clients, painting at
music events, planning his next tour,
sketching at cafes and drinking.
Artist interview with Joshua Bernard
Artist Name: UWA
Born: Jakarta, Indonesia
Live: Tokyo
Website url: https://joshuabernardnugro.wixsite.com/encryptedmagic
Instagram : @joshuauwabernard
UWA was born in Jakarta , Indonesia.
He was never dream to pursue or become a painter, it was his father that once told him when he was still 10 years old that in a dream his father see that he’s doing a painting.
Since a child UWA was obsessed about the nature of state of realities and fail to find purpose or a decent answer to some human most fundamental questions.
UWA’s journey had led him to the metaphysical and beyond, he survived many near death experiences and had experienced other dimensions encounter.
UWA doesn’t considered himself an artist nor his work as an art rather associate his work as with his own personal term an Encrypted Magic.
UWA believes that human race have to evolve collectively and we all need to befriend with the infinity that we’ve forgot.
UWA see his work “Encrypted Magic” as a note between the source/ God/ Infinite and him.
He was guided through a voice often to direct which colors he should pick, how many lines, and occasionally to disrupt and change a piece of work he personally have considered done or beautiful.
Who would i like to buy my art?
Masayoshi Son , I would tell him that I will replace all of We Work’s building light installations with my encrypted magic and I’m convinced that the whole world will be more hyped in chasing the infinite and doing their own light works no matter what the form is.. because my works are simply much better looking and will inspired the whole world to embrace and advance the coming and the need for Singularity and all the other future yet to come.
Rather than a widespread various casualty in the anomalies variations in post robot-human merge the whole world could shift it’s focus to what really matters and required for us civilization type 0 to evolve into the next.
This is of the utmost important and we do need all the resources that we have and currently we are doing far, far from enough.
What drives me?
The infinte.
I would like to quote from H.G Wells
Life begins perpetually. Gathered together at last under the leadership of man, the student-teacher of the universe... unified, disciplined, armed with the secret powers of the atom, and with knowledge as yet beyond dreaming, Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.
Where do i get my inspiration?
It’s given. Sometimes even dictated by the voice- like i mentioned in the artist statement.
How do i deal with artist block?
If there are two thing that i know for certain that are constant is that 1. Change and 2. Artist block is not in the vocabulary of UWA. Haha
I mean i’ve had around 4,000 encrypted magic at my disposal right now ready to unleashed. During my time between 17-24
Where do i see my art is going in 10 years?
To the most respectable places, to the streets, replacing tons of advertisements that hurts the feeling of so many people and making everyone feel depressed, the world needs light and colors and a reminder of what’s really important.
I imagine my encrypted magic can fill not only conservative art representation places but also in more public places, but we are going to VR world and beyond, and that’s where i see more fitting and yeah...
I would like to see the encrypted magic are being associated with the movement of this forces of technological advancement and the companies that represent it.
I think there’s no limit to where it can touch.
Can you tell what you have going on right now?
I’m going to the Tokyo Intl Art Fair this upcoming june 7-8
Before I Die...
That’s the thing about all of this, i’m not planning to die and I don’t want to die, and people need to embrace the fact that death will be a thing of the past , in a form of way, and think deeper about now what we’re gonna do about it once we received immortality in a form- and that back to my statement regarding what’s really important being a human being and that there are no limits and we need to collectively focus on what’s really matter , to advanced as a species.
I know my artwork is finished when..
It’s finished
Best commissioned artwork ever done was?
The best is always yet to come
Which are your favorite artists?
I have the utmost respect and love for Yayoi Kusama.. there’s no word on this planet to define her vigor and it’s just Yayoi and her infinite thingy too, but we have to go double infinite this time.
And of course Inoko-san of TeamLab.. he invented what i would call , the right way of doing it, and i know it’s only just the beginning, i hope so.
Best exhibition ever participated in.
Late night Solo exhibition at The Gate 88 , Bali.
@thegate88bali
Greatest achievement so far..
Still being alive after seeing things which are not meant to be seen for everyone and experience things which border to the point of the most schizophrenic etc etc etc..
Thats why nowadays kids need to be tougher and focus more on the “light”.
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Would love to exhibit my work in...
The Catacombs of Paris.
It’s dark and perfect for my encrypted magic.
