Flowing

17/07/2024

Ryo Nishimura


Patterns of Life 2 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 1072×764mm
Patterns of Life 2 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 1072×764mm




The mechanism of life and death, the path of existence and life. I started to make a grid as a symbol of these images. This grid is a geometrical structure of the law of cells and nerves. Expressed only in black and white with the negative / positive relationship inverted by the print technique, creating a double line. All this expressing the vague border between life and death and the property of life and death often inverting. Also creating an image like that of delicate nerves running through flesh and bone.





My heart is moving. Also, life is moving too like a wave line, mountain outline, and the line of trees. These lines in life represent the history of an event, consecutive present called moments, and flow to the future.

Piece of me 1 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 348×348mm
Piece of me 1 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 348×348mm

Melody of Life 1 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 370×540mm
Melody of Life 1 2021 drypoint / copperplate ink, sirius paper 370×540mm



With my drypoint technique I try to express changing flows like that of a river. For me, these drypoint lines show the persistence of motion and the trajectory of an everlasting flow.

 Through these lines I ask again about the flowing of life, the persistence of time, and the continuous recreation of "now". 





I also decided to use a technique specialized in measuring temporality called "Frottage". Frottage is a technique to trace the shape and unevenness of an object by rubbing paper which is placed on top of an uneven object using drawing material such as pencils or pastels. Like following the constellations scattered in the starry sky, also, like making a map by connecting many points and coordinates, points are joined together, only the simplified icon is extracted.

Measuring of Beat 23 2020 frottage / pastel, crayon, artpost paper 394×546mm
Measuring of Beat 23 2020 frottage / pastel, crayon, artpost paper 394×546mm



Every day is made up of many commonplaces. These are pieces of my story of living and the other piece of the story too. In other words, there is an epic story of the life that has been accumulated before I was born.

Piece of Round 2021 sketch / paper, photo, pastel, crayon, pen, paint 364×257mm
Piece of Round 2021 sketch / paper, photo, pastel, crayon, pen, paint 364×257mm

Education

2016/ Kyoto Seika University / Faculty of Art / Department of Media Arts / Printmaking Course
2018/ Kyoto City University of Arts / Master`s Class / Department of Painting / Printmaking


Solo Exhibitions
2019 Morpho -iconogenesis TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY / Tokyo
2020 Itonami no Senritsu ART ZONE KAGURAOKA / Kyoto
2021 Chain of Fluctuation TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY / Tokyo


Group Exhibitions
2020 The 19th exhibition for Minamishimabara City Seminario Modern Printmaking Minamishimabara city ArieKorejiyohoulu / Nagasaki
2020 Crossing, Borderline Studio10m2 / no-mu / Kyoto
2020 The exhibition for Copperplate print factorys calender 2021 OWL Art Institute / KYOTO TOR ROAD GALLERY / Kyoto


Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA) Los Angeles / USA
Harvard Art Museums Cambridge / USA
Portland Art Museum Portland / USA