Rie Takanokura

Born in 1992.

I spent my childhood in Bangkok, Thailand.

Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Faculty of Art and Design, majoring in painting in 2016.

I creates prints and installation works with a focus on painting.

“Maybe.”

This word not only inspires me to create, but is also an ideal.

Is the world you see real?

This may be it, and this may have been the case. I believe this ambiguity will change the way we look at the world.

There are various people in the world.Each region has different cultures, customs, and stories.

I am doing research to about them.

I create works based on various possibilities obtained through research and hypotheses about the current situation.

People become free through the power of their own values ​​and images, not the values ​​determined by someone else.

I believe that art is a discipline that pursues possibilities that emerge from ambiguity.

I want to create images of us humans that can be seen through ambiguous images.

I have participated in solo and group exhibitions in Japan in the past.

My overseas activities include participating in artist-in-residence programs in Thailand and India, where I created works during my stay.

In addition,I participated in an art fair in Los Angeles too.

My work there was featured on television and in newspapers.

Recently, I participated in an art event to protect endangered species in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, a UNESCO cultural heritage site in Thailand. This experience has led me to think about the possibilities of culture and the arts.