Masumi Nakaoka

In drawing, she takes a picure of the scenery and draws the scenery as it is but brandnew unformed silhouette by repeating images. Since such plane ground are replaced by colurs and the compositon of medium and therefore creatinig the motifs as fragments of memories with losing a sense of matter. Using resin paint and cashews, she composes unique plane works.　Her recent residency in Thailand enlarges her challange with fresh motifs around the artist.

Biography

- 1978 born in Kyoto

- 2002 graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts

- 2004 MFA at Kyoto City University of Arts

Solo Exhibitions

- 2022 Fenestras, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2015 Clutter and Traces, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2013 Buffer, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2012 Parapraxis, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2011 in the search of Soft Oblong, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2010 Margin of Landscape, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo 2009 view point , Art Front Gallery / Tokyo

- 2008 White View, INAX Gallery 2 / Tokyo

- Dai-ichi-Life South Gallery / Tokyo

- 2005 project N , Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Tokyo

- O Gallery eyes / Osaka( ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10)

Group Exhibitions

- 2018 Selected Art Fair 2018 SHU SHU SHU SHOW, Spiral Garden / Tokyo

- 2017 Art Stage Singapore 2017 / Singapore

- 2016 Art Stage Singapore 2016 / Singapore

- 2013 HIKARIE Xmas ART FAIR, Shibuya Hikarie / Tokyo

- 2012 FLATLAND, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Galley @KCUA / Kyoto

- 2011 Standard Japan Edition, O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2010 FLATLAND, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Galley @KCUA / Kyoto

- 2009 Standard Japan Edition, O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2009 Room of Yocchan vol. 4 Music of Atelier, OZC Gallery / Osaka

- 2007 VOCA 2007, The Ueno Royal Museum / Tokyo

- 2007 International Exchange Project “Japanese Young Artists TRIAL in Painting”, Modern Culture Center / Korea

- 2007 The garden of the ray 3, O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2006 Drawing-Exposed essence, O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2005 1st Kurashiki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kurashiki City Museum / Okayama

- 2005 TAMA VIVANT 2005, Tama Art University / Tokyo,

- 2004 Kobe Art Annual 2004 Tonari-no Mado, Kobe Art Village Center / Hyogo

- 2004 UI Wang International Plan Carsd Art 2004 , lakeside Pegun / Korea

- 2004 Unnatural 2, O Gallery eyes / Osaka, O Gallery / Tokyo

- 2003 ART CAMP in CASO, Contemporary Art Space Osaka / Osaka

- 2003 Tourbillion, O Gallery eyes / Osaka

- 2003 ART UNIV.2003, The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto

Awards

- 2004 Mayer's Prize for Graduate Students in the Exhibit of Kyoto City University of Arts

- 2005 1st Kurashiki Biennale for Contemporary Arts, 2nd Prize

- 2007 Honorable Mention at VOCA 2007