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  • MAIO MOTOKO

    麻殖生素子

  • A great contemporary artist must satisfy several criteria​

    Acknowledgment of tradition, cultural and artistic, yet transcending it; mastery of technique and creative use thereof; articulated philosophy; and the ‘x’ factor - the artist’s unique spiritual expression which inspires the inexpressible ‘wow’ that announces the presence of greatness.

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    Contemporary screen artist, Maio Motoko satisfies these criteria.

  • Trained as a mounter of traditional scrolls then motivated by a search for truly individual expression, Motoko sought mastery of Japanese screen making, learning to make the entire framework herself.

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    Her work remains true to the traditional function of the folding screen. Her technical innovation - double hinges, differentially sized folds and reverse sided decoration - enables a flexibility of form and transformation of physical space that transcends the original intention and elevates her work to contemporary scupltural art

  • As functional and installation art, Maio's works give unprecedented flexibility to the transformation of space and to the playful creative instincts of the owner of the work.

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    As sculptural objects her works stand in a variety of formations, none of which hint to its other manifestations.

  • Maio brings to the canvas of the folding screen mundane materials - aluminium foil, kimono fabric, washi enscribed with book keeping figures, crushed stone, sand, dirt, iron rust - that provide a freedom of colour and texture unimaginable in traditional work.

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    Expressions of the fleeting, transient nature of life, her pieces are both painting and object, decorative and functional – a bewitchingly ambivalent form.

  • Maio’s artistic concept embodies the contradictions and harmonies of Yin and Yang and their manifestation in human experience. 

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    Confronting and exploring the universality of human experience she is unafraid to express the negative, the dark, the decay and transience of life. By juxtaposing it with the positive, light and fecund her works not only create a seductive aesthetic but reach out to the psyche with powerful, visceral impacts.

  • I use traditional Japanese techniques in the manufacture of the screen, but I draw on a variety of materials and my own emotions and creativity for the surface expression and I make them something that relates to the contemporary world in which I live. I place ‘now’ on the everchanging canvas of the screen, transforming mundane everyday space into the exotic.

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    Maio Motoko
    麻殖生素子

  • BIOGRAPHY

    Selected Highlights

    1948 

    Born Tokyo

     

    1970

    Graduated Rikkyo ( St Paul’s ) University

     

    1980

    Commenced study of scroll mounting with Kashu Yabuta

     

    1986 

    Commenced study of screen making with Kobayashi Kenji

     

    1992 

    Solo Exhibition Nihonbashi Tokyu

     

    1995 & 1997 

    Two man show with Kobayashi Kenji Matsuya Ginza

     

    1999 

    Group Exhibition Nagai Gallery Tokyo

     

    2000

    Two man show with Wada Makoto “Mother Goose” Nagai Gallery Tokyo

    Three man show Geneva with Koie Ryoji and Kado Isaburo

     

    2003 

    Mugen Lesley Kehoe Galleries Melbourne

     

    2004

    Three man show with Hakko Ishitobi and Kobayashi Koji Geneva

     

    2004 - 2007

    International Art and Design Fair New York

     

    2004 - 2008

    International Asian Art Fair New York

     

    2006

    Japanese Cool Zero 6 Lesley Kehoe Galleries Melbourne

     

    2007 

    SOFA New York

    2008

    Japan! Culture + Hyperculture Festival Invited Artist Kennedy Center Washington DC

    Invited Lecturer Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Washington DC

    Art and Antiques Dubai

    Japanese Cool Zero 8 Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney

     

    2009 

    'Kan to Hikari Art Expo’ Kiyomizu Temple Kyoto

    Touchfire Smith College Museum of Art Northampton USA

     

    2010

    'Modern Twist' The Crow Collection of Asian Art Dallas

    'Kan to Hikari Art Expo' Nijo Castle Kyoto

     

    2011 

    Fleeting Moments Solo Exhibition Lesley Kehoe Galleries Melbourne

    'Kan to Hikari' Sennyuji Temple Kyoto

     

    2012

    'Craft Spoken Here' Philadelphia Museum of Art

     

    2013

    Kan to Hikari, Kamakura & Kyoto

    Asia Week New York

    Invited Lecturer 'Brush Writing in the Arts of Japan' The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

    Sydney Contemporary

     

    2014

    'Byobu : The Grandeur of Japanese Screens' Yale University Art Gallery New Haven

    Asia Week New York

     

    2015

    The International Show New York

    Sydney Contemporary

     

    2016

    Extraordinary Perspectives Solo Exhibition Lesley Kehoe Galleries Melbourne

     

    2017

    Extraordinary Perspectives #2 Featured Solo Artist Installation Sofitel on Collins Melbourne

    Sydney Contemporary

    PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

    Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

     

    Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia

     

    National Gallery of Victoria Australia

     

    Yale University Art Gallery New Haven USA

     

    Fuji Xerox Karuizawa Japan

     

    German Embassy Tokyo

     

    Honda Sōichirō Collection Tokyo

     

    Peggy and Richard Danziger Collection New York

     

    Shiozuki Yaeko Eldest daughter of 14th Iemoto Tantansai Urasenke School

    PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

    Japan

     

    USA

     

    Australia

     

    Switzerland
  • PHOTOGRAPHY

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