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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

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