Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Back to Basics program / MAY 2023
Yuiga Ohtsuki
Japan
www.yuigaohtsuki.com
About
Born in Hyogo, Japan. Currently lives and works in Tokyo.
Ohtsuki graduated from Musashino Art University in 2014.
In 2019 she graduated from Tokyo University of the Artsʼ
Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in inter media art, and
completed her PhD in 2023. In Ohtsukiʼs process of creating
artworks, she incorporates her thorough research in order to
deal with Death and Life, Human Activity and Climate, Place.
She received the encouragement award at 13th “1_WALL
Photography” (2015). Her major exhibitions include “Barrow
of Equilibrium” (Nikon Salon Shinjuku/ Osaka, 2015), “How
we create a ʻLandscapeʼ” (Citizens Gallery, Meguro Museum
of Art, 2021).
Supported by Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
Reflect myself
It was the first time for me to spend a whole month in the
countryside. So, this is the first time I've known the nature
changes so quickly in Spring.
I walked for few hours once every two or three days. While
walking, I thought about nature, our world and art. I took many
photos everyday. I had conversations with other residents in
forests and fields.
Geological and topographical condition are completely
different from my country. When I walked around residence, I
always found something new about trees, plants, rocks, soils
and water.
Through this experience, I noticed what I am really interested
and the most important thing for my life.
During this residency, I started to consider my drawings and
embroideries as a part of my art works. Before I came here,
these small handworks were only meditation and hobby.
But these are kinds of my daily life same as living in nature;
breathe clear and fresh air, smell soil and leaves, observe
minute change of the season. And also, they can sometimes
describe easy my feelings.