Snark.art
08.02.2022
11.02.2022
Curated by ONBD
ONBD is excited to present Anthropocene, by artist Ai Makita. Ai is known for her abstract landscapes which represents human ‘biological forms', but reimagined through the imagery of artificial objects such as metal and plastic. She creates layers of painted and digital images that are piled on top of each other, combining digital and analog methods to express her view of the human world. Whether viewed on a PC screen or in a painting, their forms are identical, and yet the two mediums offer completely contrasting experience to the viewer.
Artist
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Ai Makita
(b.1985) is a Tokyo and New York based visual artist.
(b.1985) is a Tokyo and New York based visual artist.
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Ai Makita will take part in several museum shows in 2022, at the Tsukuba Museum of Art IBARAKI, Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Ashikaga Museum of Art, and Takaoka Art Museum. She has received numerous awards, fellowships, and residency programs, including the Terrada Art Award (Tokyo), Taro Okamoto Award (Tokyo), POLA Art Foundation Fellowship (Tokyo), Finalist of Rijksakademie (Amsterdam), ART CAKE (New York), Residency Unlimited (New York) and the Varda Artist in Residency (Sausalito).
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Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Tokyo National University of the Arts, along with many private collections.
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Ai has found success with her NFT artworks as well, selling out her recent collection of digital stills on Bybit NFT.
More than 18 artworks were sold in the following exhibitions and fairs:
More than 18 artworks were sold in the following exhibitions and fairs:
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SOLO EXIBITIONS:
2020 "Artifact" Mitsukoshi Nihombashi, Tokyo
2019 Ai Makita exhibition "Forms" Chiba bank gallery, Tokyo
2018 "Reflect on 10 years- Ai Makita" Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano
2017 "Works in New York" Spiral, Tokyo; "Moving" Gallery Inage, Chiba; "Gradation" Gallery Vask, Manila
2015 "Behave As a Named Existence" Roentgenwerke AG, Tokyo
2013 "13・17" Ai Kowada Gallery, Tokyo; "SIGNS OF LIFE" Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo
2012 "Jewels" Gallery Kunimatsu, Tokyo
2019 Ai Makita exhibition "Forms" Chiba bank gallery, Tokyo
2018 "Reflect on 10 years- Ai Makita" Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano
2017 "Works in New York" Spiral, Tokyo; "Moving" Gallery Inage, Chiba; "Gradation" Gallery Vask, Manila
2015 "Behave As a Named Existence" Roentgenwerke AG, Tokyo
2013 "13・17" Ai Kowada Gallery, Tokyo; "SIGNS OF LIFE" Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo
2012 "Jewels" Gallery Kunimatsu, Tokyo
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GROUP EXIBITIONS:
2020 "This is now" ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo; "Art Cake Online Group Presentation" Art Cake, New York
2019 "Assorted Chocolates" ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo; "Self-Portrait as Mirror-Mirror as Self-Portrait" Artinformal, Manila
2019 "Assorted chocolates, ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo
2018 "Shuttlecock" ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo; "Ignorance and Visualization" Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo
2017 "Silos" ART3 Gallery, New York; "In Organic: Emerging Japanese Artist in New York" Residence of Japanese Ambassador, New York
2016 "Chronicle, Chronicle!" Creative Center Osaka, Osaka
2015 "Speak Soft, Listen Hard" Gallery Underground, Manila; "RAN-SHO KOH-JUTSU chapterⅥ" Gallery Ten, Kanazawa; "Sou-zou Kaigan INAGE" Gallery Inage, Chiba; "18th. Taro Okamoto Award" Okamoto Taro Museum, Kanagawa
2014 "HYOH-BYOH KOH-JUTSU chapterⅤ"Spiral Garden, Tokyo; "Future Exhibition — Collaboration of art universities" Nichido Garo, Tokyo; "1st. Terrada Art Award" T-Art Gallery, Tokyo
2013 "TOH-KAI KOH-JUTSU chapterⅣ" Spiral Garden, Tokyo; "Graduation Show" Museum of Tokyo National University of The Arts, Tokyo
2012 "Art Award Next 2012" Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo; "C-DEPOT 2012 Tokyo-Yokohama" Red Brick Warehouse, Kanagawa
2011 "Nine Colors" Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo
2019 "Assorted Chocolates" ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo; "Self-Portrait as Mirror-Mirror as Self-Portrait" Artinformal, Manila
2019 "Assorted chocolates, ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo
2018 "Shuttlecock" ANA Inter Continental Tokyo, Tokyo; "Ignorance and Visualization" Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo
2017 "Silos" ART3 Gallery, New York; "In Organic: Emerging Japanese Artist in New York" Residence of Japanese Ambassador, New York
2016 "Chronicle, Chronicle!" Creative Center Osaka, Osaka
2015 "Speak Soft, Listen Hard" Gallery Underground, Manila; "RAN-SHO KOH-JUTSU chapterⅥ" Gallery Ten, Kanazawa; "Sou-zou Kaigan INAGE" Gallery Inage, Chiba; "18th. Taro Okamoto Award" Okamoto Taro Museum, Kanagawa
2014 "HYOH-BYOH KOH-JUTSU chapterⅤ"Spiral Garden, Tokyo; "Future Exhibition — Collaboration of art universities" Nichido Garo, Tokyo; "1st. Terrada Art Award" T-Art Gallery, Tokyo
2013 "TOH-KAI KOH-JUTSU chapterⅣ" Spiral Garden, Tokyo; "Graduation Show" Museum of Tokyo National University of The Arts, Tokyo
2012 "Art Award Next 2012" Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo; "C-DEPOT 2012 Tokyo-Yokohama" Red Brick Warehouse, Kanagawa
2011 "Nine Colors" Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo
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ART FAIRS:
2019 Taipei Dangdai, Taipei Nangang District, Taipei
2018 Art Miami, One Herald Plaza, Miami; Art Fair TOKYO2018, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2017 Art Taipei 2017, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2016 Art Taipei 2016, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2015 Infinity Japan Contemporary Art Show, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taichu
2014 Art Nagoya 2014, Westin Nagoya Hotel, Aichi
2013 Art Fair TOKYO2013, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2012 Art Fair TOKYO2012, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo; Art Taipei 2012, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2011 Art Kyoto 2011, Hotel Monterey Kyoto, Kyoto
2018 Art Miami, One Herald Plaza, Miami; Art Fair TOKYO2018, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2017 Art Taipei 2017, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2016 Art Taipei 2016, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2015 Infinity Japan Contemporary Art Show, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taichu
2014 Art Nagoya 2014, Westin Nagoya Hotel, Aichi
2013 Art Fair TOKYO2013, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2012 Art Fair TOKYO2012, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo; Art Taipei 2012, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei
2011 Art Kyoto 2011, Hotel Monterey Kyoto, Kyoto
Series
Series
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Anthropocene
is a groundbreaking series in which Ai explores a ‘dynamic' painting process where two paintings were fused to create a new artwork.
is a groundbreaking series in which Ai explores a ‘dynamic' painting process where two paintings were fused to create a new artwork.
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The initial two pieces, "Cell" and "Shadow" were first created digitally in 2014, and later made into physical paintings that same year. "Cell" represents a liquid body substance, and "Shadow" represents the dim shape of a human before birth.
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Last year, Ai created three new pieces based on these initial works: A digital painting that merged the two images into a new hybrid work, a physical painting based on the same image, and a video piece where she collaborated with an animation team to visualize the ‘fusing' of Cell and Shadow to create Anthropocene.
Artworks:
Artworks:.
Anthropocene
Video, 00:15 sec, 2021
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Anthropocene - The Landscape
Digital drawing, 2021
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Shadow
Digital drawing, 2021
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Cell
Digital drawing, 2021
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Ai Makita
Anthropocene