Interacting at the Epidermis: A Quest for Identity - Exhibition by Akira Miyagi
Date
Description
Read the OIST news article about the exhibition here.
Click to Download PDF of Poster
Overview
Title: Interacting at the Epidermis: A Quest for Identity
Period: February 25 to May 10, 2013
Venue: Skywalk, OIST Campus
Message from the Artist ご挨拶
Akira Miyagi
I have always been fascinated by the edges that we find around us, the boundaries. For me when I think about art, this means the boundaries between paintings, prints and sculptures. Of course, there is no visible border line; it is more an empty space pregnant with untouched hidden possibility. It is the fertile ground of imaginative power. This one-man show is comprised of old and new works, and the title, Interacting at the Epidermis, evolved during the process of producing the works. I pursued the possibilities of aluminum material (offset printer), and explored the nature of identity, which is presented in the exhibition; an encounter of art and science. I very much hope that my works will be in harmony with this wonderful Skywalk Gallery.
I offer my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Jonathan Dorfan, the President of the OIST Graduate University, who gave me this opportunity to fulfill a dream, and the many other people who have helped in this process. I would also like to offer a prayer for the continuing growth and prosperity of your university.
I much admire the vibrant world of Navy Onna, a poet of Onna Village, Okinawa, and I would like to conclude with one of her poems:
On the other side of Onna Mountain
Lies the hometown of my lover.
How I long to push aside
All the trees and woods and forests
And draw him ever closer.
February 2013
Profile
| 1945 | Born on August 25, in Nago City |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Eleven Artists Exhibition at Ryubo Hall Left Japan in August to study at Pratt Graphic Center (New York) Inspired by contemporary artists such as Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. |
| 1973 | Left America in August and embarked on “A Journey of the Roots” Traveled Brazil > Portugal > Europe > Greece > Turkey > Iran > Afghanistan > India > Thailand > Hong Kong > Taiwan. Returned to Japan at the end of December. |
| 1974 | Started artistic activities in Okinawa. |
| 1978 | Two Artists Exhibition: Okinawa Times Hall 2 (Naha City) |
| 1979 | 1st solo exhibition “Self-Praise”: Okinawa Times Hall 2 (Naha City) |
| 1980 | “Solo Exhibition, an Individual Point” (2nd solo exhibition): Okinawa Times Hall 2 (Naha City) “One Person Picture Exhibition” (3rd solo exhibition): Kuniyoshi Gallery (Naha City) |
| 1981 | “Akira Miyagi Exhibition” (solo exhibition): Kuniyoshi Gallery (Naha City) |
| 1982 | “Studies of Pictures” (solo exhibition): Okinawa Prefecture Citizen’s Art Gallery (Naha City) |
| 1987 | “Wave Campus” (solo exhibition): Gallery Okinawa (Naha City) |
| 1988 | “Unfolding of Materials” (solo exhibition): Gallery Miyagi (Naha City) |
| 1989 | Visited America (August) Contacted OK Harris Works of Art, and the Leo Castelli Gallery. Returned to America (November). Showed own works to Leo Castelli, owner of the Leo Castelli Gallery. |
| 1991 | “Identity” Jeans Series (solo exhibition) started: Gallery Miyagi |
| 1992 | “Body” Jeans Series GALLERY WORK II (solo exhibition): Gallery Okinawa |
| 1994 | Okinawa, Japan, and South Korea Exchange Art Exhibition: Okinawa Convention Center, Naha Civic Gallery (Ginowan City, Naha City) |
| 1995 | Exhibited in Okinawa Contemporary Artists Exhibition: Urasoe Art Museum (Urasoe City) Postwar 50 Okinawa’s Art Exhibition: Naha Civic Gallery (Naha City) |
| 1996 | “Decoloration” Jeans Series (solo exhibition): Haebaru Town Museum (Haebaru Town) |
| 2000 | “At One with the Epidermis” Aluminum Series (solo exhibition) started: Gallery Okinawa (Naha City) |
| 2002 | “Transformation of Space” Aluminum Series (solo exhibition): Maejima Art Center (Naha City) Three Artists Exhibition: Yomitan Village Museum (Yomitan Village) “Corrosion” Aluminum Series (solo exhibition): Sakima Art Museum (Ginowan City) |
| 2006 | Winds Four Artists Exhibition: Soul Art Space in Pusan City (South Korea) |
| 2007 | “Locus of Acts and Towards Restoration” (solo exhibition): Galley Okinawa (Haebaru Town) Production and exhibition “Locus of Okinawan Culture 1872-2007” Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (Naha) |
| 2008 | “Okinawa Prismed 1872-2007”: The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) |
| 2009 | “Magma 08” (solo exhibition): O Gallery (Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Solo Exhibition (celebration of retirement): Library and Art Museum Affiliated to Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (Naha City) |
Artworks for Museum Collections
- Yomitan Village Museum (2002),
- Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (2007)
- Sakima Art Museum (2007),
- Library and Art Museum Affiliated to Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (2011)
Subscribe to the OIST Calendar: Right-click to download, then open in your calendar application.