＊＊＊6/17 – 6/19 までアメリカ、テキサス州ヒューストンで「青木隆太」の個展を開催いたします。「アート・アライアンス」のアメリカ企画第2弾となります。どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。＊＊
【Tokyo to Houston!】 RYUTA AOKI – The Power of a Cell / Solo Exhibition
<< Ryuta Aoki Solo Exhibition June 17 (Fri) – June 19 (Sun), 2016 @ Nelda Gilliam’s Studio, Museum District, Houston, TX >>
We are pleased to announce that Ryuta Aoki will be exhibiting in Houston, TX @ Nelda Gilliam’s Studio in the Museum District. Ryuta currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. He has a degree in Aerospace Engineering, and his works reflect the universe and connections between the micro and the macro world around us. It’s exciting to have Ryuta’s show in “Space City Houston” and hope many will be able to join us for the Opening and Artist Talk.
The Artist as well as Yuki Miyamoto, organizer of this show will be present during the following dates. Special thanks to Nelda Gilliam and Lucinda Cobley in Houston for kindly supporting this event.
＊Opening & Dates: 2016
June 17th, Friday: Opening reception 6:00 – 8:00 pm with artist talk at 6:30 pm
(doors open at 5:00pm)
June 18th, Sat: 12:00 – 4:30 pm with artist talk at 3:00 pm
June 19th, Sun: 2:00 – 4:30 pm with artist talk at 3:00 pm
＊Venue:
Nelda Gilliam’s Studio in the Museum District, Houston, TX
＊＊＊Biography:
Ryuta Aoki was born in Niigata Prefecture Japan, in 1983. After graduating with a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Tokai University in 2007, he began creating artwork on his own and remains largely self taught. Based in Tokyo, he continues to reflect on our existence in the universe, creating an aesthetic that deals with themes such as the connections that can be found between the micro and macro worlds around us. He has exhibited regularly in Tokyo and in the last three years his work using Japanese paper has particularly been of note, garnering high praise from the arts community.
＊Ryuta’s website: http://www.ryuta-aoki.com/
＊＊＊Statement:
“The Miracle of Living Here
In the desert, on a beach, in a snowy field, wrapped in the starry sky.
New life is breathed into what was once dull sensation. In the silence of space and time
I feel the delight of being alive.
In this moment, I realize the impact of what it means to be alive here now.
The immediacy and reality of the connection I feel to my life, the close contact with death, and the thanks I have for food and air make my whole body numb.
My chest tightens and I am hot to the touch.
These thoughts can not be left unexpressed.
This is not artistic expression.
This is not an occupation or a calling.
It is how a living being expresses wonder for its own life.
In the small world of an atom,
The human world, overflowing with life, and
even further, in the vast universe,
I was born this size, and I feel the miracle of living here on earth.”
＊Organized by:
Yuki Miyamoto for Art Alliance, Tokyo, Japan : http://www.artalliance.jp/
Special Thanks to Nelda Gilliam and Lucinda Cobley
(see Facebook event for details)