Tag Archives: Mixed Media

Tomita Natsumi 富田菜摘 (b. 1986)

Equipped with a sharp eye for detail, Tomita Natsumi, a young, gifted artist from Japan, was born in Tokyo in 1986. She enrolled in an oil painting course at Tama Art University, which is located in her hometown. Since 2007, she has held several solo exhibitions participated in Asian art fairs and had her works under the collection of renowned Japanese art institutions such as the Hamada Children’s Museum of Art. On par with her witty, atypical perspectives, she uses a variety of quirky, unlikely mediums –  materials that are elementary to everyday life, and are no doubt far less employed in the artistic realm.

Tomita’s approach is youthful and rebellious as she unconventionally employs the bare essentials to convey her impressions of the world. She strives to reassess one’s role within the natural environment, specifically the lack of affinity between urbanity and nature. A potpourri of animals, vibrant and flamboyant, is paradoxically emulated using odd scraps of material, the constituents each acquiring a creative improbability, Given Tomita’s decidedly innovative streak, it is in her artistic nature to appealing simulations. Endearing, highly intuitive, and extremely imaginative, Tomita evokes a sentiment of child-like enthusiasm amongst viewers, whilst furthering a creative expansion amongst a younger audience.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2018, Takashimaya Shinjuku Art Gallery
  • Solo Exhibition, 2016 Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Kanagawa / Shinjuku Kashiwajima 10F Art Gallery / Machida Tokyu Twins
  • Solo Exhibition, 2015, Shinjuku Residents Gallery, Tokyo / Korea Art Fair KIAF (Galley Tokyo Humanite)
  • Bunkamura Box Gallery, 2014, Wall Gallery, Tokyo
  • The Small Forest, 2013, Galerie 412, Japan
  • All my Newborns, 2012, iPreciation, Hong Kong
  • Solo Exhibition, 2009, iPreciation, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • “Sogno · Dreams – Sculptor Eiji Nitahara and the Artists Carrying the Next Generation”, 2012, Sato Art Museum, Tokyo
  • “Female times Female artists now and now”, 2012, Bunkamura Box Gallery, Tokyo
  • Echigo-Tsumari Triennale “The Friends of the Kiroro Forest” Echigo Matsunoyama “The School of the Forest”, 2012,  Kiroro, Niigata
  • “Sakana Exhibition”, 2013, Hamada World Children’s Museum, Shimane
  • “The animals in the picture, Collection Exhibition 047”, 2014, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
  • “Azamino Children’s Gallery”, 2014, Yokohama Citizens Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa

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Doris Wong Wai Yin 黃慧妍 (b. 1981)

Born in Hong Kong in 1981, Wong Wai Yin is a young visual artist who experiments with a variety of media. Ranging from painting, sculpture, collage, installations and photography, Wong’s works have won acclaim for her unique, conceptual approach. Possessing an expansive way of thinking beyond traditional studio practices, the artist frequently investigates the nature of what is real or fake, what constitutes art, and what doesn’t. Creating emulators, Wong proceeds to juxtapose these ‘raw’ pieces alongside the original articles, dispelling the notion of an ideal framework, and persuading viewers to question the nature of authenticity; challenging preconceptions whilst blurring boundaries. Wong graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004, and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Leeds, the United Kingdom in 2005. She was also the Founder of the Observation Society in Guangzhou. Wong has exhibited her works extensively in Hong Kong, as well as showcases in Japan, U.S.A, Singapore and Guangzhou. Wong’s works were also featured at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2009, as part of the ‘Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation’ exhibition. Wong’s artworks, including the exclusive ‘Hong Kong Artist Museum’ paintings, and her Museum Poster Series of works, are available for sale.

Education

  • 2005 | MA in Fine Art, University of Leeds, UK
  • 2004 | Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art Department, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2014 | Man’s Future Fund, Discover Asia, Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
  • 2013 | “But is it Art?” “I know but I don’t know.”, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
  • 2013 | The Imperfect Circle, Osage Gallery, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
  • 2013 | Hong Kong Eye”, ArtisTree, Hong Kong
  • 2012 | Mobile M+: Yau Ma Tei”, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
  • 2012 | Why Do Trees Grow Till the End?, SOUTHSITE, Hong Kong
  • 2012 | Wearable Exhibition: Bring Art Everywhere, Fotan, Hong Kong
  • 2011 | Primitive Craftsmanship – Contemporary Mechanism, Artist Commune, Hong Kong
  • 2011 | Except why not just come right out and say it, Collectors House, Heerlen, The Netherlands
  • 2010 | Go-Young Artist in China, OCAT, Shenzhen, China
  • 2009 | ISCP Open Studio, ISCP, New York, USA
  • 2009 | One Degree Separation, Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK
  • 2009 | Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
  • 2009 | Muse, Louis Vuitton Gallery, Hong Kong
  • 2009 | Charming Experience, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
  • 2008 | 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • 2007 | Art responds to the 14 Qks, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | Copied right, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
  • 2007 | 97+10, Videotage, MOMA, Shanghai, China
  • 2007 | Variances in Singular, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
  • 2006 | Dream a little dream, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
  • 2005 | Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, Hong Kong
  • 2005 | Art SuperMart Para/Site, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
  • 2005 | Studio Visit, Bankley House Studios, Manchester, UK
  • 2005 | Meeting Point, MA Fine Art Graduation Show, University of Leeds, UK

For full list of exhibitions, please contact the gallery at enquiry@iprecitaion.com

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Budi Ubrux (b. 1968)

One of the most progressive and radical new artists to emerge from Indonesia, Budi Ubrux is less a visionary than an acerbic social reactionary. Prior to winning the Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award in 2000, Budi Ubrux was a billboard artist and painter based in Switzerland.

His paintings are powerful satirical observations on social degeneration through the alarmingly haunting aesthetic of faceless figures mummified in newsprint. Inspired by the Indonesian government’s transitional period from the “Orde Baru” (New Order) to the “Orde Reformasi” (Reformation Order) in 1999 and its resulting impact on society, his works struggle with the themes of political oppression, the ironic role of the media, and above all, a strong sense of disappointment in prevalent ideologies, and disenfranchisement of the individual.

Attempting to locate “the ulcer of corruption” – as quoted from the artist himself – in the heavily politicized agenda of contemporary society, Budi explores the concept of a mediated reality through the role of newspapers. Historically, media was supposed to be the “eyes and ears of the people”, with ethical reporting integrity. In his paintings, the vicious irony of an overwhelming and subversive media culture reveals its reductionist effect on subscribers. The newsprint wraps itself around human life, effacing, suffocating and blinding the figures within. Its substance literally carries the weight of our ulcerating social fabric with its content of screaming headlines and tawdry iconism; its transient consumerist philosophy has been forced on to our persons.

The entity of the medium has also been refuted, its magnifying and distorting lens turned inwardly upon itself. The newsprint moves from unimpeachable medium to the object of scrutiny for its role as a dehumanizing and oppressive force – an uncanny parallel to the central theme of how humanity has become the unwilling construct of its own perceptual tools. Many viewers have initially confused the intricate detail and texture of Budi’s paintwork for mixed media.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2017 | INDONESIA, National Gallery of Indonesia, Indonesia
  • 2012 | Nggiring sapi neng PWI, Gedung PWI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2008 | Togetherness, Parco Sculpture Park, Delchianti, Italy
  • 2008 | Beyond the Headlines, iPreciation, Singapore

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2018 | Jogja Contemporary Artist, Art:1, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2017 | Indonesian Artists: Works in the Gallery, iPreciation Gallery, Singapore, Singapore
  • 2016 | Art: 1 Selected Contemporary Art, Art:1, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2015 | Land Before Our Time: A Vernacular in Southeast Asian Art Making, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
  • 2014 | Membaca Pager Piring: Mengenang Romo Mangun, Bentara Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2014 | ARTJOG|14 – Legacies of Power, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2013 | ARTJOG|13 – Maritime Culture, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2013 | Batang Community Group Exhibition, Batang, Central Java, Indonesia
  • 2012 | Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
  • 2011 | Closing the Gap, MIFA Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011 | Maximum City, Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia

For full list of exhibitions, please contact the gallery at enquiry@ipreciation.com

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