Chie Aoki
Chie Aoki (青木千絵, born 1981) is a Japanese sculptor. Her sculpture work uses mediums of cloth, foam, lacquer, and she is also known for photography on rice paper. Her sculptures commonly have the shapes of amorphous human bodies, without heads or faces.
Chie Aoki
- Born
- 1981
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- sculptor
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Chie Aoki (青木千絵, born 1981) is a Japanese sculptor. Her sculpture work uses mediums of cloth, foam, lacquer, and she is also known for photography on rice paper. Her sculptures commonly have the shapes of amorphous human bodies, without heads or faces.
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Life
Life
Aoki was born in 1981 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Her father was the curator of the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art and introduced her to Alberto Giacometti's sculptures, which depict existential struggles. She received a degree in arts and crafts from the Kanazawa College of Art in 2005, and completed graduate work in 2006. She has two daughters.
Works and themes
Works and themes
Aoki's works are surreal and convey the idea of metamorphosis or transformation. Her sculptures often start as carved styrofoam blocks over which Aoki layers black lacquer, which is then polished. Aoki's work is influenced by psychological themes seen in Edvard Munch's art.
Collections
Aoki's works have been featured in the following collections and galleries: • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa • CONTEXT Art Miami • Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art • Kitakata City Art Museum • LIXIL Gallery • Minneapolis Institute of Art • Sokyo Gallery • Tama Art University
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- 1.Carmelita Caruana. Chie Aoki. escapeintolife.com. Escape Into Life.
- 2.Aoki Chie. BODY 09-1 "Impact". artsmia.org. 2009.
- 3.Marianne Combs. 'Hard Bodies' exhibit glows with a love of lacquer. MPR News. November 28, 2017.
- 4.CONTEXT Art Miami. Gallery detail - Gallery G-77. 2018.
- 5.I Lobo You. Contemporary art by Chie Aoki sculptures. iloboyou.com.
- 6.Jane Kenoyer. The Beautiful Mystery of Chie Aoki's Work. HI-Fructose Magazine. August 29, 2012.
- 7.青木千絵 －URUSHI BODY－展Aoki Chie Exhibition.
- 8.Andreas Marks. Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture. Minneapolis Institute of Art. 87–89. 2017. 9781517904173.
- 9.Olivia Gissing. This Chie Aoki Collection is Shockingly Imaginative. Trend Hunter. June 9, 2011.
- 10.Russ Crest. Chie Aoki Human Growth. Beautiful/Decay. June 7, 2011.
- 11.Diccon Sandrey. Guide to Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer. japanobjects.com.
- 12.Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. Form in Art - Perceiving with the Hand: Aoki Chie. 2017.
- 13.Sokyo Gallery. Aoki Chie. 2018.
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