vol.148
Akiko Horio
The Ordinary Art
2023.8.26(Sat) - 9.10(Sun)
Open : 13:00 - 19:00
Closed : Tue, Wed
Born in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture in 1937, contemporary artist Akiko Horio, who will turn 86 this year, has been attracting attention in recent years, starting with the 'Akiko Horio Today' exhibition at the Nishinwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art in Hyogo Prefecture in 2021, followed by the 'Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic' exhibition at the Mori Art Museum last year, and this year's Her activities and presence have attracted attention in recent years, including being featured in the collection exhibition 'Frame and Wave'.
Akiko Horio began creating art at the age of 25 in 1962, and after being a member of the Gutai Art Association [1968 - 1972, dissolved], she continues to create works today, The work continues like a ritual over time, until the moment when the artist's senses are fulfilled. The small works are the size of a pint-sized finger, but once placed in a space, they have a depth and breadth that embraces the entire surroundings.
Akiko Horio's works, which often use familiar materials such as paper, packaging containers, pieces of wood and acrylic, project a multiple world of endlessly overlapping colours and shadows. Her works give viewers a fresh perspective and impression, as if to remind them that the everyday world in which we live is a world of infinite possibilities and aesthetics. We are delighted to be able to introduce the world of artist Akiko Horio, as we did last year.
Gallery NAO MASAKI Nao Masaki
I make art for myself first and foremost. With my eyes and my hands, I create what I want to see. If possible, I want to create something strong, deep and beautiful in my own way. Whenever I see a beautiful flower blooming on a weed, I want to create something like this. I am not aiming for simplicity, which is often said about my work, but rather I am trying to 'build my world' with the lines themselves, the colours themselves and the materials, and this is how it naturally came to be.
(Extract from 'Akiko Horio Today' exhibition / Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art, interview with Akiko Horio)
Born in Tokushima City in 1937, graduated from the Tokushima University Higher School of Nursing in 1959. Began creating works around 1962, exhibited at the Gutai Newcomers Exhibition in 1967, became a member of the Gutai Art Association in 1968, became a member of the Ashiya City Art Association in 1970, and after the dissolution of the Gutai in 1972, held solo exhibitions at the Shinanobashi Gallery in Osaka, and group exhibitions in Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. After the dissolution of the Gutai in 1972, he continued to hold solo exhibitions at the Shinanobashi Gallery in Osaka and other venues, as well as group exhibitions in the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area. She developed works that captured the effects of light reflection and shading by combining everyday materials such as wood, paper, mirrors, a piece of wire and a line drawn with a pen. In later years, she also devoted herself to animal welfare and was active as a representative of the Association for the Abolition of Animal Experiments (JAVA) in 1988 and the Hyogo branch of the Council for Global Biology (1995-2013).
In 2019, the exhibition 'The World of Sadaharu Horio and Akiko' will be held at the Kobe Watakushi Museum of Art.
In 2021, 'Akiko Horio Today' exhibition at the Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art.
Participates in the exhibition 'Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic' at the Mori Art Museum, which is being held from the end of June 2022.
Selected exhibitions
1999 The Beauty of Tranquillity _ Ashiya City Museum of Art
2000 Art of Ashiya _Ashiya City Museum of Art
2003 Attention to the Waremono _Ashiya City Museum of Art
2004 "Gutai" Retrospective Exhibition _ Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
2005 Women of the Avant-garde 1950-1975 _Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
2012 "Gutai" - 18 Years of Japanese Avant-garde _ The National Art Center, Tokyo
2020 "Ashiya no Jikan" (Time of Ashiya) Grand Collection Exhibition _ Ashiya City Museum of Art
2021 "GUTAI Now or Never" Gutai Collection of the Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
2021 "Akiko Horio Today" - Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo Prefecture
2022 "Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic" _ Mori Art Museum
2023 "Frames and Waves" - Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Other solo and group exhibitions
