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Keita SAGAKI
Artists
Written by KALONSNET Editor   
Published: December 10 2008

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Born in 1984, Ishikawa prefecture. Currently living in Tokyo. He graduated in Art Education from the Faculty of Education, Fukushima University in 2006, and completed a Masters program in Art education at the Graduate School of Fukushima University. He majored in art education, however, he started to create artworks while he was a university student. Until 2004, he created mainly acrylic painting and mixed media, but from 2005 he has used pen drawing in which he gives different variations in métier to his artworks by coloring with ink or removing the painted-on black.

Since his debut as a professional artist, many of his themes have been related to the beginning of life. Many artworks are created with the motif of unborn children, or the womb. The mandala has been a repeated motif since his early period, a consistent symmetric composition, drawn by hand using carbonic paper. Recent frequent themes include landscape painting, famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and Ukiyo-e by Hokusai Katsushika, and specific images like the flag of the USA and a skull.

In all the above themes, drawing or line drawing of a miniature has been implemented. The miniature is filled with illustrations of historical personages or customs, but there is no relationship among them, no specific theme. The contrast between this unorganized and the specific theme which can only be recognized by stepping away from the artwork, might be the main characteristic of his work. He uses two methods: one is to fill with miniature drawings inside an outline to convey the theme, and the other is to trace the lines of a copied famous painting. It will be interesting for us to watch how he develops his miniature drawings in future.

In contrast to his secular painting and sexual themes and in addition to his humorous style, he practices ancient martial arts in private.

Career
2004
   - Solo Exhibition "9~OUTSIDE AND INSIDE", Fukushima University Library, Fukushima
2005
   - "55th Modern Art Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and travelled to Fukushima, Nagoya and Kyoto
2006
   - "56th Modern Art Exhibition" The prize of the Association & Prize for Encouragement of the Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation,
   - Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and travelled to Fukushima, Nagoya and Kyoto
     Group Exhibition "Contemporary Art Biennale of Fukushima", Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center
2007
   - Selected for "Shell Art Awards Exhibition 2007", Daikanyama Hillside Terrace Forum, Tokyo
   - Group Exhibition "Adatara Viewpoint 2007 View of Fukushima youth art", Adatara Plateau Museum, Fukushima
   - Group Exhibition "26th Sompo Japan Art Foundation Juried Exhibition",
                          Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
   - Group Exhibition "The 11th Liquitex Biennale", Spiral Garden, Tokyo
   - Group Exhibition "57th Modern Art Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and travelled to Fukushima, Nagoya and Kyoto
   - Final-selected for "25th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2008
   - Group Exhibition "58th Modern Art Exhibition", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo and travelled to Fukushima, Nagoya and Kyoto
   - Group Exhibition "Shell Art Awards Exhibition 2007", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
   (Nov) Solo Exhibition "Birthday", CASHI
   - Group Exhibition "Shell Art Awards Exhibition 2008", Daikanyama Hillside Terrace Forum, Tokyo
2009
   - Group Exhibition "Shell Art Awards Exhibition 2008", Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
   - Group Exhibition "The Next Stage", Ginza Inoue Gallery
   - Group Exhibition "Group Show I", CASHI
   (Oct) Group Exhibition "Museum of Taro Okamoto",  Fukushima Museum
2010
   (Maar) Group Exhibition "The 13th TARO OKAMOTO AWARD", Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki

Last Updated on August 03 2015
 

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