neko

Solo Exhibition
second home

Featured Exhibition

September 16 – October 15,2024

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Anicoremix Gallery Online will hold an online solo exhibition “second home” by the contemporary artist neko from September 16 to October 15.

In addition to creating her own works, neko is also involved in exhibition planning and curation. The recently held “Ball,” near Tokyo, received high praise. Just before that event, she agreed to participate in this exhibition, and despite her busy schedule, she has prepared 31 works for this occasion. Not only are her exhibition projects unique, but her works, especially digital pieces, have long had a large following. The digital works she has recently created are of even higher quality than before.

 

Characters, as images, do not appear in photographs. However, they have partially materialized, from being mediums in the past to digital media in the present.

VR, AI, NFT
The ecosystem residing in data has drawn diverse contours as a species and contributed to the development of subculture.

On the other hand, printing technology significantly expands the support medium as a concept in art. The flat texture of mass-produced items has stirred a strong yearning for original works and materials. However, images not bound by a medium do not rely on a single support as content. In fact, CG media, which deals with images liberated from materiality, have nurtured many internet artists.

In the early 2010s, characters met with mediums once again through Chaos Lounge and became unique artistic pieces. However, these multi-dimensional, fluctuating beings do not necessarily seek a permanent support medium.

As a quantum entity, the character archives the potential to behave like a wave with overlapping states and holds a solo exhibition in electronic space.

neko

Anicoremix Gallery Onlineでは、9月16日より10月15 日まで、気鋭の現代美術家nekoのオンライン個展「second home」を開催いたします。

nekoは自身の作品創作の他に展示企画・キュレーションも手がけており、先日東京近郊で開催された「舞踏会」は大変高い評価を得ました。

その開催直前に本展の企画に賛同していただき、多忙な中を縫って、今回31点の作品をご用意いただきました。展示企画のみならず、その作品も独特で特にデジタル作品はかねてよりファンが沢山いるようです。今回久しぶりに手掛けたデジタル作品はこれまで以上のクオリティです。是非ご覧ください。

 

キャラクターはイメージが支持体なので写真に映らない。しかし古くはメディウム、現代ではデジタルメディアとして部分的に物質化してきた。VR、AI、NFT
データ上に住まう生態系は種としての多様な輪郭を描画しサブカルチャーの発展に寄与した。

一方で印刷技術は美術概念としての支持体を大きく拡張する。大量生産されたフラットな質感は原画や素材への焦がれを強く抱かせた。しかしメディウムに囚われない画像はコンテンツとして１点物の支持体に依拠しない。事実、物質から解放されたイメージを扱うCGメディアは多くのネット絵師を育てた。

10年代初頭カオス*ラウンジによってキャラクターは再びメディウムと出会い美術的なユニークピースとなる。しかし多元的に揺らぐ存在達は永住出来る支持体を必ずしも求めない。

キャラクターが量子的に様々な状態が折り重なる波のような振る舞いをアーカイブしうる可能性として電子スペースに個展を開催する。
neko

neko

Contemporary Artist

 

描画行為の根源的な動機は絵画表面の奥に在る。
即ち3次元物理では現しきれない対象。
イメージも視覚に過ぎない。
揺れ動き呼吸をする身体を捉える為のツールである。

「寂しがり屋は空想の友達を作る」
よく言われる事だが特に閉鎖された孤島のような場所で何年も独りで生きていればそれでは済まない。
人の溢れかえる現代社会でも各自は本質的に拭われることのない孤独を抱える。
クオリティとはその事実から目を背けない事。

恋人、婚約者、無くてはならない他者。
身を捧げる事を誓った愛する者。
経路や定義、モチーフは各々異なっているだろうけど絵を描く人が死ぬまで絵を描き続ける場合にそのような契約は対象と成されるだろう。
絵に限らず熱量のある美しい行いは呪いと祝福の間で発生し続ける。

向き合う程
作者が意識した事から自立する。
それでも一緒に寄り添っていく覚悟。

本展覧会は数値によってグリッド化されるデジタル媒体を介して催される。
nekoが幼き頃から携わってきたwebやCG表象。
硬質や効率的な仮想会場の奥にどれだけの生けるリアリティを開拓してきたか。
取り敢えず私の愛でる対象と
新たな領域を獲得しつつあるRGBの戯れを覗いて頂ければ幸いです

The fundamental motivation for the act of drawing lies beyond the surface of the painting.
It is the depiction of something that cannot be fully revealed by three-dimensional physics.
An image is nothing more than a visual perception.
It is a tool for capturing a body that trembles and breathes.

“It is said that lonely people create imaginary friends.”
It is often said, but if one lives alone for years in an isolated place like a deserted island, that alone would not suffice.
Even in today’s bustling society, each person fundamentally carries an inescapable loneliness.
Quality is about not turning a blind eye to this reality.

A lover, a fiancé, an essential other.
Someone you have vowed to devote yourself to.
Though paths, definitions, and motifs may differ, for those who continue to paint until they die, such a bond may be considered a contract with the subject.
Not just in painting, but all passionate and beautiful acts occur between a curse and a blessing.

The more you face it,
the more the creation becomes independent of the creator’s conscious intentions.
And yet, you remain committed to walking alongside it.

This exhibition is held through digital media, which is organized into grids by numbers.
It reflects the web and CG representations that neko has been involved with since childhood.
How much living reality has been cultivated in the rigid and efficient virtual venue?
I would be happy if you could take a peek at the RGB playfulness, which is gradually acquiring a new realm, alongside the objects of my affection.

Late 2000s
Debuted in the art world as a founding member of the predecessor to Chaos Lounge, “Post Poppers.”
However, left the group in its early stages.
Subsequently disappeared from the offline art scene for about ten years.

Then in 2020
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to the art world with the support of art collector Motohashi Iijima.
In 2021, organized the group exhibition “Otomarikai” (The Sleepover) to explore and propose new directions for the character art context he was involved in, diving into Japanese contemporary art to uncover broad and exciting territories.
After participating in several domestic and international exhibitions, conceived and organized the follow-up project “Butoukai” (The Ball) in 2024.
“Butoukai” brought together important artists from different generations within the character art scene post-Chaos Lounge, marking the highest attendance and sales among recent exhibitions focused on this context.

Solo Exhibitions

  • River Coffee & Gallery, “Tsukumo” [Todaimae] (2020)
  • rusu, “Yuukabaishun” [Meguro] (2020)
  • Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery, “Omimai” [Shinjuku] (2021)
  • LIGHTHOUSE GALLERY, “Amaterasu” [Ryogoku] (2021)
  • Soil, “Kakeochi” [Yoshimi Town] (2022)
  • Machida Center Building, “Kodoku no Dress” [Machida] (2023)

Group Exhibitions

  • Meee gallery, “Inori” [Nakano] (2021)
  • GALLERY JO YANA, “JAPANESE GROUP SHOW” (2021) [France]
  • rusu, “Otomarikai” (2021) [Planning, Curation] [Meguro]
  • A4 Gallery Tokyo, “Addiction” [Taiwan] (2022)
  • TOKYO PARK, “Tokyo Colors” [England] (2022)
  • Ogiyama, “Akichi” [Kamakura] (2023)
  • Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F, “Butoukai” [Planning, Curation] [Musashikoganei] (2024)

neko Collection