“0:30:38(upper right)”, “0:24:57(lower left)”, “0:32:04(lower right)”

PROFILE
Completed a master’s degree in Art Communication at Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate School in 2016. She works primarily in Kansai and around Asia. She has been artist-in-residence in various countries, and has also participated in the room creation project at the hands-on experience art hotel BnA Alter Museum. Major achievements include winning the TWW Prize at Tokyo Wonderwall 2015 and the Shu Uemura Award at a.a.t.m. 2016, and receiving the 32nd Holbein Scholarship in 2017.

DATE

2019

MEDIUM
acrylic, pigment, linen cloth, wood panel

DIMENSIONS

H91×W91×D4cm (each works)

STATEMENT

My theme is “paint.” I create works that don’t just treat the materials as something used to create the painting but as the very protagonist of the painting. After repeating trial and error to complete the work with paint as the leading role, I realized that the more I put on the canvas, the more the action of painting started to take precedence over the paint itself. So I set down the rule of “Minimal Action, One Stroke” and have been abiding by this rule to create my work. The world’s oldest synthetic pigment was a blue paint that was made in Egypt some 3,500 years ago. This was known as “artificial lapis lazuli” or “artificial blue.” It is for that reason that I use blue as the representative color in my works on paint.

ABOUT MUSIC AND ART

Both music and the creation of art are very fascinating to me. When I’m painting, I can’t really get the sensation of music in my head, so I don’t listen to music. When I’m concentrating, I can only do one thing at a time—all of a sudden, I’ll have lost a whole day. This happens whether I’m creating a painting or listening to music. When I encounter some pleasant music, I’ll try to listen to it for just a little while during a break, but even still I’ll find myself focusing on it, and before I know it the day will be over. We’ve come to a point in history when people can listen to music any time, any place, with ease. But I think time for just listening to music is very important. It enriches your life.

Mina Katsuki PLAYLIST