Copperplate Prints Exhibition
January 26th — February 10th, 2024
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Wada Garou Tokyo Lab. is pleased to present a solo exhibition of copperplate prints by Aya Motomura.
Using the techniques of drypoint and carborundum, her works give the viewer the impression of seeing a simple everyday life spoken by a line. The fine needle and knife movements, the force of the hand, and everything else resonates with what the artist sees and hears, what she imagines, and the voices of her invisible mind, all contained in a single line. Motomura illustrated Miwa Nishikawa's column "Riding on Hakouma" in Bungeishunju magazine from February 2021 to November 2023, with copperplate engravings. This exhibition will feature 23 selected prints from the 34 illustrations in the column, as well as original copperplate engravings. ARTIST STATEMENT When I was in university, I saw copperplate illustrations by artist Ayumi Ohashi, which made me yearn for copperplate engraving and I began to study it. I engrave images on small copper plates (20cm x 13cm) using drypoint and carborundum techniques, filled them with ink, and printed the illustrations on a press. The time I spent making copperplate engravings for the column was like writing a letter with an address, a happy and special time for me. As the issue of the series has continued, my desire to have people actually see the original works has grown. While it is true that illustrations for a column are only as good as the text, as an artist I am very happy to have my own work seen at the exhibition.
PROFILE Aya Motomura (b.1993 | Tokyo) Motomura received her BFA of Oil painting from the Tama Art University in 2017, and studied printmaking for master’s degree at the Tokyo University of Art and got her MFA in 2019. [Selected Exhibition] 2023 Aya Motomura's Storytelling Copperplate Exhibition (Otemachi /Nikkei Shimbun Tokyo Head Office Bldg. 2F "Space Nio Art Gallery") 2022 The Prize Show！～What’s Geidai? 2022 The 16th Geidai Art Plaza Grand Prize Exhibition (Ueno / Geidai Art Plaza) 2021 The Prize Show (Ueno / Geidai Art Plaza) 2021 The 15th Art Plaza Grand Prize Exhibition [Awards] 2020 HB Gallery File Competition Vol.30 Grand Prize winner 2019 The 14th TAGBOAT AWARD accepted artist [Collection] Tama Art University Museum INFORMATION
Aya Motomura - Copperplate Prints Exhibition January 26th – February 10th, 2024 Tuesday – Saturday 1:00 – 6:30pm / Closed on Sundays, Mondays and national holidays. WADA GAROU TOKYO Lab. Matsuzawa 8 Bldg. 3F, 3-5-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 |
