Shoko Okumura solo exhibition

VERNISSAGE GIOVEDÌ 16 NOVEMBRE 2023 - H.18.30
In questa data l’artista sarà presente in Galleria
Via Benedetto Marcello 46 20124 Milano
presso Manifiesto Blanco
IN MOSTRA DAL 17 NOVEMBRE AL 16 DICEMBRE 2023
Orari di apertura: dal martedì al sabato h. 16.00 – 19.00
INGRESSO LIBERO

L’artista Shoko Okumura torna, dopo la personale "Finestre di luce nei boschi", con la mostra "Sacri Legni" che nasce dall’attrazione per i patriarchi arborei delle aree sacre in prossimità dei templi giapponesi.
La cerimonia Tobusatate si celebra in Giappone quando un albero viene abbattuto per la costruzione di un santuario o di un torii, il portale di accesso ad un’area sacra. Il rito prevede che un ramo venga inserito al centro del ceppo e che si ringrazi l'albero per averlo potuto utilizzare. Parte delle opere sono ispirate a questo rituale: la pittura viene stesa su sezioni di cipresso giapponese - hinoki – e la composizione viene calibrata a partire dal centro del tronco.
I ritratti arborei, invece, rappresentano la condizione attuale di ogni albero, ma, tramite i codici che ne permettono la geolocalizzazione, anche le generazioni future potranno identificarli e riconoscerli.
Al centro dell’esposizione c'è l’impegno ecologico significativo che rappresenta il desiderio profondo dell'artista di promuovere la conservazione ambientale. Parte degli incassi saranno devoluti alla creazione di una foresta reale, che Manifiesto Blanco e Treedom si impegnano a far crescere con la partecipazione di artisti, soci e visitatori, garantendo un futuro più verde e sostenibile.
Questa mostra, prodotta da Manifiesto Blanco, in collaborazione con Nishikawa Baum e Treedom.


Art Fairs
9 → 12 November 2023 / Hamburg, Germany
Affordable Art Fair
Venue: Hamburg Messe Eingang West Halle A3,
20357 Hamburg, Germany
Stand: C8, EYE Contemporary Art Gallery
19 → 22 October 2023 / London Battersea
Affordable Art Fair
Venue: "Evolution London, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ
Stand: A7, EYE Contemporary Art Gallery
04 → 09 October 2023 / Stockholm
Affordable Art Fair
Venue: "Nacka Strandsmassan Stockholm"
Stand: A6 and B6, EYE Contemporary Art Gallery
西陣織HOSOOとのコラボレーション作品が2023年4月にグランドオープンしたブルガリホテル東京に納品されました。
My collaborative art work with HOSOO (Nishijin textile company) was placed in "Bulgari sweet", which is the most luxury room of the Hotel Bulgari Tokyo.

Courtesy of Bulgari Hotel Tokyo
May 11 → 14 2023 / London
Affordable Art Fair
Venue: Lower Fairground Site
Hampstead Heath, London NW3 1TH
Stand: EYE Contemporary Art Gallery
Opening times:
Thursday 11 May, 12:00 – 22:00
Friday 12 May, 12:00 – 20:00
Saturday 13 May, 11:00 – 20:00
Sunday 14 May, 11:00 – 18:00
May 10 → 22 2023 / Tokyo
Mitsukoshi Art Weeks
Venue: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
7th floor
1 Chome-4-1 Nihonbashi muromachi,
Chuo City, Tokyo 103-8001
Opening times: 10.00 - 19.00
(The last day it's open till 18.00)
Seasons passing, colors waning and sounds merging towards a renewed harmony have always, across all cultures, been a source both of art inspiration through its myriad of expressions and of deep emotions for souls open to the world’s wonders.
The Japanese love of nature and its manifestations is well recognized.
This style of painting is more demanding than what appears at first glance. An intent gazer must mesh palpable first impressions with subtle hints and allusions, thereby expanding one’s extrinsic perceptive vision, the image within the frame, to the inner self – of both artist and observer - to which the image truly appeals.

Shoko Okumura
Born in Japan in 1983, currently Shoko Okumura lives and works in Milan Italy.
Recipient of a distinguished government scholarship, in 2008 graduates with a Degree in Traditional Japanese Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. Following her degree and subsequent move to Florence Italy to learn the art of fresco restorations, a newfound understanding of fresco techniques and colors led to experimenting and applying Italian pigments to Japanese painting techniques, which often utilizes metal supports such as gold or silver leaf.
The key aim is to represent the relationship between human beings and nature. Seasons passing, colors waning and sounds merging towards a renewed harmony have always, across all cultures, been a source both of art inspiration through its myriad of expressions and of deep emotions for souls open to the world’s wonders.
This style of painting is more demanding than what appears at first glance. An intent gazer must mesh palpable first impressions with subtle hints and allusions, thereby expanding one’s extrinsic perceptive vision, the image within the frame, to the inner self – of both artist and observer - to which the image truly appeals.