浅野友理子は、様々な地域を訪れ、土地ごとに受け継がれる植物の利用方法や食文化、女性の手仕事について聞き歩き、それらを絵画で記録するように制作を行っています。
近年、浅野はアオテアロア/ニュージーランドを訪れ、先住民族や移民など自身の歴史文化に意識を向ける人々から、家庭で受け継がれる食文化や植物の利用方法、手仕事について話を伺ったり、先住民族マオリの友人から植物の伝統的な編み・織り技法や薬草文化について学ぶ機会を得ています。アオテアロア/NZは、マオリをはじめとする先住民族の文化と、ヨーロッパ、アジア、太平洋諸島からの移民文化が交錯する社会と言えます。植物の利用や食文化、手仕事には、それぞれの民族が土地との関係をどう築き、どのように “生きる知恵” を継承してきたかが凝縮されています。この土地で活動することは、浅野にとって多様な文化が共存するなかで自然と人との関わりを再考する実践となっています。
また、浅野は度々訪れる東北の山岳地域と同緯度にならぶ東アジアの各地を巡り、自生する食用植物や受け継がれてきた在来種の種を調べています。彼女が継続的に訪れる韓国の東北地方に位置する江原道では、山形同様、救荒作物としてトチの実やドングリが食されています。キキョウやツルニンジン、チョウセンアザミなど薬草や保存食として親しまれる植物について、浅野は人々の日常の中にある個人の記憶や家庭の物語とともに薬食同源の知恵を描き遺しています。
野草や樹木が「食・薬・暮らし」の知恵と結びつくあり方や、芋類や山菜に見られる人間の“生存知”の共通性。浅野友理子は、忘れられつつある先人たちの術と記憶を、絵画というかたちで静かに記録し続けています。本展が、土地に根ざした知恵と未来をつなぐ時間となれば幸いです。
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ASANO Yuriko travels to various regions where she learns about the respective plant uses, food culture, and women's handicrafts that are practiced and passed down over generations by the people of that place. From her journeys, she creates artworks that document these experiences.

She has recently visited Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand, and had the opportunity to have dialogues and conversations about the history, culture, and traditional household practices done from both indigenous folk and immigrants. She even learned about traditional plant techniques and herbal medicine culture from her indigenous Maori friends she made there. In addition, the artist also travels to various places in East Asia which share the same latitude as the mountainous Tohoku region in Japan, researching on the region’s wild edible plants and indigenous species. She regularly visits the South Korean province of Gangwon, and studies about the wide variety of crops which are native to the area, as well as both learn and understand the personal memories and anecdotes by the families and people who share the same connection to these harvests.

In her works, ASANO portrays these unique plants which all share the wisdom and usefulness for survival in daily life. Her pieces reflect how plant uses, food culture, and handicrafts all encapsulate how each community has built a personal relationship with the land they live in, and how it allows her to think about the bond between nature and people alongside the coexistence of diverse cultures.

This exhibition will feature paintings and prints depicting the plants she encountered in her fieldwork. Through her artworks, ASANO continues to diligently record and share the forgotten skills, knowledge, and wisdom of the people from generations past. It is her hope that this exhibition will serve as a catalyst for helping connect local wisdom together with the future.

タイトル / Title

浅野友理子個展「たびの溢こぼれ種」 / (Tabi no Mitsuru (kobo)re tane) / The Journey of Cascading Seeds: A Solo Exhibition by ASANO Yuriko

日時 / Date and Time

2026年2月14日（土）- 3月1日（日）
11:00-17:00　2/16、2/24休廊

作家在廊予定：2/15（日）2/22（日）午前のみ、3/1（日）

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14 February (Saturday) to 1 March (Sunday) from 11:00 to 17:00
Closed on February 16th and 24th / Free Admission

場所 / Venue

ビルドスペース 塩竈市港町2-3-11
birdo space: 2-3-11, Minatomachi, Shiogama City, Miyagi Pref. JAPAN 985-0016

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※ 駐車場をご利用いただけます・Limited parking spaces are available.

開催記念前野健太 大講堂ライブ / MAENO Kenta Commemorative at the Grand Auditorium of the Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art

日時：2026 年 2 月 21 日（土）
　　　開場15：30 ／ 開演16：00 ／ 終演18:00頃予定

会場：塩竈市杉村惇美術館 大講堂（宮城県塩竈市本町8-1）
　　　　※車でお越しの際は、近隣の有料駐車場をご利用ください。
料金：一般 前売4,000円（税込）／ 当日4,500円（税込）

前野健太
シンガーソングライター、俳優、エッセイスト。
1979年2月6日生まれ、埼玉県入間市出身。2007年『ロマンスカー』によりデビュー。ライヴ活動を精力的に行い、「FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL」「SUMMER SONIC」など音楽フェスへの出演を重ねる。俳優活動においては、主演映画『ライブテープ』が第22回東京国際映画祭「日本映画・ある視点部門」作品賞を受賞。NHK大河ドラマ『いだてん～東京オリムピック噺～』他、TVドラマ、CM、映画、舞台に出演。エッセイ集『百年後』を刊行するなど、文筆活動にもファンが多く、他アーティストへの楽曲・歌詞提供も行う。集英社imidas webにて旅エッセイ「前野健太のガラケー旅日記」を連載中。2024年7月31日、2年ぶり8枚目のオリジナルアルバム『営業中』を発売。全国ツアー中。

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Saturday 21 February 2026
Doors open at 15:30, Concert starts 16:00, finishes 19:00
Location：The Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art: Grand Auditorium 8-1 Motomachi, Shiogama, Miyagi, JAPAN
　　　　※ Visitors arriving by car, please use the paid parking spaces nearby.
Admission: Advance Reservations Required. Before the concert, costs 4,000JPY (tax included) / 4,500JPY (tax included) on the day of the concert for walk-in tickets.

前野健太 / MAENO Kenta
Singer-songwriter, actor, and essayist. Born 1979 in Iruma City, Saitama Pref. JAPAN. He debuted in 2007 with the single "Romancecar." He actively appears at music festivals such as "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL" and "SUMMER SONIC." His leading role in the film "Live Tape" won the Best Picture Award in the Japanese Film - Un Certain Regard category at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. He has appeared in TV dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions, including the NHK Taiga drama "IDATEN: Tokyo Olympic Story." He has many fans of his writing, having published a collection of essays titled "Hyakunengo (A Hundred Years Later)" and has also written music and lyrics for other artists. He currently writes a serial travel essay, "MAENO Kenta's Galake Travel Diary," on Shueisha's imidas web service. In 2024, he released his eighth solo album, "Eigyouchu (Open for Business)," his first in two years, and is currently on tour across Japan.

プロフィール / Profile

浅野友理子 / ASANO Yuriko

1990年　宮城県生まれ
2024年　「国際芸術祭あいち2025」愛知県美術館ギャラリー
2024年　「アーティスト・イン・レジデンス プログラム2024 “SPINNING SCAPES”」国際芸術センター青森
2024年　みちのおくの芸術祭　山形ビエンナーレ2024、山形市蔵王体育館 小競技場
2023年　個展「種の温床」SNOW Contemporary
2023年　「土とともに美術にみる〈農〉の世界」茨城県立近代美術館
2019年　「青森EARTH2019　いのち耕す場所　農業がひらくアートの未来」青森県立美術館

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Painter. Born 1990 in Miyagi Prefecture Japan. Her practice involves field research where she asks people about their stories related to plants that are indigenous to that area and their deep and imporant connections to them. As of recent, her works have been exhibited as part of various local and international art exhibitions and events, including the Aichi International Art Festival, the Yamagata Biennale, as well as the Aotearoa and Japan group exhibitions of the R I C E Project.

2024: Aichi International Art Festival 2025 at the Aichi Prefectural Museum Art Gallery
2024: Aomori Contemporary Art Center (ACAC), Artist-in-Residence Program 2024 'SPINNING SCAPES'

2024: Michinoku Art Festival Yamagata Biennale 2024 at the Yamagata City Zao Gymnasium Small Stadium

2023: Solo Exhibition: "Hotbed of Seeds" at SNOW Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo
2023: The World of Agriculture in Art with the Soil: From Millet, Van Gogh, and Asai Chu to Contemporary Artists" at the Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art
2019: Aomori EARTH 2019: A Place to Cultivate Life: The Future of Art Opened by Agriculture, at the Aomori Museum of Art

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