2023.5.20-28

タカハシシオン個展 「祈感」/ The Feeling of Prayer (Kikan): A solo exhibition by TAKAHASHI Shion

タカハシシオン個展 「祈感」/ The Feeling of Prayer (Kikan): A solo exhibition by TAKAHASHI Shion

展示紹介 / Exhibition Introduction

「幼い頃から、障がいの影響で、音と光に翻弄され、発熱や体調をよく崩しました。人声も電灯も不快だった私が落ちつけた、唯一の存在が自然界でした。自然界は、癒しと落ち着きを私に授け、人間社会で生きる勇気をくれました。私は自然界に対しての感謝と想いを軸に、感じ取るままの世界を表現します。」
(タカハシシオンステートメントより)

タカハシシオンは、五感から受ける刺激を過剰に感じる特性をもちます。特に、生活空間における人工的な光は反射光のように異常に眩しく感じ、身の回りの音は大きく聞こえ、必要以上に耳に響きわたります。 一方で、自然界の光や音は、彼にやさしく穏やかに世界を伝えてくれたと言います。ふと眺めた木々や鳥たちの輪郭がくっきりとみえたとき、これまで曖昧だった彼の視界が鮮明になり、感動と好奇心に満ちたのです。 タカハシシオンが写実表現に挑むのは、彼を取り巻く世界への深い関心と歓喜と言えるでしょう。本展では、彼が畏敬の念を抱く動物を中心に描いた作品の数々を展示します。 彼が感じるままに描く自然界をご覧ください。

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Take a glimpse into the colorful, ethereal and lucid world captured by TAKAHASHI Shion.

His deep sensitivity to his surroundings help this Sendai-born emerging watercolor painter meticulously capture the finite moments of nature that most common folk take for granted. Working to his advantage, he channels this deep sensitivity using watercolor and creates such vibrant and astonishing artworks that soothes and heals even the most battered soul.

Each of Shion’s watercolor works feature an animal drawn through his imagination and vision. Stroke by stroke, he fuses the intensiveness of light and sound to produce such a visually kaleidoscopic work that is soft in emotion but filled with vigor and curiosity. His paintings ask us to rethink expressive realism and reflect on the things that deliver joy, hope, and comfort to such a competitive world that we live in.

“Since childhood, my extreme sensitivity to my surroundings has been a double-edged sword. While sound and light made me weak to my knees, it also became my weapon - giving me the courage to live in this society, and the chance to express it as I see it from my own eyes and ears, focusing on my gratitude towards nature, the one thing that heals me.” - TAKAHASHI Shion

概要 / Summary

日時 / Date and time
2023年 5月 20 日(土)~ 28 日(日)
11:00 - 17:00
月曜定休/土日作家在廊 ※日曜日も在廊予定になりました

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20 May 2023 (Sat) to 28 May 2023 (Sun) from 11:00 to 17:00
Closed on the Monday during the exhibition
Free Admission
場所 / Venue
ビルドスペース birdo space 塩竈市港町2-3-11
2-3-11, Minatomachi, Shiogama City, Miyagi Pref. JAPAN 985-0016

入場無料
Free Admission
プロフィール / Profile
高橋嗣恩/ TAKAHASHI Shion
Twitter: @ShionTakahashiE

2002年生まれ。宮城県多賀城市出身。

2019年
東北生活文化大学高等学校 美術・デザイン科卒

2019年~ 
東北生活文化大学 生活美術学科

2019年
全国イラストコンテストvol13 株式会社草薙賞受賞

2022年
第1回呉竹水彩アートコンペ 特別賞受賞

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Born in 2002 and based in Miyagi Prefecture’s Tagajo City. He is an alum of Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University in Sendai City. He graduated from institution's High School Unit's Design Stream and is currently taking the University Unit's Interdisciplinary Arts Program since 2019 for his post-secondary studies. His artworks have been recognized as a Special Award recipient of the 1st Kuretake Watercolor Competition, and the Kusanagi Award at the Volume 13 All-Japan Illustration Contest, in 2022 and 2019 respectively.