Ito Wataru
Control
Paper, acrylic resin, japanese cypress, wood crew and urethane coating
90×300×25cm
2024
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Wataru Ito creates works using paper, a material familiar to everyone. Without relying on special tools, he cuts and folds pure white paper, crafting pieces that seem to grow and proliferate like cells. The geometric forms, while also organic in nature, and the beautiful shadows they cast are made visible precisely because of the simplicity of the white paper. Through his stoic and delicate craftsmanship, his works convey a sense of infinite possibilities within what might seem like “just white paper”.
Artist Profile
Ito Wataru
1983 Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
2011 Graduated from the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in Lacquer Art
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2024 “The Behavior of Lines” Kanazawa Mercury Cave / Ishikawa
2023 “Cross” Wataru Ito / Makoto Nakada GALLERY KOGURE / Tokyo
2017 “The Doraemon Exhibition TOKYO 2017” Mori Arts Center Gallery / Tokyo
Selected Awards
2019 Hirayama Ikuo Prize
2011 Japan Paint Prize
2011 Mitsubishi Estate Prize
Public Collections
Funabashi H.C.Andersen Park, BUNKA SHUTTER CO.,LTD.
Gallery Information
GALLERY KOGURE
GALLERY KOGURE internationally introduces artists who possess a concept that approaches the truth and create the highest quality of art.
It goes without saying that unique originality is an artist’s lifeline, but what we consider the most important in selecting an artist is his or her “object beauty”, “super-technique” and “Neo-culturalism.”
“Object beauty” means that an art object itself emits unwavering beauty and that it attracts people even without its concept. What we want from an artwork before anything else is beauty.
“Super-technique” is what an artist acquires by spending a lot of time on studying and training. Originality of an artist who takes interest in and learns antiques and craftsmen’s excellent skills is never carried away by the tide of time.
“Neo-culturalism” is a term coined from the idea of “Multiculturalism”. The concept was born from a desire to introduce unique and stimulating works that are a subset of “Multiculturalism”, a proactively receptive expression of the art of various cultures, but specifically featuring the distinctive background of modern Japan.
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