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.