Artists

綱島 礼子 Reiko Tsunashima

Reiko Tsunashima 綱島 礼子

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墨の情景 2007
The Scene of Sumi 2007
砂輝 2015 35.0×35.0cm
A Grain of Light 2015 35.0×35.0cm
光露 2008 ∅25.0cm
Dews of Light 2008 ∅25.0cm
彩逢 2012 48.7cm×78.8cm
Gathering Scene 2012 48.7cm×78.8cm
刻時 2006 51.5cm×72.8cm
A Moment of Eternity 2006 51.5cm×72.8cm
平成27年度より使用の図画工作5・6年生の小学校教科書に作品「幻」掲載
出版:開隆堂出版株式会社
*開隆堂出版株式会社様より転載許可を得ています。
An artwork “illusion” by Reiko Tsunashima appears on elementary schoolbook officially from 2015.
the publisher is Kairyudo.

綱島 礼子

Reiko Tsunashima

東京都 
武蔵野美術短期大学卒業

綱島礼子の作品は、墨と紙による抽象表現です。主なテーマは自然の風景や心象風景であり、彼女はそれを「墨の情景」とよびます。墨や水、紙をつかう制作では季節や気候が作品の仕上がりに大きく影響するため、それらの作品は「自然との共作」であることも特徴です。筆を動かす過程での墨のにじみの偶然性は、そこから発する「何か」を表現するためには必然の過程です。また、パネル上の紙マットのカッティングや配置も作者によって緻密に計算されており、それが作品のシンプルかつ独創的な表現の確立に寄与しています。彼女の作品は墨の世界へ誘なう窓のようなもので、作品からそこに入ることができます。会場には綱島礼子の作品を通して「墨の情景」への窓がたくさんあります。そこにいる人は、綱島の作品を選び鑑賞することで、自動的にその墨の世界に入っていくことになります。
*2000年以上前から東洋の書画に墨が用いられてきました。脈々とつづくその歴史に裏付けられた墨作品の必然性は今もなお健在です。

F / Tokyo

Reiko Tsunashima’s artworks are abstract representations using Sumi (Japanese ink) on paper. The subjects are apparently natural landscapes, which she calls “Scene of Sumi”. Because the climate at the time of production has a significant impact on the conditions of Sumi, water and paper, the works are also characterized as being “collaboration with nature”.
The contingency of the blurring of Sumi in the process of moving the brush is an inevitable process that can be used to express “something” that emanates there. Meanwhile, the cutting and layout of the mats on panels are elaborately calculated, which contributes to an established style of expression that is both simple and original. Her artworks are like windows to the Sumi world, so you can get into there from her artworks.
There will be a lot of windows to the “Scene of Sumi” through the artworks by Reiko Tsunashima at the space. People there will be able to get into the several kinds of Sumi world automatically when they select and watch her artwork.
*Sumi, or Japanese ink, has been used for Oriental calligraphic works and paintings for over 2000 years. The need for works in Sumi, an art form backed by a long unbroken history, remains strong.

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • Group Exhibitions
  • Others
2024

Scene of Sumi (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2023

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2020

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2017

Solo Exhibition / JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN in BELGIUM / Brussels, Belgium

2015

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (AVA Galleria / Helsinki / Finland)

2014

Scene of Sumi -Shine Brilliantly (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2011

Distant Clouds (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2008

A single art work exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2007

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2005

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2003

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2002

Tsunashima Reiko Exhibition (Gallery Kitai / Tokyo)

2023

OSAKA ART FES HANSHIN 2023 (Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store 8F / Osaka)
Sumi_ism #8 (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo) *Annual exhibiting since Sumi-ism #1

2022

Expo I Love Japan (Liège / Belgium)

2021

EXPOSITION COMMÉMORATION FUKUSHIMA (Liège / Belgium)

2019

"Encre Noire Soleil Levant" ( L'ARBRE A PLUMES / Belgium )

2017

Japan in Black and White (ESH gallery / Milan)
sumi_ism #7 (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2016

SEELENHORT (Galerie Kristine Hamann / Wismar / Germany)

2015

CLOSE UP(Galerie Kristine Hamann / Wismar / Germany)

2013

Akasawa Sumi Art Exhibition (Hayakawacho / Yamanashi)

2012

KAKEJIKUTEN at Gallery KITAI (Tokyo, Japan)
Exposicion de Kakejiku (Centro Cultural e Informativo de la Embajada del Japón / Argentine)

2009

Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition (Cultural Center in the Embassy of Japan/Brussels)
Japan Premier Exhibition (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)
Eternal Moment [two-person exhibition] (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2007

Warehouse Exhibition (Gallery KITAI/Tokyo)

2006

Reimported Japanese Art Exhibition (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)
Sumi Art Mirai Exhibition (Nara City Museum of Art / Nara)
Japanese Art Exhibition (Koksijde City Hall / Koksijde)
Exhibition Celebrating the Publication of ART UNION JAPAN vol.5 (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2004

Bokko Exhibition (Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2002

Japanese Art Exhibition (Koksijde City Hall / Koksijde)

2024

Kunst RAI / Art Amsterdam, Solo Show (RAI Amsterdam / Amsterdam / The Netherlands)
ART FAIR TOKYO,Solo Show (Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo / Japan)

2023

Drawing Now Art Fair Paris, Solo Show (Carreau du Temple, Paris 3rd / Paris / France)

2020

London Art Fair, Solo Show (Business Design Centre / London / UK)

2019

Draw Art Fair, Solo Show (Saatchi Gallery / London / UK)

2018

Drawing Room Madrid, Solo Show (CÍRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES / Madrid / Spain)

2017

Art on paper, Solo Show (BOZAR / Brussels / Belgium)

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