IWATANI Yukiko

IWATANI Yukiko
Born 1958 in Hokkaido, live in Kochi
1981 B.A.inJapanesePaintingDepartmentMusashinoArtUniversity
She regards plants as an essential form of life coexisting on Earth and creates sculptures and installations using plants collected from the areas surrounding exhibition sites. By carefully reinterpreting these materials as works of art while maximizing the preservation of the natural sensations and impressions of the plants themselves, she seeks to create spaces that allow their presence to be felt. Human beings are but one part of a larger ecosystem, sustained by countless other forms of life. Her practice is driven by the belief that it is especially important in the modern era to cultivate a sensitivity to the many presences that exist around us that often go unnoticed.
In recent years, she has expanded this approach beyond the collection of local plant life, undertaking extensive research and creating works that seek to uncover and give form to the memories embedded within a place.
Solo Exhibition“Xanthium occidentale ”, Nagi-cho Museum of Contemporary Art (Okayama), 2025
“Sleep, my dear child. A place for a good child to sleep”, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery(Kanagawa), 2024
“ Moving Plants” , the Rønnebæksholm Arts and Culture Centre (Denmark), 2017
Grand Prize, Rokko Meets Art 2019