MIYANAGA Koutarou

MIYANAGA Koutarou
Born 1969 in Kyoto, live in Kyoto
1992 B.A. in Fine Arts (Sculpture), Kanazawa College of Art
When creating works on the potter's wheel, I conceptualize the form two-dimensionally through its silhouette. This flat silhouette manifests as a three-dimensional form through the rotation of the wheel. The potter's wheel, which generates this rotation, is a tool that syncretizes the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional. Through this syncretism, codes such as materials and techniques are refined and presented as a "mode"—the artwork itself. In the contemporary era, I believe that treating various elements as codes, syncretizing them, and transforming them into works as a "mode" is a methodology toward the future rooted in our ancient ways of living. By presenting this practice and proposal within the exhibition, I aim to visualize it as a syncretic style.
“presence in between”. MIZUMA ART GALLERY(Tokyo), 2026
“Kobe Rokko Meet Art”, Hall of Halls Rokko(Hyogo), 2010
“Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2006”, Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art(Niigata), 2006
“Award at the Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition” Excellence Award, 2004
“The Kyoto City New Artist Award” 2007
“Kizugawa Art 2014” grand prize, 2014