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Reina Uchida "Dreams of Cro-magnon 'Where is Reina?' Shimokitazawa Arts Edition"
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Reina Uchida
Shimokitazawa Arts is pleased to announce Reina Uchida's solo exhibition, "Dreams of Cro-magnon 'Where is Reina?' Shimokitazawa Arts Edition." Uchida was born in Aichi in 1993. She graduated from Nagoya University of Arts, Western Painting Course 2 in 2017 and Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting (Oil Painting Laboratory 1) in 2019.
Immediately after Uchida enrolled in graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, her professor told her, "Throw away everything you've ever done. Start from scratch." She had no idea how to proceed with her work. Therefore, she began spending time in a pitch-black room by covering the storage room in the classroom with a black sheet.
While living in darkness, Uchida continued to struggle and wonder, "How can I create light?" Then, by making curtains on a blank wall, she came up with the idea that she could imagine a "window" in the mind that let "light" shine in, and she began making curtains. The "Dreams of Cro-Magnon" series of "Curtain" works with cave paintings as motifs were born by imagining herself in a pitch-black room with the Cro-Magnon people of the Stone Age who lived in pitch-black caves.
Furthermore, Uchida began drawing the pencil comic "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" as a view from the "window" in the "Dreams of Cro-Magnon" series. The main character is Reina, a Cro-Magnon woman who is a reflection of Uchida herself, and the story is about Reina, who loves painting and aspiring to become a cave painter. The characters are modeled after Uchida's family, friends, teachers, etc. Based on Uchida's own experiences, the story depicts Reina struggling, growing, and pursuing her own expression in a pop atmosphere. In the summer of 2023, the first volume of "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" was released by Art Diver, a publisher specializing in art, and is available at bookstores and museum shops.
This solo exhibition combines the curtain work "Dreams of Cro-Magnon," which is based on the subsequent story of Volume 1 of "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" and is connected to a landscape painting depicting the scenery that the characters in "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" are looking at. We will introduce her new works and original drawings of manga. Please enjoy the world of Reina Uchida, who continues to express her own world through curtains, oil paintings, and manga while looking at the Stone Age and modern times.
[Related Event]
Talk
Date: March 24 (Sun) 15:00-17:00
Speakers: O Jun, Kaoru Usukubo, Reina Uchida
*Please check the official website for event details.
Immediately after Uchida enrolled in graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts, her professor told her, "Throw away everything you've ever done. Start from scratch." She had no idea how to proceed with her work. Therefore, she began spending time in a pitch-black room by covering the storage room in the classroom with a black sheet.
While living in darkness, Uchida continued to struggle and wonder, "How can I create light?" Then, by making curtains on a blank wall, she came up with the idea that she could imagine a "window" in the mind that let "light" shine in, and she began making curtains. The "Dreams of Cro-Magnon" series of "Curtain" works with cave paintings as motifs were born by imagining herself in a pitch-black room with the Cro-Magnon people of the Stone Age who lived in pitch-black caves.
Furthermore, Uchida began drawing the pencil comic "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" as a view from the "window" in the "Dreams of Cro-Magnon" series. The main character is Reina, a Cro-Magnon woman who is a reflection of Uchida herself, and the story is about Reina, who loves painting and aspiring to become a cave painter. The characters are modeled after Uchida's family, friends, teachers, etc. Based on Uchida's own experiences, the story depicts Reina struggling, growing, and pursuing her own expression in a pop atmosphere. In the summer of 2023, the first volume of "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" was released by Art Diver, a publisher specializing in art, and is available at bookstores and museum shops.
This solo exhibition combines the curtain work "Dreams of Cro-Magnon," which is based on the subsequent story of Volume 1 of "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" and is connected to a landscape painting depicting the scenery that the characters in "Hajimari wa Cro-Magnon" are looking at. We will introduce her new works and original drawings of manga. Please enjoy the world of Reina Uchida, who continues to express her own world through curtains, oil paintings, and manga while looking at the Stone Age and modern times.
[Related Event]
Talk
Date: March 24 (Sun) 15:00-17:00
Speakers: O Jun, Kaoru Usukubo, Reina Uchida
*Please check the official website for event details.
Schedule | Mar 22 (Fri) 2024-Apr 7 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Mar 23 (Sat) 2024 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://shimokitazawaarts.tokyo/en/uchidareina_dreamsofcromagnon_en/ | ||||
| Venue | Shimokitazawa Arts https://shimokitazawaarts.tokyo/en/home-english/ | ||||
| Location | 1F, 1-40-9 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155-0031 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from the East exit of Shimokitazawa Station on the Odakyu Odawara or Keio Inokashira line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6804-7636 | ||||
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