Syoh.Sano and Masaki TANI two-person exhibition
“Zoe ❘ Logos”
2024.12.17tue – 12.25wed 11:00～18:00
Concept
and Logos for Masateru Tani, who has expressed his work alongside creative theory through the properties of materials and traces of actions.
Author talk event
2024.12.22.sun 13:00-14:00
Syoh.Sano
1991 Born in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture
2016 Shizuoka University Graduate School of Education Department of Art Education, Art Production Theory Completion
While working as a painter, I also create conceptual performances and murals.
Current theme of expression: “Going back and forth between action and result, searching for what was not found.”
At the event, they demonstrated “Nigao Chindon-ya,” an impromptu drawing of face drawings while walking around the parade.
Activity history
〈2023〉
August “Shiyabotenfuwari” Exhibition（Galleria Punto in Kakogawa,Hyogo）
〈2022〉
March “OTSUJIGATAKI” Creation of a mural of approximately 5m x 15m（Tamagawa Village Photo Spot Project）
August “Wonderful world” Exhibition（Galleria Punto in Kakogawa,Hyogo）
November “Country life” Created a mural at the entrance to Tamagawa Village Community Center（Tamagawa Village Photo Spot Project）
〈2021〉
“Jomon DNA Exhibition – Piece of a flower” (Fujinomiya)
〈2020〉
Syoh.Sano Exhibition “Wonderful world” (Atelier techi in Yoshiwara,Fuji)
〈2019〉
November “Yaizu Art Line” Murahiro Stationery Store, Showa Street Painting a door (Yaizu)
December Syoh.Sano Exhibition “Blooming at the Crossroads” (Space Wazo in Nonaka, Fujinomiya)
〈2018〉
October “Sano and Kondo Exhibition” (Rental space rusu in Meguro,Tokyo)
〈2015〉
June Solo exhibition “raining” (Ema gallery in fujieda)
June Solo exhibition “cry out” (Kinza Botanicain Togiyacho, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City)
〈2014〉
March Emerging Artists Exhibition Excellence Award “calling”
May “Young Artist in SHIZUOKA Exhibition” (RYU GALLERY in Fujinomiya)
May Exhibited at “Momokuriten” (Fuji Rose Theater)
May “I will draw your portrait” performance. Drawing “unidentical portraits” (Held at Shimizu Marine Park “Shizuoka x Cannes Week”)
Since then, he has started performing face-to-face at events.
June Hair salon K☆HAPPY “ART at Yellow Passion Exhibition” (Gallery YellowPassion in Yaizu)
〈2013〉
April Two-person exhibition “Sano Sho and Tani Masaki Exhibition” (Fuji Art Village)
June Solo exhibition “Mr. H collection exhibition” (Kinza Botanica)
August Solo exhibition “impulse” (Gallery SUN)
September Exhibiting at Gotemba Art Craft Fair
October Enshu Yokosuka Small Culture Exhibition,Solo exhibition “Live Drawing”
November Numazu City Arts Festival selected in the watercolor category
November Solo exhibition “impulse2” (Ootaki Art＆Design)
December Student art festival Exhibition “conflict” 3000×3000mm (Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art)
〈2012〉
Jury Numazu Art Shopping Street,Emerging Artists Exhibition award “pregnant”
〈2011〉
November First solo exhibition “Donxas Exhibition” (Gallery E-SPACE in Numazu)
〈2009〉
Enshu Yokosuka Small Culture Exhibition Participation・Exhibition
Irregularly exhibit at the “Small Art Exhibition” held once every three months (Rental Darkroom & Gallery Toriko in Shizuoka,Aoi Ward,Kita-kaido)
Statement
During a work break. In the corner of a desk. Under the title “Zoe and Logos,” I once again asked myself what kind of expression the painter Hiroto Sano expects from me.
What picture did you want to see? Suddenly, the keywords that had stuck in my mind – “majesty” and “divine” – began to emerge from beneath the dust.
Search for the meaning of the word. Solemn, magnificent, splendid.
So what does “solemn” mean? A stately and solemn appearance. Imposing. Majestic.
So what is the “brilliance” that is connected to divinity? Glittering and beautiful.
As I go about my daily life, I aspire to create paintings that blend into that everyday life. That’s not a bad thing. Isn’t it precisely from our everyday lives that we find love?
So what can art do? What can I create in the miniature garden that I create with my own hands?
“I always end up forgetting important things.” – The opening words of the 2011 solo exhibition. I picked up the book and opened it up to see the records of the past.
Isn’t that okay? Even if there is a sanctuary inside the work. Even if it’s a delusion. What makes you decide that “you” ran away?
“I” have to protect the timid “you”.
It’s okay. Life is a jumble of scary and fun things.
That’s why let’s leave the passage between you and me with solemnity.
That’s what my work can do.
Masaki TANI
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
From 2012 to 2017, he worked in Shizuoka and served as an instructor in the practical room at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.
In 2018, he joined the PixCell production team at SANDWICH in Kyoto, where he worked as an assistant in the production of artworks.
The company is currently based in Kobe and operates after-school day care services focusing on physical therapy and artistic therapy.
Based on his unique production theory, “Support Theory,” he expresses himself across a number of media, including sculpture, flat art, video, and performance.
Representative of Bambrook LLC. Executive of Angel Smile Co., Ltd.
Activity history
〈2024〉
“ERGENCE DES MATIÈRES7” Exhibited works in the collection (Paris-Galerie Akié Arichi)
“10th Geoje International Art Festival” Exhibited works in the collection (Korea-Yugyeong Museum of Art)
“Masaki TANI solo exhibition -Graviternal-” Exhibited works in the collection (Osaka-MI gallery)
“Flower Art Show Case Award 2024” Excellence Award Winner (Tokyo-Tokyo Midtown)
“Link exhibition” (Kyoto-Kyocera Museum of Art)
〈2023〉
“Young Creators Award 2023” Grand Prize Winner (Osaka-MI gallery)
“UNKNOWN ASIA 2023 Jury” Award Winner (Osaka-Grand front osaka)
“Art Shopping MI Gallery” Exhibition (France-Carrousel du Louvre)
“Kachu exhibition”（Kyoto-Gallery attached to Saga University of Arts）
“Masaki TANI solo exhibition -syncasync-“（Hyogo-Gallery Bricolage）
〈2022〉
“Any Kobe with Arts” Trophy request production
“Any Kobe with Arts” Guest Artist（Hyogo）
〈2021〉
“Kakegawa cha ennale 2020+1” Guest Artist（Shizuoka）
“MI gallery works in the collection”（Osaka)
Statement
I base my work on the concepts of “space” and “support theory.”
Ma is used in a variety of ways to express the physical distance or empty space between things, the time gap (rhythm or tempo) between two consecutive things, and a spiritual connection, such as the regulation of communication between hearts.
My use of “ma” includes all of these elements and refers in a holistic sense to something that “synchronizes you with the subject” and acts as “something that influences the perceptual awareness of the subject.”
For example, the perceptual recognition of “seeing” is achieved by knowing that “there is an apple in front of me” through the light that travels back and forth between the object and itself.
“Maai” means that an entity with agency (me) feels this through concrete, physical actions that recognize and attempt to control the “ma.”
The philosophy that considers the “existence of something that synchronizes” mentioned above is my “support theory.” A support is something like the material of a painting, such as paper or a panel.
At the same time, it can be said to exist as something that synchronizes (allows the viewer to understand) the essence of art (the invisible).
The theory of supports states that from a macro perspective, everything – people, things, worldly phenomena, and souls – exists in a provisional state as a support, while from a micro perspective, everything exists perfectly in its true state.
