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Akiko Yanagimoto
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- Eric Nederkoorn, 'Japanse huiselijkheid keert terug in Wall House', Dagblad van het Noorden, 5 september 2006, 18
- Eric Nederkoorn, 'Japanse kunstenares Akiko Yanagimoto woont en werkt in architectonisch hoogstandje van John Hejduk in Groningen', Dagblad van het Noorden, 3 juni 2006, 23
Akiko Yanagimoto is a visual artist who initiates
a new category "Domestic Art" related to house,
country, and daily life, and makes embroidery works based on it.
she uses word "domestic" from both meanings
of home and of own country, and it originates in sticking to
the way of handmade by using a domestic material, too.
Her embroidery makes a clear distinction from so-called embroidery
though today there is an impression that
the number of artists who use embroidery has increased.
Her work changes daily life into a mysterious view of the world
through her aspect by using familiar material that everyone knows.
As a Domestic Art project, she is making an art work
based on specific families who move to a new residential quarter in Groningen.
She actually visited to their old house to get inspiration of
the families and would put it into her art work.
The art work will be exhibited in their new house
as a souvenir of their past days and a celebration of new life.
It is a proposal that make art exist as a part of life.
This project will be shown at The Wall House#2, too.
Akiko Yanagimoto
Born in Saitama, Japan
Education
1998-2002 Tama Art University, Tokyo
2003-2005 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Group Exhibition
2005 Souvenir of Domestic Art, CBK zuidoost, Amsterdam
2004 Goud Omrand, De Nederlandshe Bank, Amsterdam
2004 POINT of VIEW-heimwee mondaal, De Vishal, Haarlem
2002 The Graduation Show, Spiral Gallery, Tokyo
Activity
2005 Fish, Restaurant eenvistweevis, Amsterdam
2005 Fish, Restaurant Kagetsu van woustr., Amsterdam
2004 Portrait Buddha, private commission, Amsterdam
2002 Space Design for Tomoko Mukaiyama’s Concert, Asahi Super dry Hall,
Tokyo