Kotaro Machiyama

Japan • 1980

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Kotaro Machiyama

Painting, Just (clipping series - Be conveyed), Kotaro Machiyama

Just (clipping series - Be conveyed)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,730

Painting, Reason (clipping series - understand), Kotaro Machiyama

Reason (clipping series - understand)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 1 inch

$2,200

Painting, Enlarge, Kotaro Machiyama

Enlarge

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 60.6 x 72.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.9 x 28.6 x 1 inch

$2,200

Painting, Accumulate, Kotaro Machiyama

Accumulate

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1 inch

$1,210

Painting, Rest (clipping series - Be conveyed), Kotaro Machiyama

Rest (clipping series - Be conveyed)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,730

Painting, Half awake (clipping series - Be conveyed), Kotaro Machiyama

Half awake (clipping series - Be conveyed)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,730

Painting, Warm, Kotaro Machiyama

Warm

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 45.5 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,210

Painting, Give (clipping series - understand), Kotaro Machiyama

Give (clipping series - understand)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,200

Painting, I don't know but i know, Kotaro Machiyama

I don't know but i know

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 100 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.6 x 0 inch

$4,020

Painting, Which, Kotaro Machiyama

Which

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 145.5 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 57.3 x 38.2 x 0 inch

$7,100

Painting, Give a glimpse, Kotaro Machiyama

Give a glimpse

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 97 x 145.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.3 x 0 inch

$7,100

Painting, Power, Kotaro Machiyama

Power

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 97 x 145.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.3 x 0 inch

$7,100

Painting, Name, Kotaro Machiyama

Name

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 97 x 145.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.3 x 0 inch

$7,100

Painting, Be, Kotaro Machiyama

Be

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 145.5 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 57.3 x 38.2 x 0 inch

Sold

Painting, Close, Kotaro Machiyama

Close

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 145.5 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 57.3 x 38.2 x 0 inch

Sold

Painting, Leave, Kotaro Machiyama

Leave

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 91 x 65.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.8 x 25.7 x 0 inch

Sold

Kotaro Machiyama

Kotaro Machiyama

He flatten the two-dimensional vision that humans lose during the process of growth, based on real landscapes

Biography

- Artist Statement

Shifting Consciousness.

I explore the causes of my attraction to an object, and then create a work of art using the shapes and colors I find as a result.

The abstract works, shaved down and simplified, pose questions to the viewer.

These questions prompt the viewer to think, and even if only slightly, to move their consciousness away from the situation of “now".

This is to enjoy "thinking" itself.

It is similar to the feeling of living in an "extraordinary" world; a world other than reality, such as the same feeling when you go to the movies or travel.

In ancient Japan, festivals and Sake were prepared for the "Hare" (extraordinary) days to get rid of the “Kegare" (bad things) accumulated in daily life and to gain vitality.

However, the glamour of the festivals and the Sake that had been part of the "Hare" (extraordinary) days became part of the daily life. Therefor, the "Kegare" (bad things) could no longer be removed.

Shifting consciousness becomes a tool to enter to the "Hare" (extraordinary) days in its original meaning.

- CV

2011 Setu・Mode Seminar graduation. 

2004 Tokyo Zokei University of Art and design subject dye major graduation

-Prizes

2017

J-WAVE TIME TABLE- Grand prize- Tokyo, Japan

2017

Rise Art Prize - Nominated- United Kingdom

2011

Graphic Design in Japan 2011 - Nominated- Tokyo, Japan

2011

Tokyo TDC 2011 - Nominated- Tokyo, Japan

2011

The six time “Daikokuya contemporary art award" - Nominated- Tochigi, Japan

2011

Sapporo Pre-Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition 2011 International Art-Proposal Competition - Nominated- Sapporo, Japan

2009

The third time "VISUAL ART AWARD BY INTERNATIONAL ART & DESIGN COLLEGE"- Mariko Abe award winning- Hukusima, Japan

-Solo exhibitions

2020

WAKARANAI MONO GA SUKI in Osaka / arflex osaka - Osaka, Japan

2020

WAKARANAI MONO GA SUKI in Tokyo / arflex tamagawa - Tokyo, Japan

-Group exhibitions

2021

#SHAPEOFTHENEW" / CasildART - Online, United Kingdom

2020

Summer Tracks / Programa Taide - Online, Spain

2018

OBSERVER BIAS / THE blank GALLERY - Tokyo, Japan

2014

ASYAAF 2014 / Seoul - Seoul, South Korea

2011

The six time “Daikokuya contemporary art award" / Daikokuya - Tochigi, Japan

2009

"The third time VISUAL ART AWARD BY INTERNATIONAL ART & DESIGN COLLEGE" Winning exhibition,[Bikkuai] 6F citizens gallery / [Bikkuai] 6F citizens gallery - Hukusima, Japan

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What is Kotaro Machiyama’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Colorful Geometric Painters, Swathes of Color
When was Kotaro Machiyama born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1980