CV

Emika Komuro

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Studio
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Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan


Biography

1989 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1991-2009 Raised to Fukuoka, Japan
2016 Graduated from the Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design of Musashino Art University, majoring in Metalwork
2016-2018 Worked as a designer for a bespoke jewellery company
2019 Began working as a jewellery artist
​2022- Began working as a part-time lecturer at Musashino Art University

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Solo Exhibitions

2023 Dessin(Nakameguro, Tokyo)
2022 gallery deux poissons(Ebisu, Tokyo)
2021 Dessin(Nakameguro, Tokyo)



Group Exhibitions and Events

2023 ART FAIR TOKYO 2023(Tokyo, Tokyo）
2022 SPIRAL/XMAS MARKET(Aoyama, Tokyo)
       Wako/Anthology2022(Ginza, Tokyo)
       CIBONE omotesando(Shibuya, Tokyo)
       Fuligo shed栄店(Nagoya, Aichi)
       ART FAIR TOKYO 2022(Tokyo, Tokyo）
2021  SPIRAL(Aoyama, Tokyo)
　　　Wako/Anthology2021(Ginza, Tokyo)
　　　Mori museum shop(Roppongi, Tokyo)
2020 Spiral Market(Aoyama, Tokyo)
　　　Wako/Anthology2020(Ginza, Tokyo)
　　　Fuligo shed(Nagoya, Aichi)
　　　design gallery 1953(Ginza, Tokyo)
　　　OUR FAVOURITE SHOP(Shirogane, Tokyo)
2019 New Jewelry Tokyo/SPIRAL(Aoyama, Tokyo)
　　　AC.GALLERY(Ginza, Tokyo)
2018 Mitsukoshi(Ginza, Tokyo)
　　　OUR FAVOURITE SHOP(Shirogane, Tokyo)
2016 Musashino Art University(Kodaira, Tokyo)
　　　AC.GALLERY(Ginza, Tokyo)
　　　SPIRAL(Aoyama, Tokyo)

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Awrd
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2018 Shirogane Gochoume Award　2ndPrize


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​I have been strongly drawn to ‘them’ since I was a child.
They are something unclear, like a spirit that only I have recognised.I can barely hear their breaths when I become one with nature and listen carefully. They seem to inhabit a world that has been untouched since before I was conscious of them.

Since I was little, I have always been surrounded by nature.In Japan, Gods are said to exist in all things, and my hometown has a number of events related to this idea.When the light or wind talks to me; when I am embraced by the darkness; when I smell the soil or grass; or when I hear a whisper of green leaves, a truly natural scene appears with joy, sorrow or other emotions and ‘them’ grows inside me.The environment in which I grew up created all sorts of ‘them’ inside me.However, I have been frustrated because I can never touch or see it.

There are days when I can’t stay who I am unless I sometimes paralyse my sensibility due to information overload.Meanwhile, ‘they’ are isolated from the chaotic information society and remain undisturbed in the untouched world.I admire them for their presence, as if I were looking longingly at shining jewels, and I spend my days hoping to be like them, whenever possible.At these times, I strongly feel they are the ones that make me who I am and that must never be forgotten.

Picking up those that I can definitely feel, I hope they will take on an existence that affirms the real nature of the wearer while resonating with nature and others.I entrust my longings to jewellery.


About the working process：
My creation begins with a drawing as if I am collecting the ‘something’ that has gathered around the place of me.I draw with a pencil or pen and use collage techniques. By using collage, it is possible to reduce the number of touches and create a picture in a purer manner.

I then make jewellery based on my drawings. My artworks are made using the traditional Japanese technique of cloisonné. 
The reason for using cloisonné is that its pieces are delicate but immutable while the beauty peculiar to glass appeals to my instinct and urges me to express. 
Furthermore, drawing is the first stage of my creative process, where cloisonné enables me to treat the glaze like paints. 
My creations are based on the traditional technique of wired cloisonné, where I carefully polish the surface to sharpen the silver wire and bring about a pattern. To achieve the best expression, I also employ some unique techniques of my own. For example, I partially apply excessive glaze or shave off the surface as part of an expression or roughen the surface for a matte finish.









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小室えみ香


アトリエ
東京・福岡


1989 東京生まれ
1991-2009 福岡で育つ
2016 武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科金工専攻卒業
2016-2018 オーダーメイドジュエリー店 デザイナー勤務
2019 独立 作家活動
2022 武蔵野美術大学 非常勤講師 着任
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福岡の自然に囲まれた土地と東京とを制作・活動の拠点とし、日本の伝統技法である七宝を主に使った工芸・ジュエリー作家として、全ての作品を作家一人で制作。
自らの原風景である土の感触や香り、木々の擦れ合う声、草むらの匂い、山に潜む動物たち、あたたかな暗闇、神社に住まう見えない何か、どこからか飛んできた種子から咲いた花たち、大地を潤す雨、遊ぶための友人だった川、そんな原風景から、直感より先にある何かを掬い取るように感じ生まれる何かをドローイングにおこし、ジュエリー作品に反映させ、永く使えるものを出来る限り自然を思いやりながら作ることを大切にし日々制作している。
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「在るのに無い。無いのに在る。
物質的にはそこに無いけれど確かにある感覚。
それは直観より先にありのままの世界をみつめる経験であり、私たち人の主観から離れて存在した変化する現象の根底をなす永遠に真なるものであると私は考えます。
決して目で捉えることができないその“何か”は、どんなものにも代えがたいほど美しく、ときめきの物体であるに違いない。そう感じ確信しています。
確かに感じているその“何か”をこの手に拾い上げ、自然や他者との共鳴やそうした美の実在の自覚につながる共通言語としてジュエリーや作品が存在し、身に着ける人自身の真なるものを肯定するような存在となることを願っています。」

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個展

2022 gallery deux poissons(恵比寿・東京）
2021 Dessin(中目黒・東京)



グループ展やイベント

2023  ART FAIR TOKYO 2023(東京・東京）
2022 SPIRAL/XMAS MARKET(青山・東京) 
       和光/Anthology2022(銀座・東京)
        CIBONE omotesando(渋谷・東京)
        Fuligo shed栄店(名古屋・愛知)
       ART FAIR TOKYO 2022(東京・東京）
2021 Spiral Market(青山・東京)
　　　和光/Anthology2021(銀座・東京)
　　  森美術館ミュージアムショップ（六本木・東京）
　　　和光(銀座・東京)
2020 Spiral Market(青山・東京)
　　　和光/Anthology2020(銀座・東京)
　　　Fuligo shed栄店(名古屋・愛知)
　　　design gallery 1953(銀座・東京)
　　　OUR FAVOURITE SHOP(白金・東京)
2019 SPIRAL/New Jewelry Tokyo(青山・東京)
　　　AC.GALLERY(銀座・東京)
2018 銀座三越(銀座・東京)
　　　OUR FAVOURITE SHOP(白金・東京)
2016 武蔵野美術大学大学美術館(小平・東京)
　　　AC.GALLERY(銀座・東京)
　　　LUCK / EARTH + gallery(木場・東京)
　　　morgenrot(青山・東京)
　　　SPIRAL(青山・東京)


Awrd

2018 白金5丁目AWARD ジュエリークラフト部門 準グランプリ

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