Motoi Yamamoto

Japan

Born in 1966, Hiroshima. Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1995. Currently residing in Kanazawa.
With memories with his late wife as well as his late sister, both of whom left this world at a young age as the main theme for his work, he has been working on installation using salt symbolizing cleansing/purification in Japan. On last day of exhibition, he destroys installation with audience and returns salt to sea. Past exhibitions include MoMA PS1, State Hermitage Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.

武蔵野美術大学大学院修了。
80年代の活動当初から鉄という素材に魅了され、溶断と溶接を繰り返しながら作品を制作している。
素材本来の硬質感や重量感、彫刻＝塊という概念からも解放され、空間を変容させていく。
“場”を深く観察し、可視、不可視に関わらずそこに存在するものを取り込み、
独自の世界を構築する。
近年は石膏、ガラスなど異素材の作品も発表。
主な受賞歴に、芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞、毎日芸術賞、中原悌二郎賞。

Born in 1966, Hiroshima. Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1995. Currently residing in Kanazawa.
With memories with his late wife as well as his late sister, both of whom left this world at a young age as the main theme for his work, he has been working on installation using salt symbolizing cleansing/purification in Japan. On last day of exhibition, he destroys installation with audience and returns salt to sea. Past exhibitions include MoMA PS1, State Hermitage Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.