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The 45th artist room was created by artist Kei Sugiyama. The production is completed on March, 2025.
Room #3426 | Completion Date: 2025.03
Upon entering the room, I was immediately struck by the large windows. I envisioned a space where each wall had a window, so I designed the layout with that idea in mind. Windows serve as a bridge between the interior and the outside world, reflecting external landscapes. In that sense, paintings share a similar role by projecting scenes from the outside world.
I wanted to create a room where different landscapes could be enjoyed by placing window frames and paintings on each wall.
In my artwork, I often depict chairs as metaphors for people. By illustrating chairs or everyday objects, I aim to indirectly evoke the presence of their owners. For this room, I painted numerous chairs on the wall opposite the actual window, arranged like a group photo. At night, I hope the reflection of the chairs in the window will create a mysterious and intriguing atmosphere.
Born in 1988 in Nara Prefecture and completed a doctoral program in Japanese painting at the Graduate School of Fine Art, Tokyo University of the Arts.
My artwork focuses on the themes of “metaphor” and “citation.” I depict chairs and interior scenes as metaphors for people. Additionally, I create artworks that reference compositions from existing portraits, deliberately omitting the figures to evoke their presence in the viewer’s imagination. Using a technique where I draw lines with crayons and thickly apply coarse mineral pigments around them, I aim to capture forms reminiscent of the earnest determination of a child-an endeavor that proves quite challenging.
2011 Enrolled in the Department of Japanese Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2015 Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Enrolled the Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in Japanese Paiting
2017 Completed the Master’s Program at Tokyo University of the Arts
Enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Japanese Painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts
2020 Completed the Doctoral Program in Japanese Painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Obtained a Ph.D. Dissertation “Absence”