THE IRRITATED MIND OF PLANTS
Saturday, June 5, 2021–Saturday, June 26, 2021
12:00–19:00(Wednesday – Friday), 12:00–17:00(Saturday)
By appointment only on Tuesday.
We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition, The Irritated Mind of Plants, by Iwatani Yukiko, to be held from June 5 to June 26, 2021.
Iwatani’s practice involves making objects and installations using plants gathered in the vicinity of exhibition venues. These convey to visitors the vital energy of the many lifeforms surrounding us.
For the current exhibition, she converts messages from plants, gathered during the state of emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, into Morse code, and has created an installation in the gallery using seeds that move in reaction to the sounds.
THE IRRITATED MIND OF PLANTS 2021
Iwatani Yukiko
Outline
| 1958 | Born in Sapporo, Japan |
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| 1981 | B.F.A., in Japanese Painting of Musashino Art University |
| 2019 | Rokko Meets Art 2019 Grand Prix |
| Lives in Kochi, Japan | |
Solo Exhibition
| 2021 | THE IRRITATED MIND OF PLANTS. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2018 | The Irritated Mind of Plants. Gallery E, Kochi, Japan |
| 2017 | Whispers of Sleepless Plants. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2016 | From Echigotsumari</em. Hasu no hana, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | The Melancholy of the Ravenwort. Hasu no hana, Tokyo, Japan Plants. 10cm, Matsumoto, Japan |
| 2013 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. Gallery Jin, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. gallery yamahon, Iga, Japan |
| 2011 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. POLARIS The Art Stage, Kamakura, Japan |
| 2010 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. Hako / 2, Osaka , Japan |
| 2009 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. Kobo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. graffiti, Kochi, Japan |
| 2004 | Iwatani Yukiko Solo Exhibition. jurgenlehl, Fukuoka , Japan |
| 2003 | What is connected. Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1995 | Iwatani Yukiko. FAUST GALLEY, Kochi, Japan |
Group Exhibition
| 2023 | Yurakucho Window Gallery 2023 Allbirds x Iwatani Yukiko. Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2022 | Mind Trail. Yoshino Area, Tenkawa Area and Soni Area in Nara Hanarart 2022. Tenri Area, Nara, Japan |
| 2021 | Rokko Meets Art 2021. Rokko Cable Car and other venues, Kobe, Japan |
| 2020 | Plants can move. Makino Memorial Garden & Museum, Kochi, Japan |
| 2019 | Guide West. Capsule, Tokyo, Japan Rokko Meets Art 2019. Rokko Arima Rope Way and other venues, Kobe, Japan |
| 2018 | ART in Park Hotel Tokyo. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Art Osaka. Hotel Granvia, Osaka, Japan Cosmic Dance. Biwako Biennale, Omihachiman, Japan |
| 2017 | Art of Living. gallery momogusa, Tajima, Japan Moving Plants. Rønnebæksholm, Næstved, Denmark |
| 2016 | Happy frontier. 10cm, Matsumoto, Japan Insect ☆ plant. The Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, Kochi, Japan |
| 2015 | gallery’s eye. Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Universes in Universe –Echigo–. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015, Tokaichi, Japan |
| 2014 | Artist program in Megijima. Setouchi Craft Festival 2014, Takamatsu, Japan Yukiko Iwatani and SeizoTashima Exhibition. Ehontokinomi-museum, Tokaichi, Japan |
| 2010 | Winter Session 2010. Gallery Jin, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | Stone's house. Jurgenlehl, Tokyo , Japan Botanical room. The Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, Kochi, Japan |
| 2006 | Winter Momogusa-ten from Kochi. galerie momogusa, Tajimi, Japan |
| 2003 | Jin Winter Session 2003. Gallery Jin, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001 | Kaki Tree Project in Kochi. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan |
| 2000 | NO BORDER. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan |
| 1995 | In Our Hands International competition. Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya, Japan |
Public Corrections
| Næstved City, Denmark |