| Pro Artibus Foundation | Turku 2011- European Capital of Culture |
Lieko Shiga, Irana
The exhibition presents the work of 17 artists from ten different countries.
The artists were all born in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s, and are active in a wide range of techniques: photography, sculpture, painting, installation etc. The materials employed are unconventional and include everything from light and sound to magnetic fluids and crushed glass.
The highly interesting artists presented in the exhibition has in many cases already attracted global attention, but mostly the artists and their works will be meeting a Nordic public for the first time.
Common to all the artists is an interest in seeing, perception, landscape and use of materials. A pervasive theme was the link between seeing and understanding, between the eye and the world. Several works touch too on the giddy - dizziness, visual disorders and hallucinations.
Sachiko Kodama is born in 1970 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University. Completed both the Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. In recent years, she has produced interactive works with digital equipment and new materials to explore the theoretical and practical aspects of media art.
http://www.kodama.hc.uec.ac.jp/
Minako Takeno is born in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. Majored in graphic design in the Faculty of Art and Design at Tama Art University. Completed the Master's Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. While at the university, Takeno began producing works based on the theme of invisible forces such as gravity and magnetism.
Lieko Shiga is born in 1980 in Aichi prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate at Chelsea University of Art and Design / BA Fine Art New Media, London, UK. She has had several solo shows in Japan, and also in France and Norway. In 2009 she got the Infinity Award / Young Photographer at the International Center of Photography in NewYork, United States of America.
http://www.liekoshiga.com
