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Mina Arakaki
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan
Exhibitions (selected)
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Open Atelier
2017, 2015
Artist-in-residence
Prize and Selections
Screenings
Art Commissions (public)
Educational Degree
Contact
Copyright; Mina Arakaki 2008-2021, all rights reserved.
Artist / Painter
Since 2007 she has been exhibiting work that is inspired by experiences and discoveries
she has made of her daily life, mainly surrounding her interpretation of the interplay of dark and
light in urban areas at night. She pays attention to easily ignored, ordinary objects or scenes, and
tries to capture both her inner appreciation of those moments, but also as a way of recording larger
societal movements as well. She paints not only on canvas and paper, but also utilizes empty boxes
of food and other commercial containers, as well as paper bags, with the same sense of "drawing on
the back of flyers" she retains from her childhood. Recently she has also worked on wall paintings at
bouldering gyms, as well as collaborations with other artists.
Statement
2023
Solo exhibition / JNBY Daikanyama, Tokyo
Group exhibition / HANEDA INNOVATION CITY Square Café, Tokyo
"seeping lights" Mina Arakaki + Yuichi Higashionna / Heimlichkeit Nikai, Tokyo
"Hanako and Anne, Kinetaro and Tom Sawyer, The Illustration Exhibition", group exhibition / Ota Bunka no Mori, Tokyo
"Female Artists Showcase in Kamata", group exhibition / Gallery Minami Seisakusho, Tokyo
"Surroundings", solo exhibition / Gallery-58, Tokyo
"Follow My Path!", solo exhibition / Gallery-58, Tokyo
"Here We Live", solo exhibition / Foyer OAG Haus, Deutsches Kulturzentrum, Tokyo
"Dive Into The Affectionate Darkness", solo exhibition / Gallery-58, Tokyo
"In my daily Life, at Nights", solo exhibition / Gallery-58, Tokyo
"Lights, Windows, Darkness at Night", solo exhibition / Hasu no hana, Tokyo
"Nightview", solo exhibition / Coppice Kichijoji, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition / Golden Child Cafe, Nagoya (Aichi)
"Lights and Life", solo exhibition / Shirogane Gallery, Tokyo
"460 Exhibition", group exhibition / Nagoya Municipal Gallery Yada, Nagoya
Chiyoda Art Festival 2011 / 3331 Arts CYD
Mina Arakaki Solo Exhibiton / Ota Municipal Hall Aplico, Tokyo
"At Those Homes", solo exhibition / Bluff 111, Yokohama (Kanagawa)
"The Winners Exhibition of The 10th SICF" (at SICF 11), group exhibition / Spiral, Tokyo
New Artists 2009 / Gallery Jin, Tokyo
"Do You Know The Darkness and The Brightness On Ahead?", solo exhibition / Pithecan House, Tokyo
And more exhibitions since 2004
2023, 2022, 2021
Ota-ku Open Atelier / Ota-ku, Tokyo
(2021; with Instagram live #loveartstudioOtA organized by Ota City Cultural Promotion Association)
Tamagawa Open Atelier / Ota-ku, Tokyo
2023 Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
(with travel subsidy of "TRAVEL" by Kanzan gallery)
2013 Selected for Tokyo Wonder Wall 2013
2010 Selected for The 4th V.A.A.D. Visual Art Award
2009 Takashi Asai Prize, The 10th SICF
2008 Selected for Shell Art Award 2008
2020
"TeTo" with Foad Alijani
- 5th Make Art Not War Teaser Future Film Festival / Buenos Aires, Argentina and California, USA (online)
- Athens Digital Arts Festival 2020 / Athens, Greece (online, also at the physical event "Let's Get Phygital")
2018, 2019, 2020 Climbing wall paintings, Green Arrow Bouldering Park AEON-Funabashi / Kaihin-Makuhari / Mallage Kashiwa
Sodegaura Ekimae, Chiba / Shinkoiwa, Tokyo
2008 BFA, Department of Painting, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
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