小川千明＊銅版画作品
“I am most attracted to something invisible but that which surely exists.
It may be a sound or a smell, which reminds me of some distant memory or else
some other nuance, feeling or image which had been created through words…
Facing the plate, I carefully trace those elements and recall those distant memories. Just like weaving colours and materials of threads to create a tapestry, I want to create an images on paper using layers of colours with viscosity printing techniques*.” – Chiaki Ogawa
*Viscosity printing is a multi-colour printmaking technique that incorporates principles of relief printing and intaglio printing pioneered by Stanley William Hayter. The process uses the principle of viscosity to print multiple colours of ink from a single plate, rather than relying upon multiple plates for color separation. – wikipedia
Chiaki OGAWA
Lives in Tokyo
Education/ Training
1992 Takasaki Art Junior College (Graphic Design) , Gunma, Japan
2002-2003 Atelier Contre Point, Paris, France
Studio
1994-1996 Zabo Printing Studio, Tokyo
2004- Ega Etching Studio, Tokyo
2020- IKEBUKURO Print Studio, Tokyo
Exhibitions
2023
The 14th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Connecticut, U.S.A – Selected
Nakanosawa Museum exhibition "TSUTI", Maebashi, Gunma
Themed Exhibitions, MITSUKOSHI, Ginza, Tokyo
2022
The 5th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, New York, U.S.A – Selected
Nakanosawa Museum exhibition "HUU", Maebashi, Gunma
Solo show, O Gallery UPS, Tokyo
Exposition des Artistes d’atelier Contrepoint Paris, MITSUKOSHI, Ginza, Tokyo
2021
2021 TRACES Exhibition, Print Day in May and the California Society of Printmakers presents – Selected
Nakanosawa Museum exhibition "HIKARI", Maebashi, Gunma
2020
The 2nd TKO International Miniprint, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka – Selected
Nakanosawa Museum exhibition "MIDORI", Maebashi
CWAJ OPEN Print Art Gallery
2019
The 35th Gunma Print exhibition, Takasaki, Gunma
Group exhibition"GIFT" Gallery ART G, Takasaki
The 12th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Connecticut, U.S.A – Selected
The 4th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, New York, U.S.A – Selected
2016
The 32th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
The10th Print Biennial in Madokapia, Fukuoka – Selected
Group exhibition, O Gallery, Tokyo
2015
Group exhibition"ENcounter", Brisbane, Australia
Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo – Selected
Group exhibition"2016 calendar original printworks exhibition" Gallery ART G, Takasaki
2014
The 30th Gunma Print exhibition, Takasaki
The 34th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain – Finalist
2013
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2013, Tokushima – Selected
The 29th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
The 81th Exhibition of Japan Art Print Association, Tokyo – Selected
Solo show, Gallery ART G, Takasaki
Nakanosawa Museum exhibition, Maebashi
2011
The 27th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
2010
Solo show, Gallery ART G, Takasaki
The 55th CWAJ Japanese Contemporary Prints, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo – Selected
The 26th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
2009
Solo show, Gallery ART G, Takasaki
The 77th Exhibition of Japan Art Print Association, Tokyo – Selected
The 25th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
2008
The 7th Lessedra World Art Mini Print, Bulgaria – Selected
The 76th Exhibition of Japan Art Print Association, Tokyo – Selected
The 24th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
2007
The 75th Exhibition of Japan Art Print Association, Tokyo – Selected
The 23th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki,
The 52th CWAJ Japanese Contemporary Prints, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo – Selected
Solo show, O Gallery UPS, Tokyo
Solo show, Gallery ART G, Takasaki
2006
The 74th Exhibition of Japan Art Print Association, Tokyo – Selected
The 51th CWAJ Japanese Contemporary Prints, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo – Selected
The 22th Gunma Print Exhibition, Takasaki
2005
Solo show, Gallery house Maya, Tokyo
The 5th International Mini-Print Biennial cluj-2005, Romania – Selected
2004
The 4th Print Biennial in Madokapia, Fukuoka – Selected
Group exhibition "Regards sur japon", Paris, France
Collection : Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo