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1982年生まれ。北海道出身。2007年多摩美術大学生産デザイン学科テキスタイルデザイン専攻卒業。
テキスタイルの技法を背景に、染色とインスタレーションを駆使し、生命、消費、廃棄といったテーマからインスピレーションを得ています。まだ確立されていない素材や手法を積極的に取り入れ、極めて実験的なアプローチを行っています。身近な素材を使うことで、誰もがその力強さを直感的に感じ、深く共鳴できるようにしています。染め作品を通じて色彩の変化を追求し、その中に埋め込まれた化学的現象を解き明かします。テクスチャーの変化と化学的作用が交錯することで、新たな表現が生まれ、視覚的、触覚的に強烈な印象を与えることを目指しています。染めという表現手法は、染料だけでなくシミや汚れなど様々な物によって描くことが可能であり、これにより人間の根本的な存在を映し出すと考えています。それらの表現を深く掘り下げ、物質と感覚の境界を越えた作品の制作を試みています。
Born in Japan. Graduated from Tama Art University in 2007 with a degree in textile design from the Department of Production Design.
Naoya Watabe is an artist based in Tokyo. With a background in textile techniques, he skillfully combines dyeing and installations, drawing inspiration from themes such as life, consumption, and waste. He actively incorporates materials and methods that are not yet well-established, adopting a highly experimental approach. By using familiar materials, he aims to make their powerful presence intuitively felt, allowing viewers to deeply resonate with them. Through his dyed works, he explores the changes in color and uncovers the chemical phenomena embedded within. The intersection of texture changes and chemical reactions generates new expressions, aiming to leave a strong visual and tactile impression. Dyeing as a medium allows not only dyes but also stains and dirt, among other things, to be used for expression, which Watanabe believes can reflect the fundamental existence of humans. Therefore, he strives to delve deeply into this expression, attempting to create works that transcend the boundaries between material and sensation.
Education / Teaching
2015-2023 Assistant Professor, Fashion Textile Expression Area, Department of Art and Design Expression, Joshibi University of Art and Design
2012-2015 Reasercher, Fashion Textile Expression Area, Department of Art and Design Expression, Joshibi University of Art and Design
2007-2009 Worked for a print design company for apparel and interior design 2007 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Production Design, Textile Design Course
Selected Exhibitions
2024 The Different Kyomachibori Art Fair (Osaka/JAPAN)
Rendez-vous aux jardins (FRANCE）
2022 Island nations (U.K.)
SIGGRAPH 2022 Art Gallery (CANADA）
Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA
2021 Island nations (Kanagawa/JAPAN)
2018 Olympic &Culture(Tokyo/JAPAN)
Designing Interactive Systems 2018 (HONG KONG）
2016 Square dyeing textile (-2024)(Tokyo/JAPAN)
A hundred threads “The Future of Crafts Connected to the World”(Tokyo/JAPAN)
2014 SPIRAL Independent Creater Festival 2014 vol,15 (Tokyo/JAPAN)
2010 SPIRAL Independent Creater Festival 2010 vol,11 (Tokyo/JAPAN)
2007 MITSUBISHI JUNIOR DESIGNER AWARD 2007 Exhibition (Tokyo/JAPAN)
Awards
2024 Japan contemporaries runner-up prize "one"
2022. Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA Fukuoka Governor's Award "Sympathetic Wear"(Group work)
Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA Award of Excellence "Sympathetic Wear" (Group work)
2007 MITSUBISHI JUNIOR DESIGNER AWARD Judges' Special Award "Keep writing"
