作者簡介
奈良美智
1959年在日本青森縣弘前市出生。1987年,於愛知縣立藝術大學取得碩士學位。翌年,留學德國杜塞道夫藝術學院 (國立藝術學院),師承A.R.Penck,並取得「大師學生 (Meisterschüler)」頭銜。1994至2000年間,於科隆定居工作,期間曾於1998年到美國加州大學(洛杉磯分校)擔任客席教授,為時三個月。2000年回到日本,並在東京定居工作,後於2005年移居栃木縣。
從畫作和素描,到玻璃纖維、陶瓷、青銅等立體作品,以至大型裝置,奈良美智透過描繪小孩和動物,創作出使人印象深刻、耐人尋思生命意義的作品。
Yoshitomo Nara was born in 1959 and raised in Hirosaki, a small town in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. He acquired his Master’s Degree at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in 1987 and moved to Germany to study at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (State Academy of Arts) in 1988. Under A.R. Penck, Nara attained the title “Meisterschüler” (master pupil) and proceeded to work in Cologne from 1994 to 2000. In 1998, Nara taught at the University of California, Los Angeles for three months as a guest professor. The artist returned to Japan in 2000, initially working in Tokyo before moving to Tohigi in 2005.
Working in multiple art forms, including painting, drawing, sculpture in ceramic, bronze and fiber-reinforced plastic, and large-scale installations, Nara uses depictions of children and animals to convey his interpretation of life.