CHIKA OHGI Born 1960
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Originally trained in print, Ohgi became interested in the nature of paper and its fibres and, eventually, in the making of it. Her works are constructed from paper that she has made herself from kozo, ganpi, cotton and ramie. The unitary method of construction she uses enables her to cover large areas; ‘Walking Around The lake’ comprises 60 pieces. The 5 towers of paper ‘Water Pillar’, each nearly 6 metres high, are also constructed from a modular system. The final installation is already in her mind as she makes the paper, the space, and the work within the space take on equal value becoming one integrated whole.
Studied
- Seian Women's College, Kyoto 1982
- Kyoto Seika University 1997
Awards
- 1994 Kyoto Art Crafts Biennale - Excellent Prize
- 1996 The 4th Internatonal Betonac Prize: Fibre Arts - Grand Prix
Recent Exhibitions Include
Solo
- 1995 Shoe Gallery Ota, Hyogo
- 1997 Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto X-port, Axis, Tokyo
- 1998 Canberra Museum * Gallery, Australia
- Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
- Exhibition Space, Tokyo International Forum
- 1999 Hirakata Municipal Gotenyama Art Centre, Osaka
Group
- 1995 The World of Paper, National Museum of Art, Osaka
- 1996 Paper Art Fashion, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- 4th International Betonac Exhibition, Cultural Centre de Bogaard, Belgium
- 1997 Shiga Annual 'Paper Work/The Repro-Action of Form', Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
- 1998 Imginations '98' Gastuiskapel, Poperinge, Belgium
- 1999 SOFA '99 NYC, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA
- 2000 The Memories of Algae, Rias Ark Museum, Miyagi Prefecture
- Emerging Images: Contemporary Expression through Japapnese Hand-made Paper, Mitaka City Arts Centre
- Also 1992 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland Public Collections Rias Ark Museum, Miyagi
Category of work
- Installation
Materials
- Ganpi, kozo, cotton, rami [top]
