Eri Morimoto was born in 1978 in Osaka and still works in the same prefecture.
She graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Department of Oil Painting in 2001, and received the Mayor’s Prize at Kyo-ten (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) in the same year. In 2003, Morimoto completed the graduate program of Kyoto City University of Arts with a major in oil painting and was selected for the “VOCA 2008” competition, a stepping stone to success for young artists. She has attracted attention from her early career and has been highly acclaimed by collectors in Japan and abroad in recent years.
“I know,” “I can see,” “I want to make, but I can’t,” “I want to reach, but I can’t,” but they surely exist. In order to approach such an image in her mind, Morimoto relives and deconstructs the beauty in the natural world according to her own rules, and creates works as a “place” that has no center on canvas, paper, or surface: her place of residence. In her drawing series, Morimoto divides the colors found in nature and draws countless beaded grains of color, trying to find the beauty of the seemingly irregular in the regular, which represents the comfort in her image that she knows there is no answer when she pushes it.
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Works
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Titleleft："contour map # pine tree (dusk)- memo"left/center："contour map # pine tree (early afternoon)- memo"ringht center："contour map # pine tree (dusk)"right："contour map # pine tree (early afternoon)"Sizeleft each：51.5×72.8cm, right each：72.8×103cmYear2020MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint -
Title"contour map # coast"Size72.8×103cmYear2020MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint -
Titleleft:"contour map #lagoon／turquoiseⅣ - memo” right:"ontour map #lagoon／turquoiseⅣ "Sizeleft：42× 29.7cm, right：80.2×80.2cmYear2013MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint -
Title"contour map # cauliflower(violet)"Size45.5×45.5㎝Year2023MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint
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Titleleft："contour map # pine tree (dusk)- memo"left/center："contour map # pine tree (early afternoon)- memo"ringht center："contour map # pine tree (dusk)"right："contour map # pine tree (early afternoon)"Sizeleft each：51.5×72.8cm, right each：72.8×103cmYear2020MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint
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Title"contour map # coast"Size72.8×103cmYear2020MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint
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Titleleft:"contour map #lagoon／turquoiseⅣ - memo” right:"ontour map #lagoon／turquoiseⅣ "Sizeleft：42× 29.7cm, right：80.2×80.2cmYear2013MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint
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Title"contour map # cauliflower(violet)"Size45.5×45.5㎝Year2023MediumCotton cloth on panel, acrylic paint
