MIWA KOMATSU

Born in Nagano in 1984. In her childhood, Komatsu had close contact with many living natures thanks to the rich natural environment: the experience of being present at their final moment led the artist to form her unique view of life and death, which linked to the peculiar style toward the beauty of death. Komatsu began copperplate engraving after entering Joshibi College of Art and Design. At the age of around 20, the work The Fourty- nineth day was appraised with its originality and it opened the way to be a professional painter.
Komatsu was appointed to the G7 Transport Ministers’ meeting at Nagano in 2016. Her works were displayed at New York in November, and the work is added to the collection of the World Trade Centre.
Starting from copperplate engraving, Komatsu has enlarged her ways of expression to acrylic paintings and even to Arita-porcelain in recent years. She has presented various works adopted themes such as death and the Gods who preside over it, holy beasts, Mononoke (supernatural beings) with strong embodiment of her performance.
In 2017, her solo exhibition at Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho recorded approximately 30,000 visitors. Over 1,000 people joined the queue and waited for more than three hours to enter the opening reception of her solo show in Taipei in December. The artist was awarded the Young Artist of the Year at the Tian Gala 2017 which was held in Beijing in January 2018.

1984年出生於日本長野縣。就讀於女子美術短期大學時，開始學習銅版畫。20歲時所創作的「四十九日」，因傑出的技巧與個性得到廣大讚賞，從此踏上藝術家之路，以優越且充滿力量的表現力，發表以掌控死亡的眾神、神獸、怪獸等為主題的作品。連續在出生地的長野縣「鐵的展示館」、「北野美術館」、「上田市立美術館」舉辦個展，2014年獻納作品給出雲大社，使自己的創作主題更加昇華。同年，與石原和幸（園藝設計師）跨界合作，在「切爾西花展（Chelsea Flower Show）」（倫敦）上展出有田燒彩繪狛犬作品，獲得了金賞殊榮，2015年榮獲大英博物館收藏。2017年於東京花園露台紀尾井町舉辦個展，觀展人數達3萬人。同年受邀擔任電影「花戰」劇中繪畫，為電玩「特拉之戰2」創作守護獸，多方面活躍於國際上。2017年底至2018年初分別於白石畫廊台北空間與香港空間展開個展，創下畫廊排隊入場參觀的紀錄。

《四十九日》2005 Copper print on paper 69.0 × 105.0 cm

《深地の龍脈》2018 Acrylic on canvas 100.0 × 278.2 cm

《鍾乳洞に響く神獣達の地鳴りと、満月の日》2018年 Acrylic on canvas 162.1×130.3 cm