Akihiko
Sugiura

EXHIBITIONS 2018 Solo Exhibition, Niche Gallery, Tokyo2017　 Group Exhibition, Shell Art Award Exhibition, Tokyo2017　 Group Exhibition Art Olympia( International competition) Exhibition, Tokyo
EDUCATIONB.A. in Business Administration, Yokohama National University, Japan 2005
EXPERIENCE2015-　 Artist2005-2015　Employee of an audit company
Artist StatementMonet tried to express visible light, and Gerhard Richter tried to express Schein as pure light.The work of Akihiko Sugirua is a mirror reflecting the viewers themselves because the interpretation differs with different viewers, that is, it is like a changing light depending on different occasions.Although you can see human figure and carpets which represent daily life in his work, they are only roles as a trigger for viewers’ imagination.In his work there are mixed elements and that represents the true world.Viewers interprets the work as they like. There is no correct answer, no wrong answer.And it means that there is not any meaning in his work, and that there is any hidden meaning in there.It depends on interpretation of each person, and it is fine.Though works urge viewers to imagine, there is no absolute answer in the end of the imagination.Chaos where various things are mixed can be seen in primitive human’s world view and it can be also seen in this modern society where information and diversity is flooding.It is no longer possible for humans to conquer them, it is only possible to live by adjusting them well while accepting even unnecessary things.In this way we can solve the problems arising from diversity and uncertainty of this modern society.In his work he also coordinates the diverse elements well and concentrates them in one work.In addition, by describing various elements such as various emotions, substances, unnecessary things at the same time in one human, as a result, "expressionistic cubism" or " expressionistic surrealism" appear.Also, the figures drawn in his work are only triggers of imagination, so they are representation of abstract figures or the world.