Takaaki MANO

Painter

Raised in Shiga prefecture by an art teacher father and a musician mother,Takaaki Mano spent his early years in an atmosphere teeming with philosophy and creativity.As a boy he devoted himself to sports and academics,and was particularly fond of Chinese philosophy and nature.At age 10 his school took him on a class trip to Europe,where he was indelibly affected by the architectural grandeur of Florence and an encounter with Pablo Picasso’s“Guernica”at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.After graduating high school he began consorting with a range of artists and musicians,and at age 19 he set off on a journey across Asia.
Far off in Nepal,he had a religious experience that culminated in a spiritual awakening but caused him to lose touch with reality and lapse into emotional disarray
By age 25 he had fallen into a severe state of depression,and continues to receive treatment to this day,while expressing himself through a wide range of media,including acrylic painting,photography,essays,and fiction.
He sees life as a work of art in and of itself,and views our day to day existence as a creative process.To Takaaki,creating paintings and other art is an inherent human behavior,right along with eating and sleeping.
When he creates a painting,he feels as if he’s absorbing the energy of the universe with every inch of his being.Clearing his mind of all thoughts,he defers to his physical impulses and allows himself paint automatically.
In this state,he taps into an alternate,metaphysical plane of existence,and records this sensory overload in paintings that sear with vivid color.He uses art as a tool for corralling unknown varieties of energy and hauling them into the terrestrial world,as a means harnessing light,and as a way of increasing our planet’s energetic undulations while giving people a sense of hope.The result is newfound paradise on earth.
眞野丘秋は滋賀県の高校の美術教師である父と、音楽家の母のもとに生まれ、幼い頃から芸術や哲学に囲まれた環境で育った。少年期は勉学やスポーツに熱心に励み、中国の思想書や自然をこよなく愛した。10歳の時に家族旅行で訪れたイタリア・フィレンツェの建築美術や、スペイン・マドリードの美術館で観たピカソの「ゲルニカ」は、幼い彼に強烈な印象を残した。
高校卒業後、彼は様々なジャンルのミュージシャンやアーティスト達と交流し、19歳でアジア各地へ放浪の旅に出た。
彼は旅先のネパールで神秘体験を経験し、意識が覚醒したが、そのことによって現実社会との接点を失い、次第に精神のバランスを失うようになった。
彼は25歳の時に重度のうつ病を発症し、現在まで治療を続けながらアート活動をしている。
彼のアートはアクリル画をメインにして、写真、エッセイ、小説など、幅広い表現を展開している。彼は人生そのものを一つの作品として捉えており、日常生活そのものが制作のプロセスである。彼にとって絵画などのアート作品の制作は、食べたり寝たりすることと同じく、ごく自然な行為である。彼は絵画を制作する際、全身で宇宙のエネルギーを掴み取り、頭を空にした状態で、肉体の欲求に従い、自動描画で行う。彼の意識は霊的世界と繋がっており、生み出される作品は強烈な色彩を放つ。彼はアートを通して地球上にはまだ存在していない未知のエネルギーを地上に降ろし、光を定着させ、人びとに希望を与えると同時に地球の波動を上昇させる。その結果として、地上に新たな楽園が創造されるだろう。

Past Exhibitions

-JCAT New York SOLO Exhibition in December 2021
-JCAT New York SOLO Exhibition in August 2021

Live Your Dream

I was born in an area in Japan called Shiga Prefecture, which is a nature-rich country town.

I was born in an area in Japan called Shiga Prefecture, which is a nature-rich country town. My grandfather was fond of poetry, literature, and philosophy. My father was an art teacher at a high school, and while he taught art, he continued to pursue his professional field of Japanese painting. My mother was a vocalist and…..Read More