Aki Takahashi

Aki Takahashi was born in Aichi Prefecture,and greatly influenced by her father’s love of Buddhist paintings.Growing up looking at beautiful and cosmic Buddhist paintings from an early age nurtured in her an appreciation of nature as well as a sense of color,and these became the foundation from which Aki grew close to painting.
After graduating from high school where her course of studies was focused on design,she became experienced in pottery and porcelain painting,and in sign art using oil pastels.Then,from a solo exhibition in 2016,Aki began to make acrylic paintings.The motifs of Aki’s art include the scent of the wind,the sound of the rain striking the trees’leaves,breathing and gaze,the flow of time,boundaries,etc.Texture that has a sense of transparency becomes the symbol,and draws and weaves like tapestries things we cannot see.Also,from the experience of caring for her parents,Aki learned that art affects the care of patients and their families,and relieves pain of the mind and body.

Aki thinks of things that are before “sayonara” – the goodbyes said when we will not see each other before the turn of some metaphorical page – and these things she holds snuggled up to her heart,and then she needs to draw.Aki believes that when art and care meet,they are freed from various constraints,and that then regeneration and creation begin.Aki’s dream is to create a place to feel pain and sadness together.

愛知県に生まれる。仏画を愛する父親に大きな影響を受けた。幼い頃から美しく宇宙的な仏画を観て育ったことは、自然と色彩感覚を育み、絵に親しむ土台となった。
高校のデザイン課程を卒業後、陶器の絵付けやオイルパステルを使った看板アートを経験。2016年の個展からアクリル画で制作を始める。モチーフは、風が渡る匂いや木々の葉を叩く雨の音、呼吸や視線、時の流れや境界線など。透明感のあるテクスチャーがそのシンボルとなり、視えないものをタペストリーのように織り込んで描く。
また、両親を介護した経験から、アートが患者やその家族のケアに影響を与え、心と身体の痛みを和らげると知った。

さよならの先にあるものを思い、こころに寄り添うことを留め置いて描いている。アートとケアが出会うとき、様々な制約から解放されて、再生し創造が始まると信じ、痛みや悲しみを共に感じる場をつくることが夢だ。