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Madoka Naito
内藤円(ないとうまどか)

幼い頃から身近にあったガジュマルをはじめとして、
自然の力強いエネルギーや創造性、包容力に惹かれる。
ネパール、アラスカ、カナダで暮らし、多様な価値観に触れる。
道の過程で、「正解」「不正解」ではなく「違い」が存在すること、
真理は外側にあるのではなく、自らの中に見出せるものと気づく。
生命の本質、その美しさや愛おしさ、混沌や調和を抱擁し、
自然としての人間、その生来の創造性や独自性を祝う。

略歴
2023 「生命・光る」個展、Chabitan Art Space (沖縄)
2023 「Shapes of Nature」選抜展、Galleria Spazio Opera, Matera (イタリア)
2023 「Assonanze」選抜展、Galleria De Marchi, Bologna (イタリア)
2022 「波間に光る、」個展、KuruKuru、別府(大分)
2022 「本当の豊かさと対話」個展、ニューヨーク各所 - セントラルパーク、ハイライン等(アメリカ)
2022 「Love in Multiple Forms」選抜展、Agora Gallery, Chelsea NY(アメリカ)
2022 「Little treasures」選抜展、Galleria De Marchi, Bologna(イタリア)
2022 「風がふく」個展、高千穂マアルヤ(宮崎)
2022 「風がふく」個展、銀座屋上ギャラリー枝香庵(東京)
2021 「本当の豊かさと対話」個展(オンライン)
2021 「本当の豊かさと対話」個展、Tokyo International Art Fair 2021、Belle Salle六本木(東京)
2021 「echo-ann Summer Festa 2021」銀座屋上ギャラリー枝香庵(東京)
2021 「Borderless - アートがサカイをこえていく」Hiltopia Artsquare (東京)
2020 「time」アートとショコラのコラボ展、渋谷ギャラリーOak Cube(東京)
2020 「Circle - 繋がっている」個展、Rigna Terrace Tokyo(東京)
2020 「声 - voice」二人展、Nagatacho Grid(東京)
2020 「アートのるつぼ展」ego - Art and Entertainment Gallery(東京)
2020 「Stories」Gallery Iro(東京)
2014 「BFA Graduate Show」Owens Art Gallery(カナダ)
2014 「WUSC Shine a Light Art Auction, donation for fundraising」Struts Gallery(カナダ)
2013 「(DIS) COMFORT」 19 Bridge St.(カナダ)
アーティストインレジデンス
2022-2023 ELSI Science-Art Collaborative Project, 地球生命研究所・東京工業大学
2022 若狭湾(福井)
2021 Château d'Orquevaux, シャンパーニュ=アルデンヌ(フランス)
ワークショップ
2023 「Time and Your Own Universe」地球生命研究所 (ELSI), 東京工業大学
2022「表現と創造」若狭湾の子どもたちと(福井)
2019 「Freedom of Perception and Representation」AmerAsian School in Okinawa(沖縄)
コミッション
2022  高千穂マアルヤ、ロゴデザイン(宮崎)
2021  池見優、EPジャケットデザイン(宮崎)
2021  GAJYUMARU沖縄をつなげる教育NPO、ロゴデザイン(沖縄)
2014  プライベートコミッション、油彩画(イタリア)
受賞
2023  Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize, Contemporary Art Collectors


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Artist Biography
Madoka Naito was raised on the tropical island of Okinawa surrounded by the ocean, waves, and banyan trees. She explores humans' innate creativity and uniqueness as nature, while celebrating life as a whole universe. Through her experience of living in different places such as Nepal, Alaska, and Canada, she came to know that right or wrong does not exist but it’s difference that exists, and that truth can only be found within oneself.​ As she creates her work, she often uses whatever she finds around her, while absorbing both her visible and invisible surroundings, be they twigs, animals, leaves, or the permeating energy of the natural space. Her art conveys the idea that the ephemera valued by human society ceases to exist in the natural world. Her works embrace the organic flow of life, chaos and harmony, while reflecting a fundamental truth she acquired during her travels: as beings of nature, all humans are fundamentally the same, yet each of us is entirely unique.
Exhibitions:
2023 Light of Life, solo exhibition, Chabitan Art Space, Okinawa, Japan
2023 Assonanze, collective exhibition, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2023 Shapes of Nature, collective exhibition, Galleria Spazio Opera, Matera, Italy
2022 Shine Between the Waves, solo exhibition, KuruKuru, Beppu, Oita, Japan
2022 True Abundance and Dialogue, solo exhibition, NYC (Central Park, High Line, etc.), USA
2022 Love in Multiple Forms, collective exhibition, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NY, USA
2022 Little Treasures, collective exhibition, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2022 Wind is Blowing, solo exhibition, Takachiho Marleya, Miyazaki, Japan
2022 Wind is Blowing, solo exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2021 True Abundance and Dialogue, solo exhibition, online
2021 True Abundance and Dialogue, solo exhibition, Tokyo International Art Fair 2021, Belle Salle Roppongi,
Tokyo, Japan
2021 echo-ann Summer Festa 2021, collective exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Borderless - Art Goes Beyond Borders, collective exhibition, Hiltopia Artsquare, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Time - collaboration of art and chocolate, solo exhibition, Oak Cube, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Circle, solo exhibition, Rigna Terrace Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Voice, two person exhibition, Nagatacho GRiD, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Art Melting Pot Exhibition, collective exhibition, ego-Art and Entertainment Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Stories, collective exhibition, Gallery Iro, Tokyo, Japan
2014 BFA Graduate Show, collective exhibition, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada
2014 WUSC, Shine a Light Art Auction, donation for fundraising, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada
2013 (DIS) COMFORT, collective exhibition, 19 Bridge St., Sackville, NB, Canada
Education:
2014 Mount Allison University Bachelor of Fine Arts, NB, Canada
Residency:
2022-2023 ELSI (Earth-Life Science Institute) Science-Art Collaborative Project, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 
2022 Wakasa Bay, Fukui, Japan
2021 Château d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne France
Workshop:
2023 Time and Your Own Universe, ELSI (Earth-Life Science Institute), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
2022 Creation and expression with the children of Wakasa Bay, Fukui, Japan
2019 Freedom of Perception and Representation, AmerAsian School In Okinawa, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan
Award:
2023 Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize, Contemporary Art Collectors