Madoka Naito - 内藤 円
https://www.madokanaito.com/
東京生まれ・沖縄育ち
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、包容力に惹かれながら、これまでネパールやアラスカ、カナダ、日本各所で暮らす。カナダの大学でアートを学び、卒業から数年後に作家活動を開始。以降、世界各国で展示やアーティストインレジデンスに参加する。2023年には、人類に調和をもたらすアートとして「Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize」を受賞。2024年に大分県由布市の湯平温泉に移住し、温泉を始めとした自然のエネルギーを享受しながら、アートやお菓子など、ものづくりの日々を続けている。
制作には木の枝や雨水、土、漆喰、焚き火で出た炭など、その場で出逢った物を含むあらゆるものを取り入れる。そうすることで、その場所や時、空間、人や自然のエネルギーなど、目に見えない物も作品の一部として、必然性や偶然性を持って織り込まれる。制作を通して、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・宇宙としての人間、その生来の創造性や独自性を祝う。
略歴
2025 「あおの音」個展、ギャラリー枝香庵、銀座(東京)
2025 「流れ、繋がる」個展、由布院駅アートホール(大分)
2024 「A Sense of Place」 Pyramide, JINIS(広島)
2023 「生命・光る」個展、Chabitan Art Space (沖縄)
2023 「Shapes of Nature」グループ展、Galleria Spazio Opera, Matera (イタリア)
2023 「Assonanze」グループ展、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」グループ展、Agora Gallery, Chelsea NY(アメリカ)
2022 「Little treasures」グループ展、Galleria De Marchi, Bologna(イタリア)
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、Tokyo International Art Fair 2021、Belle Salle六本木(東京)
2021 「echo-ann Summer Festa 2021」グループ展、ギャラリー枝香庵、銀座(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)
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)
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. She has lived in different places such as Nepal, Alaska, and Canada, while being enchanted by the infinite lively energies of nature. As she creates her work, she often uses whatever she finds around her, while absorbing the energies of both her visible and invisible surroundings. 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.
She has received Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize in 2023.
Her work is part of the permanent collection at Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France, where she has stayed as an artist-in-resident in 2021.
Exhibitions:
2025 Sound of Blue, solo exhibition, Gallery Echo-Ann, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2025 Flow; Connect, solo exhibition, Yufuin Station ArtHall, Oita, Japan
2024 Where the Sun is, solo exhibition, Pirica, Beppu, Oita, Japan
2024 A Sense of Place, group exhibition, Pyramide, JINIS, Hiroshima, Japan
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, 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
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
Artist 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