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�k���u�D / Siori Kitajima


Artist Statement

Since 2002, my artworks have been focused on the deconstructive representation of women's "Ero", or women's pure eroticism.
The word "Ero" means erotic or hot in Japanese slang. It has negative and cultural meanings.
Generally, Japanese people are ashamed of erotic feelings. Using the word "Ero" is a representative of shame and neglect of women.

For me, "Ero" is something outside of a routine lifestyle, and it means women's pleasure, warmth, boldness and intelligence.
In my works, I deconstruct the medley of fantasies, rules and misunderstandings that surround women and restrictions of their experience of ecstasy.
Women should be free from these the restrictions and allowed to experience pure ecstasy.
At the moment of ecstasy, women can see strange eccentric images, feel the energy of life and understand the meaning of living things.
Matter and mind blend together and become metaphorical objects. These objects shape the mystery of life and freedom of mind.

In my works, I usually use plaster for ground base layer, and few layers of wet and dry coats of acrylic color.
Sometimes, additional layers of gold leaf is also added on the surface of the works.
I then bring life and give reality to my works by scratching "formless bodies" out of each layer.
These formless bodies have sinuous shapes and resemble plants or cells.
Their shapes will change depending on the eyes of those who are looking at it.



photo by Etsu Moriyama


Solo Exhibitions

2009 "Pleasant Thirst" at Prefectual gallery in Okinawa Prefectual Museum and Art museum, Okinawa, Japan
2009 "Pleasant Thirst" at Gallery LEDECO, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan
2009 "The Veil of Pleasure" at OPEN ART NEW YORK, Bronx, NY
2009 "fioritura" at Mangiami, Lower East Side, NY
2008 "Bedroom Landscapes" at OUCHI gallery, Brooklyn NY
2007 "Bedroom or Bathroom" at gallery LEDECO, Shibuya Tokyo
2005 "LOVEERO" at Shinjuku Ophthal Gallery, Shinjuku Tokyo
2004 "a Room" at gallery EXPO, Vienna Austria


Group Exhibitions

2009 Ouchi Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2008 ARTISTS SPACE, SoHo NY
2008 The Lennox Gallery, London UK
2008 YUME Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2008 Nigelia, Africa
2008 The 12th Art Under the Bridge Festival, DUMBO NY
2008 Schillerpalais Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 A-forest gallery, Chelsea NY
2007 A-forest gallery, Chelsea NY
2006 A-forest gallery, Chelsea NY
2005 Shinjuku Ophthal Gallery, Shinjuku Tokyo
2005 gallery FORET, Omotesando Tokyo
2004 Shinjuku Ophthal Gallery, Shinjuku Tokyo
2004 Double Happiness gallery, Aoyama Tokyo
2003 Double Happiness gallery, Aoyama Tokyo and more


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