Yota Kuki

Country where you live:

Japan

City where you live:

nakano

Website:

https://bismuthy.com

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/bismuthy/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/yo__ta/

Statement :

The artist is heavily influenced by been born and living in Japan. This can be seen in most recurrent images of Japanese traditional culture (like the koi fish for example). The artist describe themselves as not only rooted in relation with Japan's isolationist past, but also on the author own experience living with Autism Spectrum Disorder and until preadolescence the author personal "environment-dictated isolation, drawing". The author created from these experiences an interesting and varied imaginary world. This imaginary world is inhabited by a diverse range of creatures. Some creatures are male, some female, some neither, some demons and some spirits most of them part of Japanese folklore. The pigeon unable to fly, the swaying phantom fish unable to swim, the skull bones hiding our real self. The entwined vines connecting the author emotions to the unsolvable microcosm, the author personal heaven.

The draw technique is interesting and manga like, using highly detailed stipple art. The strong red color that can often be seen the author art is the expression of the author heart and passion.

The author art takes life on the medium, creating phantasmatic details.

Covering emotions (重情の蓋)

It covers the thoughts of heavy feelings that continue after birth. Live as if it were never read.

Amabie (アマビヱ)

Amabie is a legendary Japanese monster. The first record of an amabie appearance come from an old Japanese book in the year Kōka-3 (mid-May 1846). A glowing light in the sea was witness almost every night. One day the town's official witness the appearance of the Amabie. The amabie delivered a prophecy to the town's official: "Good harvest will continue for six years from the current year. If disease spreads, draw a picture of me and show the picture of me to those who fall ill, and they will be cured." Afterward, the amabie returned to the sea. Coronavirus is recently afflicting our daily lives, according to legend, the amabie will appear to people that draw a picture of the amabie. After the amabie appearance, the draw of the amabie became to have the effect of protecting the people that see the draw of the amabie from disease and illness. This draw is a pray for getting peace in the world soon.

sir!cus (さあ！カス)

sir! feels like a circus jump out of my mind. Welcome in my imaginary world and cus.

Phantom fish (幻魚ちゃん)

Even if looks like I'm trapped inside, I can go to many places if seen from a different angle. Freedom.

Nirvana fun (涅槃の戯れ)

Even if I enter into Nirvana and gain enlightenment, I want to be attracted by the tail of the lotus flower. iwlu4e and peace.

Bio:

[久喜ようた] Kuki Yota is a Tokyo-based X-gender artist born in Japan.

Yota's Art is based on fine stipple drawing on a variety of medium with inspiration from Japanese culture. This art represents a "sublimation" of the artist response from feelings of emptiness arising from every-day life, often reflected by various creatures. The pigeon that doesn't fly, てんむすちゃん(Tenmusu chan), the swaying phantom fish unable to swim, the skull bones hiding our real self and other creature inhabiting the artist's mind.

Selected exhibitions include: personal curated exhibition [ビスマス享年] (Bismuth age of death), stipple art on paper, Tokyo 2014. Open exhibition [世界箱庭の隣人2](World mini garden neighbor), stipple art on paper, Tokyo 2018. Open exhibition [現実は残酷で美しい](The reality is cruel and beautiful), stipple art on postcard, Tokyo 2019. Open exhibition, [細密展15](fine arts exhibition 15), fine arts stipple painting on paper, Tokyo 2020. Open call [GLOBAL OPEN CALL FOR ART], digital art, online 2020. Was the winner recipient of 2019 exhibition cali≠gari [14人のcali≠gariロゴコンペティション石井賞](14 people cali≠gari logo competition Ishii award).

Selected installations include: [funny B], Textile art, Tokyo 2015. Mystery game "よだかのレコード5≒6周年記念公演ドラマチック謎解きゲーム14" [怪人二十面相帝都脱出劇](Phantom Twenty Faces Teito Escape), Tokyo 2017.