Exhibition Location: Villa Sōtetsu
Work Title: Soul flower
2022 | Oshima Tsumugi Mushiro, waste yarn
This work is made by reusing waste thread and the "Mushiro"material that can only be seen during the manufacturing process of Oshima Tsumugi, a traditional craft of Amami Oshima.
By using Oshima Tsumugi as a material, the hope is to raise awareness of the island's traditional crafts and contribute in some way to alleviating the problem of a lack of successors.
Oshima Tsumugi: A silk fabric that originated on Amami Oshima, it is a representative high-quality tsumugi alongside Yuki Tsumugi.
Oshima Tsumugi is said to be the "Queen of Kimono" and is known as one of the three great textiles in the world, alongside Gobelin tapestries (France) and Persian carpets (Iran).
The "Tatsugo pattern," a representative pattern of Oshima Tsumugi, is a geometric design based on the cycads and vipers that grow on Amami Oshima. The design was born from an order given to the Satsuma Domain during the Edo period to "present Oshima Tsumugi that best expresses Satsuma Oshima," and is said to represent the beauty of a golden viper trying to move onto a cycad leaf in the moonlight.
Artist: lima (Toshimi Minami)
Born in Osaka. Lives in Amami Oshima.
She creates artworks using Oshima Tsumugi, a traditional craft of Amami Oshima, as the main raw material.
Member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA/The Royal Society of British Artists)
[Past major exhibitions]
・“LE CARROUSEL METIERS D ‘ART ET DECREATION ” (Venue: France Paris Louvre Museum Carrousel)
・“Encounter with Leonardo da Vinci” (Venue: France Loire UNESCO World Heritage Château Clos Lucé)
・“MINERVA2021 Kyoto to London” (Venue: Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art / London Mall Galleries)
・“Art Exhibition with Art Critics” (Venue: Nara City Museum of Art)
Awarded the Japan Academy of Arts Grand Prize
・“Shinbigen International Educational and Cultural Arts Festival”
(Venue: Mongolian Ulaanbaatar) Awarded the Japan-Mongolia Special Commemorative Exchange Gellert Nar Prize
・“WorldPeace Art Exhibition2022 Tokyo to Paris” (Venue: France Paris UNESCO)
・“ITALY-JAPANFriendship Art Festival” (Venue: Italy Bologna Elisabetta Possadie Museum)
