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TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY is pleased to announce Takuro Sugiyamaʼs ﬁrst solo exhibition, “Paguroidea,” starting on September 20.
Sugiyama was born in 1983 in Chiba Prefecture and is currently based in Hyogo Prefecture.
He mainly exhibited his works in the Kansai area, including solo exhibitions at Godaisan Chikurinji Temple (Kochi Prefecture) and ASYL(Osaka Prefecture). Sugiyama creates geometric images by rigorously and systematically repeating and reconstructing the minimal
elements of painting, such as lines and color ﬁelds. He then precisely paints these images onto canvas using acrylic paint, resulting inartworks that have an optical illusion-like visual eﬀect.
What is particularly noteworthy is that Sugiyama consciously avoids introducing arbitrary elements or ambiguous decision-making during
the creation of these images. By incorporating mechanical processes such as repetitive actions based on rules and the algorithmic
generation of images, Sugiyama seeks to gain an objective perspective, which allows him to derive motifs as a means of expression. This
attitude reﬂects an attempt to relativize the relationship and connection between the work and the artist.
Through this rational process, Sugiyama creates a balanced tension between opposing perspectives, such as subject and object. By
repeatedly selecting from the choices that arise, he attempts to “purify the image,” extracting only the formal and visual elements. At thesame time, this process enables the work to contain the “countless possibilities (choices)” that were not selected behind the emerging
images, suggesting to the viewer that the artwork exists in an ambivalent mutual relationship where diverse perspectives and thoughts
coexist.

[Artist Statement]
If there is such a thing as intention, I had vaguely thought it resided somewhere within the body.
However, that somehow doesnʼt seem to make sense.
Perhaps intention also resides in relationships and places, and since we have no way to observe it, we might just be assuming it exists
somewhere within the body.
Since around spring, I have been painting in preparation for this exhibition.
I work at home, so the paintings are always present, like part of the scenery, whether Iʼm eating or about to go to bed.
This feels somehow comforting. Itʼs the unique comfort of a living space.
However, there is also a certain quality that only an exhibition space can provide̶perhaps it is the purity of the act of viewing.
The artworks are displayed on white walls without windows, with the temperature and humidity kept constant and all noise minimized.
It feels as if the brain and eyes are ﬂoating in space, detached from the body.
This is an act of viewing with as little bodily sensation as possible.
PAGUROIDEA is the scientiﬁc name for hermit crabs.
The shell is a place.
Living in a shell is a relationship.
The hermit crab represents the body.
When there are three surfaces, each with a diﬀerent brightness, it creates a sense of three-dimensionality.
Although this is a highly simpliﬁed version of what we see in reality, I ﬁnd this way of painting incredibly fascinating.
Through the landscapes depicted in the paintings, I imagine the various things one might feel.
- Takuro Sugiyama

PRESS RELEASE (2/3)□ Biography

Takuro Sugiyama
Lives and works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan1983

Born in Chiba2005Graduated from Osaka College of Art and Design

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024

Paguroidea | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka

2017

periphery and the method | chikurinji, Kochi

2014

LOOP | ASYL, Osaka

2010

PLUS "MASS" | YOD Gallery, Osaka

2008

Hyper-Geometrism | YOD Gallery, Osaka

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, ART FAIR
2024

ART OSAKA 2024 | Osaka City Central Public Hall ,Osaka
Mountain | KOBE STUDIO Y3，Kobe
ONE ART TAIPEI 2024 | Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei，Taiwan
The 50th time contemporary art-Ibaraki 2023 | Lifelong learning centerKirameki，Ibaraki

2023

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023 | ARINE MESSE FUKUOKA Hall B，Fukuoka
What kind of art did you see yesterday? | ShinsaibashiPARCO，Osaka
30-40 | KOBE STUDIO Y3/C.A.P. ，Kobe
SOU Art Project ‒ SOU11 | JR-Sōjiji Station，Osaka

2022

ART OSAKA 2022 | Osaka City Central Public Hall ,OsakaDirectorsʼ Selection - FOCUS | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka

2021

Two-dimensional Expression over Two Eras: Shigeru Izumi and Six Contemporary Artists | the three konohana, Osaka
WHAT CAFE × DELTA exhibition ʻEXPANSIONʼ | WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
JAPAN/KOREA ART Communications 5 (JAPAN SIDE) | The Terminal KYOTO, Kyoto
Settings and Contacts | Nii Fine Arts Tokyo, Tokyo

2020

SPR | FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
KOREA/JAPAN ART Communications 5 (KOREA SIDE) | Chungbuk Cultural Museum Forest Gallery, South Korea

2019

Kunimoto Yasuhide / Miyashiro Soichiro / Sugiyama Takuro | Gallery M.A.P, Fukuoka
3331 Art Fair | Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
COVER Ⅳ | CAS, Osaka

2018

paint( )ings | Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tokyo
Walking In Textiles | Old hayashike housing, Aichi

2017

Enokojima Art Days 2017 Other Ways | enokojima creates osaka, Osaka

2016

Hurry! slowly | Obu Workersʼ Welfare and Cultural Hall, Aichi
Draw a line | Gallery M.A.P, Fukuoka

2015

Talented Japan | PINK GUY, Malaysia

2014

recruit | CAP, Hyogo

PRESS RELEASE (3/3)□ Artworks

Untitled / 2023 / acrylic on canvas / H803 × W652 mm *each size

Left:
Untitled
2023
acrylic on canvas
H910 × W1167 mm

Right:
real screen
2023
acrylic on canvas
H1000 × W652 mm□ Exhibition Information

Takuro Sugiyama

PAGUROIDEA
2024.9.20 [Fri] - 10.19 [Sat]OPEN: Tue - Sat 12:00 - 19:00 | CLOSED: Sunday, Monday and Holiday
CONTACT: info@tezukayama-g.com / Yamamoto (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY)

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