NAMI OKADA
Okada was born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan in 1991. She graduated from Tama Art University Graduate School in 2016. Okada creates landscape paintings depicting places she has visited. However, it does not necessarily correspond to reality. If there are two people looking at the same landscape, what they see must be different. In other words, whether it is a landscape or an object, it has a different way of existence depending on the person’s experience and feelings. Okada's works visualize this multilayered perception of the world. She participated in Tokyo Wonder Seeds (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, 2016) and other exhibitions and art fairs in Japan and abroad.
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Title: one view No.35
Year: 2022
Medium: lacquer, acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 116.7 x 90.9 cm (46 x 35 3/4 in.)
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one view No.35
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Year: 2022Okada depicts a view of a place where she has visited before. Although the title of this work “one view” has the meaning of “a certain view”, it does not by definition mean “one” specific landscape. Everyone feels differently even when facing the same view. In fact, Okada’s works do not depict the actual landscapes, instead, she often uses deformations or colors which cannot be found in nature. However, these characteristics do not necessarily derive solely from the artist's personal “point of view”. The reason is that “one view” encompasses the diversity that each person who faces that particular scenery may have in mind. It can be said that it is an inductive approach that leads from individuality towards universality.
Medium: lacquer, acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 116.7 x 90.9 cm (46 x 35 3/4 in.)
Acquired from Gallery UG, 2022