北林加奈子

KITABAYASHI Kanako

触れるまえのかたち

a form before touching

陶、ひも、綿、ガラス

Ceramic, string, cotton, glass

H100 x W130 x D100mm(Variable dimensions)

2022

SHUKADO+SCENASHUKADO+SCENA

ARTIST INFORMATION

1990年東京都生まれ。多摩美術大学美術学部工芸科卒業、東京藝術大学大学院美術研究科修士課程彫刻専攻修了。
「私」と「私ではないもの」を隔てる皮膚を手がかりに、その境界で生まれる微かな感覚やざわめき、他者とのあいだに立ち現れる気配や関係性を探っている。
陶に糸、木、ガラス、ウールなどの異素材を組み合わせながら、彫刻やインスタレーションとして、触れることのできないものの輪郭を静かにすくい上げようとしている。

Kanako Kitabayashi (b. 1990, Tokyo, Japan) graduated from the Department of Crafts, Faculty of Art and Design at Tama Art University and completed her Master’s degree in Sculpture at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
Using the skin that separates the “self” from “what is not the self” as a point of departure, Kitabayashi explores subtle sensations and disturbances that emerge at this boundary, as well as the presence and relationships that arise between oneself and others.
Combining ceramics with diverse materials such as thread, wood, glass, and wool, she creates sculptures and installations that quietly seek to reveal the contours of intangible experiences and things that cannot be directly touched.