Mandala of the Daigensui - 2007
47.4 x 34.25 inch - 120.4 x 87 cm
Japanese ink on paper
Sirayuki-Hime-Nehan - 2006
37.99 x 59.45 x .98 inch - 96.5 x 151 x 2.5 cm
Mineral paint, Sumi ink and glue on Japanese paper, mounted on wood
*Dimensions provided are framed dimensions
Raigo of Queen and Twenty-Five Attendants - 2010
23.86 x 20.87 inch - 60.6 x 53 cm
Silk on color, natural mineral
White-robed Kannon, Bodhisattva - 2010
28.62 x 23.86 inch - 72.7 x 60.6 cm
Silk on color, natural mineral
Mandala of the Daigensui by Mayu Daigen
MAYU DAIGEN
Born in Osaka in 1985, Daigen Mayu uses traditional materials such as silk scrolls and mineral colors to paint traditional Eastern motifs, from goldfish, which occupy an important place in the aesthetics of leisure, to Buddhist iconography. I paint these images from a putatively Orientalist standpoint, the better to undermine the superficial ways in which such motifs are taken up in Western art history. Recently, Daigen participated in the Mount Koya Mandala project organized by Kyoto Saga Art University. The mandala was completed in July 2010 and ritually accepted.
b. 1985, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Kyoto
Education:
2010
MFA, Kyoto Saga University of Arts., Program in Art and Design
2004
BFA, Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Department of Fine Arts
2002
Shukugawa High school, Department of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
2010
Glitter of Solemn Buddhism, Kinosho Kikaku, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions:
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
Art Fair Kyoto, Hotel Monterey, Kinosho Kikaku, Gallery 156, Kyoto, Japan
2010
Art Fair Tokyo, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Kunitachikoku 2009 Osaka, Hankyu Mens Store, Osaka
Rashinban Selection vol.4, Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Masters Program Graduation Exhibition
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
Kyoto Saga Universtiy of Arts, Masters Program Selected Works Exhibition
Kyoto University Gallery, Art Space Saga, Kyoto
2008
GEISAI Museum#2, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
GEISAI Miami, USA
2004
Shukugawa High School Graduation Exhibition, Hyogo
Awards:
2008
GEISAI MUSEUM #2, Silver Prize
2004
Shukugawa High School Graduation Exhibition. Grand Prize & Purchase Prize
Born in Osaka in 1985, Daigen Mayu uses traditional materials such as silk scrolls and mineral colors to paint traditional Eastern motifs, from goldfish, which occupy an important place in the aesthetics of leisure, to Buddhist iconography. I paint these images from a putatively Orientalist standpoint, the better to undermine the superficial ways in which such motifs are taken up in Western art history. Recently, Daigen participated in the Mount Koya Mandala project organized by Kyoto Saga Art University. The mandala was completed in July 2010 and ritually accepted.
b. 1985, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Kyoto
Education:
2010
MFA, Kyoto Saga University of Arts., Program in Art and Design
2004
BFA, Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Department of Fine Arts
2002
Shukugawa High school, Department of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
2010
Glitter of Solemn Buddhism, Kinosho Kikaku, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions:
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
Art Fair Kyoto, Hotel Monterey, Kinosho Kikaku, Gallery 156, Kyoto, Japan
2010
Art Fair Tokyo, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Kunitachikoku 2009 Osaka, Hankyu Mens Store, Osaka
Rashinban Selection vol.4, Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Masters Program Graduation Exhibition
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
Kyoto Saga Universtiy of Arts, Masters Program Selected Works Exhibition
Kyoto University Gallery, Art Space Saga, Kyoto
2008
GEISAI Museum#2, Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
GEISAI Miami, USA
2004
Shukugawa High School Graduation Exhibition, Hyogo
Awards:
2008
GEISAI MUSEUM #2, Silver Prize
2004
Shukugawa High School Graduation Exhibition. Grand Prize & Purchase Prize