Introduction

Each ideogram, which represents "meaning" in the form of a shape (picture), contains a message or the power of words. The ancient Chinese scripts (Xia, Shang, and Zhou oracle bone and bronze scripts), which are the source of Chinese characters, are like paintings, even though they are also written characters. It is both amazing and fascinating to see the imagination of the people of those times, who created letters out of things that had no form.
Ancient characters are just characters, so they cannot be designed in any arbitrary way; they must remain in a readable form. It is also very fascinating to express oneself within the constraints of a single "character."
Although the oracle bone scripts and bronze scripts are ancient artifacts, they are also "new," having only been discovered in recent years. They are new despite their history—a universe within constraints...
I will express the "imagination and creation" of "vocabulary" through ink strokes.

Artwork

Profile

YUME MIYAGAWA
Born in Kobe / Lives in Tokyo / Works for Shiseido Co.
Using ancient characters as a motif, I create works that express my mental image in the space created by the interweaving of ink lines and blank spaces.
Since 2014, I had been a member of "Kikkoukai," a group led by Kato Koho, a leading expert in the art of calligraphy using ancient scripts (Oracle bone script and bronzeware script) *(*The group was dissolved when the leader passed away.)

March 2015	"Air"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
March 2016	"Jade and Wind"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
March 2017	"Rainbow and Dream"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
March 2018	"control or no control"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
March 2019	"Thunder"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
March 2021	"Alliance"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", The Ueno Royal Museum
May 2016	"Jade and Wind"	"Kikko-kai Kyoto Exhibition", Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture
May 2018	"control or no control"	"Kikko-kai Kyoto Exhibition", Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture
2014	"will"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", Setagaya Art Museum Gallery
2015	"star"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", Setagaya Art Museum Gallery
2019	"Water"	"Kikko-kai Exhibition", Setagaya Art Museum Gallery
November 2021	"All things come from the virtues of the earth"	Exhibited at Shiseido "ZEBRA"
January 2022	"All things come from the virtues of the earth"	Exhibited at Shiseido Global Innovation Center
January 2023	"Toward a New World of Rich Beauty"	Exhibited at Shiseido "ZEBRA"
March 2023	"MOVE"	Single Exhibition at nagune, Shinjuku Golden Gai
August 2023	"Wind Cloud"	Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Has received many orders from domestic and international companies and individuals.