ichino tami & Thomas Maisonnasse「About Geneva's art scene」

2025 July 26
16:00-18:00
Guest : Ako Kawaguchi (Contemporary Artist)
Moderator : Gensaku Shirabe (Member of art space tetra)
Fee : ¥500 *1drink order fee

市野 多見 & トマ メゾンナス「ジュネーブのアート事情」

Shirabe and Kawaguchi visited Geneva, Switzerland, which is not so familiar to Fukuoka, in September last year, and we will introduce the past activities of Tami and Thomas, who are active as artists there, based on the video images of their atelier and gallery, and discuss how they are working and in what kind of environment. The talk will include discussion and other topics.

ichino tami
Born in 1978 in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Morioka Mukonakano Gakuen (now Scolle High School) in 1998, she went to France to study at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (Enbal) (1998-2000). VillaArsonVillaArson in Nice (2000-2001), then moved to Switzerland, where he studied at the Geneva School of Fine Arts, Esba (EcolesupérieurdesBeaux-ArtsdeGenève), now Head (Hauteécoled' artetdedesigndeGenève)(2001-2005). His work in Europe is characterized by the study of painting, drawing, and the relationship they can have with objects and the natural world. He begins with a careful observation of the things that surround him and integrates them into paintings, drawings, and even three-dimensional objects constructed as if they had just emerged from the canvas. He places them in a space where time seems to be suspended by a special tension, something disturbing and strange. His work has been exhibited mainly in Switzerland and Europe.

www.tamiichino.net

Thomas Maisonnasse Thomas Maisonnasse
was born in Grenoble, France in 1976 and currently lives and works in Geneve. He studied biology/geology at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France (1996-1998), then studied art at Enbal (EcolenationaledesBeaux-ArtsdeLyon), Lyon (1998-2000) and VillaArson, Nice (2000-2001). In 2004, he moved to Switzerland to study art at the School of Fine Arts in Genèp, formerly Esba, Ecolesuperieuredesbeaux-artsdeGenève/now Head, HauteEcolesupérieurdesbeaux-artssetdedesigndeGenève. He graduated from the artssetdedesigndeGenève.
Shadows are a central part of his work, with a focus on the materiality associated with shadows rather than their symbolic aspect. He traces shadows through installations, videos, photographs, and murals integrated into architecture. He continues his research in the field of photography with the black-and-white images in his current project, Sirisu: Everything You Can See Under the Sun. His work has been exhibited in Switzerland, France, and Japan

www.thomasmaisonnasse.net

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