© Geraldine Kosiak
Geraldine Kosiak Exhibition - CHIKAMA
To date, the Kyoto International Manga Museum has worked tirelessly to introduce manga / comics culture from not only within Japan but also from abroad. As a continuation of this, the museum has the pleasure of organizing an exhibition of the works of a new, up and coming artist from France, Geraldine Kosiak.
Kosiak has been based in Villa Kujoyama since January of this year, an artist residency association of the Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai (Kansai French-Japanese Institute) operated by the French government. The current exhibition is a self-curated selection of the artist's work during her residency period in Japan, and will be her first solo exhibition in Japan. The exhibition theme is chikama, meaning 'nearby'.
This exhibition forms the third in a continuing series by the Villa Kujoyama artists-in-residence program, which previously introduced Lucie Albon (2009) and Pierre Gajewski (2010).
Organization: The Kyoto International Manga Museum and The Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center In cooperation with: Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansa Villa Kujoyama
| Period |
May 26 - July 17, 2012 |
| Venue | Kyoto International Manga Museum, 2nd floor, Gallery 6 |
| Admission fee | Free |
Organization Kyoto International Manga Museum / The Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center (IMRC)
With Cooperation from? INSTITUT FRANCO-JAPONAIS DU KANSAI
Exhibition Details
A self-curated showcase of over 100 Japan-themed sketches by Kosiak (some of which are reproductions).
About Geraldine Kosiak
Born 1969, France. Artist.
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Lyon (National School of Fine Arts, Lyon), Kosiak has published a great number of anthologies and held countless exhibitions. Her debut art anthology J'ai peur (I'm afraid) has been widely published, including in America, Spain, and Greece. Kosiak's style incorporates sketching, text, and photography.
In creating artwork based on intuition, Kosiak depicts real facts and personalities with a scrupulosity which exposes the fragility of that reality. Whilst outwardly maintaining harmony, these pictures give the impression of ghostly apparitions taking form.
Kosiak is currently in residency at the Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai Villa Kujoyama. In March of this year she contributed to the artbook Echos, in support of reconstruction efforts for the Tohoku earthquake affected regions.
Additionally, Kosiak has won esteem in the Manga Museum as one of the participating artists in the exhibition "March. 11 seen through the eyes of comic artists from all over the world : Magnitude Zero."
About Villa Kujoyama
The Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai Villa Kujoyama is an association that hosts established artists and researchers undertaking residency in Japan for 4 to 12 month periods, established in 1992 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head office of the French Culture Center (an agency of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs that promotes French culture abroad), and is managed though the Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai (Kansai French-Japanese Institute)
Residents are selected after a rigorous judging process, and are then able to pursue their own projects whilst gaining a deeper experience of Japan. Since opening, the villa has welcomed over 200 artists and researchers from a wide range of fields such as modern art, philosophy and social science.
Art Anthology Sales
On Saturday May 26th copies of the artbook Echos, a collaborative work which Kosiak has contributed to, will be sold for 1000 yen with proceeds going towards reconstruction efforts for the Tohoku earthquake affected regions.
* Sales only available on this date.
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