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