ARTISTS
RIO UCHINO
Rio UCHINO
内野 琳央
内野 琳央
Taking as my starting point the idea of translating the relationship between a wall and a painting into a spatial context, I am experimenting with hanging paintings in the air.
By weaving paint into thread-like strands, I create forms suspended away from the wall. The works exist while responding to a chain of subtle meteorological phenomena—such as gravity, tension, and shifts in wind and light—and, rather than obstructing the space, they allow it to pass through, continuously changing their appearance depending on the viewer's position and distance.
In that moment, the sky appears not as a backdrop, but as a space where the artwork temporarily resides.
By weaving paint into thread-like strands, I create forms suspended away from the wall. The works exist while responding to a chain of subtle meteorological phenomena—such as gravity, tension, and shifts in wind and light—and, rather than obstructing the space, they allow it to pass through, continuously changing their appearance depending on the viewer's position and distance.
In that moment, the sky appears not as a backdrop, but as a space where the artwork temporarily resides.
BIOGRAPHY
2000
1992 Born in Tokyo.
2024
Graduated from Oil Painting Department, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2026
M.F.A. in Oil Painting (Studio VI), Tokyo University of the Arts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Dinosaurs, Boxes, Yellow and Sheets (Gallery Dalston/Tokyo)
2024
from the ROOM (MJK Gallery/Tokyo)
GEIDAI ARTS in Marunouchi 2024 (Maru Cube, 1F, Marunouchi Building/Tokyo)
GEIDAI ARTS in Marunouchi 2024 (Maru Cube, 1F, Marunouchi Building/Tokyo)
2025
Pithecanthropus - Project by The 6th Laboratory Oil-Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts - (MITSUKOSHI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY)
kagihiro (Oil Painting Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts/Tokyo)
kagihiro (Oil Painting Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts/Tokyo)
AWARDS
2024
MITSUBISHI ESTATE Award