Noriko Yanaguchi

Noriko Yamaguchi was born in Tokyo, JAPAN. She studied Weaving at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Currently she lives and works in Germany. She won scholarships from The Pola Art Foundation Tokyo in 2007 and Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists in 2008.
Selected Exhibitions
2008: Holland Paper Biennial 2008, Rijswijk Museum & CODA Museum Apeldoorn / Netherlands
2007: East Weaves West: Basketry from Japan and Britain, Collins Gallery, National Vlechtmuseum / England
2006: `Suspended` The exhibition of Artist-In-Residence-Program 2006/Autumn, Aomori / Japan
2004: SOFA-Sculpture Object & Functional Art Expositions 2004, New York and Chicago / USA
BASKETS Four Worlds Spread from the Fingertips, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa / Japan
FIBER BIENNIAL 2004, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA / USA
WORKS ON PAPER/WORKS ON PAPER, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA / USA

My work is informed by a background in dyeing and weaving – eventually I chose to move from the two-dimensional world of textiles to the three dimensional by turning to paper. Not only is paper extremely accessible but it also brings us back down to earth, at a time when space and distance is losing in significance; by working with paper I am re-anchored, my being is embodied. I often use washi (traditional Japanese paper), but have also incorporated newspaper, shopping bags, photographs and other common objects. Each of my installations is site specific, exploring both the space of the exhibition, the ‘space’ I am in and the objects I am surrounded by. Here, I am interested in contingency – both in terms of the materials used and in the act of creating. ‘Knitting’ paper and other objects is very repetitive, yet in the very act of repetition, chance creates variation and intricacy – not unlike the rhythm of the everyday.

 

NORIKO YAMAGUCHI PICTURE GALLERY