Mami Kawasaki
Mami Kawasaki is one of those great artists, that you can’t find too much information on from the internet. At least, not in English.
A while ago I came accross a photograph that presents her standing before her artwork. I looked at the photo for quite a while. The work behind her in the photo is powerful. Plain, simple brilliant minimalism.
It is like beautiful silence illustrated.
Her work speaks to me in a peculiar way. As if my own minimalist work had found it’s counterpart or a long lost cousin from the other side of the globe. I somehow understand (or at least I think I do) what she is saying. She builds compositions that represent dualities. Large areas of whitespace – serenity or a silence – and subtle energy within, that blends with the surrounding space seamlessly. They echo the Japanese concept of ”mono no aware”—the poignant awareness of the impermanence of all things.
Mami Kawasaki was born in Osaka, Japan. Her work has gained recognition for its delicate beauty and emotional depth – a world of quiet elegance and introspection. In her art one can find a rare ability to convey complex emotions through simple, understated compositions—a skill that, in my opinion, sets her apart in the contemporary art scene
Here is some information I found on her past appearances:
1997~ Osaka Hyogo Kyoto Hamamatsu Ginza solo exhibition, company exhibition, holding group exhibition participation
2012-13 Japan-Korea Painting Exchange Meeting (seongnam art center Museum)
2013 Book and Non-printed Beijing Exhibition
Busan Calligraphy Biennale
2015-19 All Kansai Art Exhibition 2nd/3rd Prize
2017 Nishinomiya City Exhibition Grand Prix
Mihama Art Exhibition
2018 Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
Hyogo Prefectural Harada Forest Museum Solo Exhibition
2019 Art Olympia, 2019 Excellence Award
Los Angeles Art Open Call ”LJA”
2020 Italy Mega Art Exhibition ”The Journey of art”
My artwork features Japanese Sumi ink and Japanese paper that are Japanese tradition. Sink secretive ”wave” of ”movement in stillness” to have Japanese ”elegance.” You may feel dialogue which bold but delicate landscape in mind flows in. Inside my artwork there is always memory. That landscape of memory tells what I am nostalgically and sometimes lovely. And joy and sorrow turn into deepness through creative work to born an artwork by indescribable memory. – from Saatchi art
