Kuroda Yoshie
Artworks
"Mokemokemono"No.164
H420×W320×D300mm
"Mokemokemono"No.160
H120×W260×D170mm
"Mokemokemono"No.166
H700×W320×D330mm
"Mokemokemono"No.145
H490×W230×D430mm
"Mokemokemono"No.168
H150×W340×D100mm
"Mokemokemono"No.170
H200×W600×D380mm
"Mokemokemono"No.143
H530×W280×D330mm
"Mokemokemono"No.18
H450×W300×D240mm
"Mokemokemono"No.156
H210×W300×D200mm
"Mokemokemono"No.153 / No.154
"Seekers"
H1500×W800×D1200mm
"Mokemokemono"No.150
H1350×W350×D480×mmAbout
Kuroda Yoshie
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1987.
Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Information Design, Information Arts Course in 2010.
She sews waste clothing and creates three-dimensional works with elements such as stuffed animals, dolls, and sculptures based on themes such as “existence” and “connection.”
Recently, she has also been working on a large installation that combines waste clothing with waste materials.
＜Award＞
2020
Good Bud Calf” Exhibition AIN SOPH DISPATCH Gallery Award
2019
Rokko Meets Art Art Walk 2019 Encouragement Award
Brillia ART AWARD 2019 Selected
2017
SICF18 Jury Jury Yoshie Kurisu Award
2017 HAPTIC DESIGN AWARD Honorable Mention
＜Art provided＞
2019
Aimer “I beg you” (Theatrical version “Fate / stay night [Heaven’s Feel]” II. Lost butterfly theme song) Providing works for music videos.
CIVILIAN (Maneki Kecak collaboration song) “I feat. Maneki Kecak” music video provided
2020
Aimer “Haruha Yuku” (Theatrical version “Fate / stay night [Heaven’s Feel]” II. Lost butterfly theme song) Providing works for music videos.
2021
Aimer “Wonderland” Music Video Providing Works
Artist Statement
Using waste clothing as the main material, I create stuffed animals, dolls, sculptures, and other creations that cross the concept of three-dimensional modeling.
I produce “Mokemokemono”, which are fantasy creatures, and installation works using them, and also provide my works for music videos.
“Mokemokemono” is a fantasy creature created by connecting parts of animals and human bodies made from clothes that are no longer used and connecting them.
They are like our alter ego, who are constantly seeking answers about their uncertain existence.
Their appearance is in the shape of an animal. However, you can also feel humanity in the gestures and appearance, and that is because we can confront our inner self through them.
Clothes that are no longer used as a material had shared everyday life with their owners and accumulated their past events and the experiences.
I think they are also a metaphor for the dead.
The process of those clothes being reborn by “”hand-sewn”” is similar to some kind of ritual or prayer.
The works created in this way are like communicators, those who are experiencing both life and death, and sometimes they are free to come and go, telling us what they are like.
Since ancient times, it has been said that the seams have a magical power.
Through the act of “sewing”, I reconsider the uncertain self and the world.
Exhibitions
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