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| Nanao Tsukuda works in Osaka, Kyoto, Japan, and at residencies in other countries. She creates sculptures and installations using ceramic materials, fabrics, photographs, and videos based on the objects that make up the daily lives of the people who live in each place and on the physical activities of the people who live there. People “customize” their surroundings and their own bodies in order to survive. She is interested in the process and products of people’s attempts to adapt to their social environment.Through her work, she intentionally extracts or imitates some of the “customizations” that represent the lives of others, such as the form and function of unique objects in their living environment and their habitual behaviors.In recent years, she has also focused on how words are individually customized and used by each person who speaks them, and facilitates dialogue programs and workshops.By presenting excerpts and imitations of familiar objects, bodies, and words, she aims to evoke a rich perspective and thought that returns to the viewer’s own daily life by allowing the viewer to naturally trace part of the process of another person’s thoughts and actions. —– Nanao Tsukuda is based in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan. She holds an MFA from Kyoto City University of Arts and has participated in international residencies, including La Wayaka Current (Chile/2023), YUI-PORT (Niigata/2023), Artspace (Sydney/2018) and End of Summer (Portland/2017). Her solo exhibitions, such as “CHI(on)LE” at NIHA gallery (Kyoto/2023), “HIT A HOLLOW” at galleryMain (Kyoto/2019), showcase her artistic engagement with various cultural narratives. Her work has received several grants, including the grant by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation (2024,2022). In addition, Tsukuda curated “Translating the Distance” (2020-2021), facilitating artistic exchange through multilingual dialogue among participating artists. |