YORIKO TAKABATAKE

Born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1982. Currently lives and works in Tokyo. Takabatake had an opportunityto participate in an artist-in-residence program at Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation in order toundertake her research on Anni Albers while she was a doctoral student at the Tokyo University ofthe Arts. To put her experience into practice, the artist actively engages with materials, colours and 4physical structures found in various fields of art and design. Takabatake leaves room for chancewithin her dialectical art-making practice while visualizing the process of ‘making, breaking andremaking’ by letting paints interact with ‘the basic elements’ such as wind, water and fire. Suchpractice is exemplified in her series featuring thread-thin paints overlapping with each other like anet, reproducing a canvas-like structure on canvas. Through her rigorous experiments, contemplationand trials, the artist keeps producing new artworks which open doors for potential new paintingexpressions.