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Universe.
by tomolennon
An exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of tomolennon’s exhibition at INDEX G, March 2008.
Currently based in Toronto, Canada, tomolennon is a contemporary artist born 1973 in Japan. Over the past year, tomolennon has worked on projects focusing on people and city life that it is both settling comfortably and seductive. He is best known for stylized and idealized figurative portraits of dreaming girls, a series of painting entitled "Sleeping Beauty". "Universe." continues in such fashion with the photo media. In large scale photographs, tomolennon created portraits of the all encompassing dream of youth, idealization and melancholy.
"When we look up into the night sky we can see thousands of, billions of stars in the universe. Imagine yourself as the universe. In body, mind and soul. All of your memories and experiences since you were in the comfort womb of your mother. All that is stored and retrieved in this tremendous inner universe. Every single conscious and unconscious memory of past experiences like pleasure, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, joy, guilt are there just like there are billions of stars and planets in the universe."
tomolennon's art denotes urban isolation and the loneliness of its inhabitants. His figures lurk in shadowy yet colorful atmospheres moving deftly between representation and abstraction. One of the most exciting young figurative and a completely self-taught artist, tomolennon was presented with the "Best Artist" - award from NOW Magazine in 2002 and EYE Magazine in 2003 as the best local visual artist of the year. His work has been exhibited in Canada, U.S., China and Japan. His work also been featured in several magazine articles and books and has also been featured in fashion design and set design on TV drama "Metropia"(Rogers OMNI). As a curator, tomolennon provides artistic leadership for, and executive management of exhibitions such as a charity art exhibition Let's Have a Dream! (’02), Tokyo Doll(’04) at Design Exchange museum in Toronto.
"Look up into the night sky again. Now you can feel yourself as one with the universe Cosmos of childhood, planet of sorrow, Milky Way of joy… Your inner universe is mirrored upon the sky". - tomolennon
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