Namae Myoji
OVERVIEW
1987 Born in Hyogo Prefecture
2019 B.F.A. in Oil Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts
2019 Enters the Master’s Program of the Oil-Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts
2022 Voluntarily left the Master’s Program
Inspired by first-hand experiences since childhood, Myoji’s form of expression is mainly installation work that explores the female body, gender, and identity, in relation with issues surrounding the consumption of such themes. Our identities are all shaped by the culture and community to which we belong to. Even the Framework of gender is not an exception, Through creating artworks, I continuously question how people define themselves as “men” or “women” in their communities, what forms our identities, and the gender-oriented distortions caused by this identity formation in society.
＜Awards＞
2022 CAF Award 2022 Kanazawa Rin Jury Award, Japan
SICF23 Exhibition Grand Prize, Japan
2019 Heisei Arts Prize, Japan
Mr.O Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2018 The International TAKIFUJI Art Award Special Award, Japan
HISTORY
2023
“SICF23 Exhibition Grand Prize Artist Exhibition Namae Myoji ‘Babel and Utopia’”, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“Some Fairy Tales”, TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2020
“Someone Like You” TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2023
“ATAMI ART GIANT 2023”, Atami City, Shizuoka, Japan
“AIR3 SCG”, BnA Alter Museum SCG, Kyoto, Japan
2022
“CAF Award 2022 Selected Works Exhibition”, Hillside Forum in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
“Home sweet home”, MAKII MASARU FINE ARTS, Tokyo, Japan
“ROKKO MEETS ART 2022”, Mt. Rokko, Hyogo, Japan
“NOODLE PARTY”, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
“SICF23”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2021
“Consuming Commodity”, GINZA Chuo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Any Kobe with Arts”, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan
“Familiae Sylvanian”, Art Lab TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
“TOMIMO + NAMAE EXHIBITION,” LIMITED GALLERY, Osaka Japan
2020
“A36 SHIBUYA STYLE Vol.14”, Seibu Shibuya Alternative Space, Tokyo, Japan
“New New New Normal”, GALLERY MoMo, Tokyo, Japan
“nomadic“, COPACK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2019
“The 5th Heisei Arts Prize Selected Artists Exhibition”, Heisei Memorial Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
NEWS
New Exhibition : Namae Myoji - I’ll give you a name -
N project is pleased to present “I’ll give you a name,” a solo exhibition by Namae Myoji, from May 25 (Sat) to June 14 (Fri), 2024. Namae Myoji (b. 1987), born in Hyogo Prefecture, graduated from the Oil-Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2019. In the same year, Myoji entered the Master’s