About Makoto Sugiura’s Work
Creator of 3-D sculptures expressing grand landscapes from a bird’s eye view. His motifs include cityscapes, scenes in nature such as animals in mid-step and ruins. Sugiura uses natural wood of the camphor tree and whereas the general practice is to hollow out the center of the wood to prevent cracking, Sugiura, leaves the piece solid to convey the vastness of the earth. This technique gives the viewer the sense of soaring above the world like a bird surveying the ground below.
Having travelled widely, Makoto Sugiura has been greatly influenced by the cultures and geographies of Asia, Africa and Europe. His works reflect and consider those influences. His skills were honed in the conservation of classical Buddhist sculptures and refined in the production of the Four Heavenly Kings under the leadership of the renown sculptor Satoshi Yabuuchi.
Profile
| Born in Aichi, Japan in 1968 Lives and works in Aichi, JapanPresently a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts |
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| Worked under the direction of Mr.Nobuhisa Yoshida (Inami-cho, Toyama), traditional Japanese craft master in 1986. After becoming independent, toured Asia, Africa, Europe, and absorbed various influences. | |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Makoto Sugiura: Lateral (SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Makoto Sugiura: Toki no Tabi; Fu no Kei Ⅵ (L Gallery, Aichi) |
| 2016 | Makoto Sugiura (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, continued in 2022) Makoto Sugiura: Wood Carving Works (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2014 | Tokino Tabi; Fu no Kei V: Makoto Sugiura-ten (L Gallery, Aichi) |
| 2013 | Makoto Sugiura Wood Carving Works : Bird’s-Eye View (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Makoto Sugiura: Wood Carving Works (Shinsaibashi Daimaru, Osaka) Tokino Tabi; Fu no Kei IV: Makoto Sugiura-ten (L Gallery, Aichi) Makoto Sugiura (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Tokino Tabi; Fu no Kei Ⅲ: Makoto Sugiura-ten (L Gallery, Aichi) |
| 2009 | Makoto Sugiura Wood Carving Works : Bird’s-Eye View (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2021 | Exhibition of Time with Chopard (Chopard Boutique Ginza, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Tobi-kai (Funabashi Tobu, Chiba) |
| 2017 | Chokoku no Suizokukan (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) HOPES: Jisedai Hyakusen-ten (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Katachi aru messages (Fukuoka MItsukoshi, Fukuoka) Suteki Kukan eno okurimono: Tabiji / Shuppatsu (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2011 | Hasu no-kai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2013) |
| 2010 | Hasu no-kai (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, continued in 2014) |
| 2009 | Something precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2008 | Hasu no-kai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2009) Korekara (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi, continued until 2009) |
| 2006 | Kokuzo (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2003 | B-WORKS-ten (continued until 2005) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2001 | Grandprix for the 9th Wood Carving Folk Art Oya （Hyogo） |
| 【Others】 | |
| 2001 | A member of production of the Four Heavenly Kings under sculptor Satoshi Yabuuchi. |
Exhibitions
SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸 Makoto Sugiura: Lateral
26/05/2023(fri) - 08/06/2023(thu)
ART FAIR TOKYO 2019 (Kaku no Kai: Mission Peace / Kengo Takahashi)
08/02/2019(fri) - 10/02/2019(sun)
Makoto Sugiura, Yoshiki Masuda, Emi Katsuta, Tsuneyoshi Nakamura, Hidetoshi Namiki, Kazuyuki Suto, Hiroko Takeda, Shigemi Yasuhara, Takashi Seto (Kaku no Kai: Mission Peace) and Kengo Takahashi
hasuno-kai
06/03/2015(fri) - 28/03/2015(sat)
Hiroshi Kanzaki, Namiko Kuroyanagi, Makoto Sugiura, Hiroki Tsujimoto, Toshiya Nokuwa, Akihiro Fujimoto, Yoshiki Masuda, Tatsuya Maruyama, Kaimon Yoshimizu