黒宮 菜菜
Nana Kuromiya

2019年大原美術館によるレジデンスプログラム「ARKO」での滞在制作とそれに続く同館での個展、VOCA展2020での佳作 賞受賞など、近年その精力的な発表と研究を重ねた独創的な作風で注目を集めている作家、黒宮菜菜。
主に人物像や動植物をモチーフとして、流動性の高い画材によって作られる油彩作品と、重ねた和紙に染料を滲ませて描く紙作品、いずれも独自に研究を重ねた2タイプの技法を使い分けて作品を制作。近年は日本の神話や古代史などからインスパイアを受け、そこから人間の死生観や自然との関わりをテーマとした作品制作に取り組んでいます。
2022年ごろからは素材に蜜蝋を用いて画面上を重層化させた物質性の強い作品制作にチャレンジ。描かれたイメージは、蜜蝋や分厚い絵具層の中でおぼろげに抽象化され、視覚／触覚の境界を越えて見る人に忘れ難い印象を与えます。

Nana Kuromiya is an artist who has been attracting attention in recent year for her unique and original style acquired in the process of her dedicated academic researches and presentations. The credit including the participation of the residency program of Ohara Museum of Art in 2019, which followed her one-man exhibition at the museum, and an honorable mention award at VOCA 2020.
Kuromiya creates mainly portraits, animals, and plants, using two types of techniques that she has researched and developed on her own: oil paintings made with highly fluid painting materials, and works on paper made by blotting dyes onto layers of Japanese paper. In recent years, she has been inspired by Japanese mythology and ancient history, and her work focuses on the theme of human life and death and our relationship with nature.

Since around 2022, she has been challenging herself to create works with a strong materiality, using beeswax as a material and layering it on the canvas. The painted images are vaguely abstracted in the beeswax and thick layers of paint, creating an unforgettable impression on the viewer that transcends the boundaries of sight and touch.