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Artist statement
Dreams are like strange stories, landscapes, our memory builds unconsciously. I draw what comes up from our unconscious, like hidden feelings reflected in our dreams.
Since my studies in France (2007-2009), and also after experiencing the earthquake of March 2011 in Japan, I strongly felt, and was made aware of how the Japanese viewed selflessness, resignation and obedience as virtues.
I feel that Japanese live in the middle of a wide emptiness, locked up inside their imaginary cocoon, calm and sincere, but quietly desperate.
As a Japanese myself, I draw imaginary landscapes seen from the inside of this world.
  
  
GOTO Atsuko
  
2009-2010 Studied materials and techniques of oil painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts
2007-2008 Studied art at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris
2006-2007 Studied materials and techniques of oil painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts
Price ‘O-shi’
2005 International Art Prize ‘Taki Fuji’
2004 Prize ‘Ataka’
2002-2006 Studies painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts
  
Born in 1982 in Tokyo
  
Solo exhibitions
  
2023 ”Melancholy Festival” / Beinart gallery / Melborne
2022 “GENZO KITAN -mad-”/ Gallery KOGURE / Tokyo
”GENZO KITAN – Daydream -” The Exhibition for GOTO Atsuko Painting works “GENZO KITAN”　/ : MARUZEN Marunouchi main store / Tokyo
2019 “Fairy tales are dreaming by itself” / Gallery KOGURE / Tokyo
2018 “The happy prince” / Gallery KOGURE / New york
2017 “The silence of idols”/ Thinkspace gallery,L.A, USA
2016 “An empty idol”/ LOWER AKIHABARA
2016 “Dreaming Monster”/ MITSUKOSHI Nihonbashi art salon
2014 “Pray and curse” at LOWER AKIHABARA / Tokyo
2014 ”Everything is fake “at Art space ∞ Ginza MITSUKOSHI / Tokyo
2012 “Friendly reticence” at the gallery of SEIBU Ikebukuro / Tokyo
2012 ”Unable to wake up from a dream” at LOWER AKIHABARA / Tokyo
2009 ”GOTO Atsuko” at Galerie Etienne de Causan / Paris, France
2008 ”fugue” at Gallery OPEN DOOR / Tokyo
2007 ”Day dream” at Gallery OPEN DOOR / Tokyo
  
Group exhibitions
  
2023 “POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair” / Tempelhof Airport / Berlin
“Ephemeral ~ Territory of girls 2023″ / Jiro Miura gallery / Tokyo
“TOBI Art Fair 2023″ / Tokyo art Club / Tokyo
2022 “One world” / Gallery Suchi / 東京
2021 “Ephemeral ~ Territory of girls 2021″ / Jiro Miura gallery / Tokyo
“The Little Prince 75TH ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW” / Corey Helford gallery / Los Angeles
“– AYAKASHI –” / Bunkamura Gallery / Tokyo
“The Four Graces” / HAKKENDO Gallery / Tokyo
“Art Fair TOKYO 2021″ / Tokyo International Forum, Gallery KOGURE Booth/ Tokyo
“LUCID 2021″ / Beinart Gallery / メルボルン
“Ran-Syo-Ho-Shu vol.5,6″ / Gallery MUMON / Tokyo
“SHABAKE” / Gallery KOGURE / Tokyo
2020 “KON” / Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok / Bangkok
“KISSAKI” / MITSUKOSHI Contemporary gallery / Tokyo
“House of the Rising Light” / Dorothy circus gallery / Rome
“Bijin-Ga Borderless II Publication Commemorative Exhibition” / Jiro Miura Gallery / Tokyo
“Pavillion des papillons” / DORADO Gallery / Tokyo
2019 “ephemeral 2019″ / Jiro Miura Gallery / Tokyo
“GENSO” / Gallery KOGURE / Tokyo
“Art Fair TOKYO 2019″ / Tokyo International Forum, Gallery KOGURE Booth/ Tokyo
2018 “ELYSIUM” / Thinkspace Gallery, L.A, USA
“ART021 SHANGHAI 2018″ / 上海展览中心　(ギャラリー小暮ブース) / Shanghai
“Silver Drop II” / SEIZAN Gallery / Tokyo
“YIA art fair Paris” / Le Carreau du Temple　(Gallery KOGURE Booth) / Paris
“LIONCEAUX RENAISSANCE 2018″ / MITSUKOSHI Art Gallery / Tokyo
“Rose” / NAGAI Gallery / Tokyo
“ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2018″ / Marina Bay Sands (Gallery KOGURE Booth) / Singapore
2017 “PAGES FROM MIND TRAVELERS DIARIES” – Group Exhibition for Dorothy Circus Gallery’s 10 years / Dorothy circus gallery / Rome
“The Passion” / Gallery KOGURE / Tokyo
“ephemeral 2017″ / Jiro Miura Gallery / Tokyo
“MITSUKOSHI Art 110th Anniversary Exhibition -HOPES-” / MITSUKOSHI Art Gallery / Tokyo
“ART STAGE JAKARTA 2017″ / Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel (Gallery KOGURE Booth) / Jakarta
“ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2017″ / Marina Bay Sands (Gallery KOGURE Booth), Singapore
2016年 “ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2016″ / Marina Bay Sands (Gallery KOGURE Booth), Singapore
“TEWAZA Ⅲ” / MITSUKOSHI Art Gallery
“Silver Drop I” / SEIZAN Gallery
“3331 Art Fair 2016 -Various Collectors Prizes‒”/ 3331 Arts Chiyoda
“Group Exhibition – Technic and materials”/ MITSUKOSHI Art Gallery
“Group Exhibition – Contemporary Realism through Drawings”/ NAGAI Gallery
2015 “ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2015″ at Marina Bay Sands / Singapore
“ART FAIR TOKYO 2015″ at Tokyo International Forum, Gallery KOGURE Booth
“Dreamland” at Corey Helford Gallery / Los Angeles, USA
“HER exhibition” at Art Centre, Silpakorn University / Bangkok, Thailand
“The Nightmare In Wonderland Project Part2” at Distinction Gallery / Escondido CA, USA
“The Nightmare In Wonderland Project Part1” at Ayden Gallery / Vancouver, CANADA
“The Nightmare In Wonderland Project Part0” at Rotofugi Gallery / Chicago, USA
“HAKKENDO Gallery opening exhibition” at HAKKENDO Gallery（IID118）/ Tokyo
“TOBI WAVE” at Tokyo art Club
“tripod kettle of January” at Gallery KUNIMATSU / Tokyo
2014 “The Spiral man” at LOWER AKIHABARA gallery / Tokyo
“To see / To paint” – Oil Painting Technique and Material Research Laboratory at the Museum of the Tokyo University of the Arts
“ART FAIR TOKYO 2014″ at Tokyo International Forum, MITSUKOSHI Booth
“NEWS 2014″ at Art Gallery of Tokyo University of the Arts
“Thinking Through Painting” at Art Plaza of Tokyo University of the Arts
“Ghost” at Gallery KUNIMATSU / Tokyo
2013 “NEW CITY ART FAIR. Japanese Contemporary Art” at hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK Store / NY, USA
“BAZAAR ART JAKARTA 2014″ at BALLROOM THE RITZ-CARLTON JAKARTA
“Kowaii Ⅲ” at art data bank×Hakkendo / Tokyo
“RAFU” at Gallery KUNIMATSU / Tokyo
“3 painters” at art gallery of SOGO Yokohama
“MITSUKOSHI – Art exhibition” at the gallery of MITSUKOSHI in Nihonbashi
“Ghost” at Gallery KUNIMATSU / Tokyo
2012 “Nuit Blanche KYOTO 2012″ at Institut français du Japon – Kansai
“Inter:sections Topology of a cultural encounter France:Japan” at Institut français du Japon – Kansai
“YOUNG ART TAIPEI 2012″ at Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei / Taiwan
“Summer Arts Festival, Young Artists leading the new generation” at the gallery of MITSUKOSHI
“Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair 2012″ at Mandarin Oriental / Honkong
“Drawings recommendation” at Shorewood Gallery / Tokyo
“Tanzaku” ( art data bank × Hakkendô) at art data bank / Tokyo
“Kowaii Ⅱ” at art data bank×Hakkendo / Tokyo
“uyuhiko Yamamoto’s selection – Favorites female artists” at the gallery of MITSUKOSHI in GINZA
“Affordable Art Fair Singapore” at F1 Pit Building / Singapore
2011 “Drawings recommandation” at Shorwood Gallery / Tokyo
“ULTRA vol.004″ at SPIRAL GARDEN / Tokyo
“A Daydream” at LOWER AKIHABARA gallery / Tokyo
“KOWAII” at Isetan Shinjuku Art Gallery / Tokyo
“Alpine Panels Picture Book Tanigawadake” at JR UENO station
“Tanzaku” at Art data bank×hakkendo / Tokyo
“Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair 2011″ at Mandarin Oriental / Honkong
“YOUNG ART TAIPEI 2011″ at Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Taipei / Taiwan
“Kowaii” at Art Ddata Bank * Hakkendo / Tokyo
“Affordable Art Fair Singapore” at F1 Pit Building / Singapore
2010 “SHIBUYA STYLE” at SEIBU SHIBUYA / Tokyo
“ULTRA vol.003″ at Spiral Garden / Tokyo
“The Balloon Man” at Gallery LOWER Akihabara / Tokyo
“FLAT CONVALENT BOND” at Gallery SPACE ANNEX / Tokyo
“Graduation exhibition” at the Museum of the Tokyo University of the Arts
2009 “Arianne essor” at the National Gallery of Armenia
2007 “Group exhibition” at the art store of the Tokyo University of the Arts
“Group exhibition” at the gallery TOHO-ART / Tokyo
Workshop in Minakami / Gunma
2006 “Graduation exhibition” at the Museum of the Tokyo University of the Arts
2005 “2 Persons” at the gallery of the Tokyo University of the Arts
  
Publications
  
2023 “Twilight Beauty -Wistful woman in art-“ PIE International
“The art of fantasy” S. Elizabeth / Frances Lincoln
2022 “Genzo Kitan” Geijutsu Shinbunsha
2020 “BIJINGA Borderless vol.2″　Geijutsu Shinbunsha
2017 “illustration 2017″ Koji Hiraizumi / Shoeisha
2016 “Asian inspiration” Viction:ary
2015 “Beautiful Bizarre Magazine” issue 008
“Psikeart”.39
“Gekkan Bijutsu” (Monthly Art magazine)
2014 “Japanese Erotic in Contemporary Art” / PIE International + PIE BOOKS
2013 “Dpi 設計插畫誌-選自Art Quarter vol.4《暗黑系繪畫精選》”
2012 “The window of arts” No.342 / Seikatsu no Tomo Co.
“Art Collectors'” No.34 / Seikatsu no Tomo Co.
“Alpine Panels Picture Book Tanigawadake” / Tokyo University of the Arts × MINAKAMI