Artist
島田 沙里
1978年 東京生まれ
女子美術大学 デザイン科 卒業
芸術家の多い家庭だったため、幼少の頃からものづくりが身近なものでした。中学入学と同時に日本画家の奥倉 賢二先生にデッサンを習い始め、大学時代はデザイン科に所属しながらも日本画を描いていました。自然や流れを描くことが好きでした。
卒業後はデザインの仕事をしていましたが、長年画面に向かって二次元で制作する世界にいたからか、手で直接感じられる三次元の立体造形に興味を持ち、さまざまな素材を検討。自由に足したり引いたりしながら形を追求して行く事ができ、自然の素材である土の世界に惹かれ、土を使って立体物を作り始めました。十年ほど土と遊んだ事で制作の方向性が見えてきたので2022年にデザインの仕事を辞め、立体造形の方向へ舵を切りました。
2022年 第78回 現展入選（俊英作家）国立新美術館
Sari Shimada
1978, Born in Tokyo, Japan
Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design
I grew up in Artist family. I loved painting since I was a baby. I started to learn drawing from a Japanese paint artist Kenji Okakura during my middle school years, and while attending university as a design major, I continued to paint in the Nihonga style. I particularly enjoyed depicting nature and the flow of things.
After graduating from art school, I worked as a freelance designer. However, after spending many years creating two-dimensional works on a computer, I became interested in three-dimensional sculptural works that could be directly experienced with the hands. I explored various materials and was drawn to clay, a natural material that allowed me to freely add or subtract elements. I began creating sculptures out of clay. After about ten years of working with clay, I gained a clearer direction in my creative process, which led me to leave my design work behind and focus on three-dimensional art in 2022.
2022 Selected for the 78th "Gendai-ten" Exhibited at the National Art Center in Tokyo.
Email : contact@sarishimada.art