Biography
Japan-born artist, Natsuki Takauji lives and works in NYC. She is a member of faculty at The Art Students League of New York and Sculptors Alliance. Solo exhibition venues include Berkeley College Gallery, Manhattan, NY, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Most recent group exhibitions include "Time Space Existence" at Palazzo Mora during the 16th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Her public installation venues include Riverside Park, Manhattan, NY. Her current socially engaging project in the NYC community, "What Is Your Name?" is a public sculpture, made possible by the Art Port Residency Program at La Guardia Airport, Queens, NY.
Artist Statement
My work stands on such fundamental observations as physics and metaphysics, adding contradicting aesthetics within. Particle physics and astrophysics may appear to focus on opposite ends of a spectrum, but in actuality, they are co-dependent. If we want to understand the world, we need to acknowledge the connection between the opposite ends, the existence beyond our senses and logic, metaphors, and rhythm that are expressed in the universe, poems, and art. Therefore, my point of view for art-making covers the dynamics between the micro to macro, external to internal, philosophical to practical. I believe in seeking the essential questions that are not generally discussed or answered. My work attempts to convey them, stimulating tension between the monumental and the minute, the calm and the stirring. They are grounded yet flow, at times literally with fluids, and range from intimate indoor sculptures to large scale outdoor interactive structures and socially engaging practice.
Japan-born artist, Natsuki Takauji lives and works in NYC. She is a member of faculty at The Art Students League of New York and Sculptors Alliance. Solo exhibition venues include Berkeley College Gallery, Manhattan, NY, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Most recent group exhibitions include "Time Space Existence" at Palazzo Mora during the 16th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Her public installation venues include Riverside Park, Manhattan, NY. Her current socially engaging project in the NYC community, "What Is Your Name?" is a public sculpture, made possible by the Art Port Residency Program at La Guardia Airport, Queens, NY.
Artist Statement
My work stands on such fundamental observations as physics and metaphysics, adding contradicting aesthetics within. Particle physics and astrophysics may appear to focus on opposite ends of a spectrum, but in actuality, they are co-dependent. If we want to understand the world, we need to acknowledge the connection between the opposite ends, the existence beyond our senses and logic, metaphors, and rhythm that are expressed in the universe, poems, and art. Therefore, my point of view for art-making covers the dynamics between the micro to macro, external to internal, philosophical to practical. I believe in seeking the essential questions that are not generally discussed or answered. My work attempts to convey them, stimulating tension between the monumental and the minute, the calm and the stirring. They are grounded yet flow, at times literally with fluids, and range from intimate indoor sculptures to large scale outdoor interactive structures and socially engaging practice.
Contact
takaujinatsuki@gmail.com