Aoi Yamaguchi
Japanese Calligrapher / Artist
Aoi Yamaguchi has been trained to master calligraphy learning under Master Zuiho Sato from the age of 6, all the while refining her knowledge skills. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the First Place prize from the Minister of Education at the 44th Asahi Calligraphy Nationwide School Exhibit, Superior First Place at the 33rd National Students Calligraphy Exhibition and supreme prizes at competitive public exhibitions. She was selected to participate in the 4th Hokkaido Elementary and Junior High Students Visit to China in 2000 where she represented the country of Japan and participated in calligraphy exchange sessions at the Palace of Pupils of China. Her works explore the juxtaposition of traditional Eastern classics and contemporary artistic expressions. She also uniquely transforms the two-dimensional art of Japanese Calligraphy into physical artistic expression through performance. She has performed in collaboration with contemporary dancers, models, Japanese taiko drummers, and contemporary music producers. She has also worked on projects integrating calligraphy into love visuals for music festivals and concerts. Currently residing in San Francisco and Japan, she has been working on her unique calligraphy installations, exhibitions, live performances, custom logo designed and art works internationally, as she pursues her career to blend traditional art forms with modern aesthetics.
山口碧生
書家 / アーティスト
北海道生まれ。6歳から書道を学び、依嘱作家佐藤瑞鳳氏に師事。1999年、朝日書道展文部大臣賞受賞、2002年に学生名人の称号を取得。北海道書道協会訪中団のひとりとして中国を訪れ、異国で書道を通した文化交流を経験した事から啓発を受ける。異文化の架け橋となることを志し’04年に渡米。サンフランシスコを拠点とし、日本、ベイエリア、ニューヨーク、スウェーデン、ルーマニアなど様々な都市のギャラリー、シアター、美術館、大学等で展示、インスタレーション、ライブパフォーマンス等を行うほか、ロゴデザイン、ドキュメンタリー映画やアルバムジャケットのアートワークなども手がける。クライアントにKENZO Parfumes USA、SK-II, Production I.G, 紀伊国屋書店USA、源吉兆庵など。著名アーティストShing02, Rich Medina, Bobbito, Substantial, Quadron, Jose James、Ben Klockらの音楽イベントにてライブアートパフォーマンスを披露。東北関東大震災援助チャリティアートイベントプロジェクトRISE JAPAN. オーガナイザーの一人。二次元のみにとどまらない書道の美を表現する方法を模索しながら、ダンサーやファッションモデル、華道家、和太鼓や音楽プロデューサーとコラボレートし、ひとつのコンセプトのもと書道の運筆のリズムと世界観を身体表現、音、変形してゆく素材を融合させ多角的に表現する舞台を創り上げるライブ書道パフォーマンスに力を入れている。在サンフランシスコ日本国総領事館や在ルーマニア日本国大使館主催により、ライブ書道パフォーマンス、ワークショップ指導なども意欲的に行う。また、書道アートを生かしたVJパフォーマンスをスウェーデンのエレクトロニック音楽フェスティバルや、Four Tetサンフランシスコ公演にて行うなど、この美しき日本の伝統芸術を次世代に伝えてゆくべく、書道の新たな現代芸術における可能性を追求し活動を展開している。
CV
Solo Exhibitions 個展
2011 Exclusive preview of selected works, Gallery Heist, San Francisco, CA
2010 還源 KANGEN -Reunited with Nature-, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
2009 A Dot and A Line, Guerilla Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2008 Solo Exhibition 燿 -Akagari -, Hokusen Gallery Ivory, Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan
Group Exhibitions グループ展
2013 Art of Fortune, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Rise Japan vol.2, ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Rise Japan vol.1, Gallery Heist & Kokoro Studio, San Francisco, CA
2011 Warhol Reimagined: The New Factory, Project One, San Francisco, CA
2010 Bridge is Over, Lopo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 RAW 08.06.10, Uptown, Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, CA
2010 6th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, Civic Center / Little Saigon, San Francisco, CA
2010 Four Elements vol.4 風 -WIND-, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 43rd Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Japan Town, San Francisco, CA
2010 Four Elements vol.3 土 -EARTH, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 4th Annual Sake Day, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 Four Elements vol.2 火 -FIRE-, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Bridge, Project One, San Francisco, CA
2009 Future Classic, Poleng Lounge, San Francisco, CA
2009 Beyond Recognition, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Love Sake & Art, Artmeznik, San Francisco, CA
2009 Flying Kite Man, Subterranean Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
2009 Kinokuniya Seasonal Calligraphy Installation, Kinokuniya Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
2009 Four Elements vol.1 水 -WATER, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 HELLA LOGOS!!, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 International Valentine’s Day, G3, San Francisco, CA
2009 Colorless Spectrum, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 頁 – page -, Space Gallery, San Francisco
2008 SAI, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Surreality in Reality – 現実の中の非現実 -, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Anything Goes, Dalva, San Francisco, CA
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2007 Spring Landscape, Ensoma, San Francisco, CA
2007 One Love, Gallery One, San Francisco, CA
2006 Minimarhythm x Kero One Launch Party, 330 Ritch, San Francisco, CA
2006 Toki – 時 -, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Live Performances ライブパフォーマンス
2014 結 YUI -Connecting the Unconnected”, TEDxTokyo 2014, Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo, Japan
2013 雅麗人, Digital Garage, DG717, San Francisco, CA
2013 Shō Jō Ru Ten, Teatrul Odeon, Bucharest, Romania
2013 技 WAZA, The Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
2013 You-You, Visit Japan Festival, Union Square, San Francisco, CA
2013 Selected tanka poems from “Voices from Japan”, Art Gallery at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2013 松竹梅 “Sho-Chiku-Bai”, Yoshi’s, San Francisco, CA
2012 鼓舞 Kobu, Lam Research Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2012 New Traditions: Simula x Gen, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2012 飛龍乗雲, Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Sacramento, CA
2012 UNiBIRTH, ArtPadSF Fair, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2012 咏遠 TOWA -Infinity in Nature-, METRO, Kyoto, Japan
2012 咏遠 TOWA -Infinity in Nature-, The 8th Gallery at CLASKA, Tokyo, Japan
2012 “Blessings from Earth” for “gratitude”, Session House, Tokyo, Japan
2011 J-Pop Summit Festival: Sponsored by Japan Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2011 Painted Dolls, Art Explosion Studios, San Francisco, CA
2011 Urbanature -VJ Performance w/ Joel Dittrich for Ben Klock-, VOLT: The Festival for Electronic Music, Uppsala Konsert Kongress, Sweden
2011 蘇生 SOSEI, R/GA, San Francisco, CA
2011 A World Without Words, Bobby McKey’s, National Harbor, MD
2011 Together -Love & Lust-, Oasis, Oakland, CA
2010 KANGEN -Reunited with Nature-, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
2010 Ritmos Sin Fronteras, SOM, San Francisco, CA
2010 Shing02 & Emi Meyer live, Rockit Room, San Francisco, CA
2010 Quadron concert, Mozaic Lounge Hotel Sheraton, San Jose, CA
2010 地跡 CHISEKI -Traces of Nature-, 310 Lounge, New York, NY
2010 Four Elements vol.4 風 -WIND-, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Four Elements vol.3 土 -EARTH, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Invasion, D-Structure, San Francisco, CA
2009 Four Elements vol.2 火 -FIRE-, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Four Elements vol.1 水 -WATER, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Colorless Spectrum, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 頁 – page -, Space Gallery, San Francisco
2008 SAI, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Happy Feet, Mighty, San Francisco, CA
2008 Surreality in Reality – 現実の中の非現実 -, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Light and Shadow – 陽と影 -, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2007 Wordless Eloquence *07 – 雄弁な沈黙 -, White Rabbit, New York, NY
2007 Spring Landscape, Ensoma, San Francisco, CA
2006 Silence & Motion – 静と動 -, Ensoma, San Francisco, CA
2006 Japanese Month Cultural Festival, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Awards 受賞歴
2002 Certificate for An Honor Student from Hokkaido Calligraphy Education Association, Hokkaido Newspaper Corporation
2001 Hokkaido Federation of Japanese Calligraphy Award
2000 Asahi Newspaper Publishing Company Award
2000 First Prize in Japanese National Students’ Calligraphy Expo
1999 Title of Master of Student Calligrapher
1999 First Prize from Japanese Minister of Education
2001 第46回全道学校朝日書道展北海道書道連盟賞
2000 第45回全道学校朝日書道展朝日新聞社賞
2000 第33回全国学生書道展覧会特別賞一席
1999 北海道書道協会「書の研究」学生名人位
1999 第44回全道学校朝日書道展文部大臣賞
Grants グラント•スカラシップ
2011 公益財団法人朝日新聞文化財団芸術活動助成金2011年度対象事業受領 Asahi Shinbun Foundation, Tokyo
Commission コミッション
2014 I.G Films, Tokyo, Japan
2014 JTB USA, San Jose, CA
2014 麺処 麦蔵 Mendokoro Mugikura, San Francisco, CA
2014 麺屋 遊玄 Menya Yugen, Mountain View, CA
2014 Gyu-Kaku 牛角 Las Vegas, NV
2014 “GARM WARS The Last Druid”, Production I.G, Tokyo, Japan
2014 SK-II USA, +pbs, New York, NY
2014 Digital Garage, Tokyo / San Francisco, CA
2013 麺酒屋 極 Menzakaya Goku, San Francisco, CA
2013 麺酒屋 神楽 Menzakaya Kagura, San Francisco, CA
2013 Absolut Vodka, New York, NY
2013 The New Republic, New York, NY
2013 癒月 Yuzuki Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
2013 和楽 Waraku Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
2012 Shabuway, San Francisco, CA
2012 MENOH, San Francisco & Los Angeles, CA
2012 「はしり」for Sushi Restaurant, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
2011 KENZO perfume fair at Bloomingdale’s Third Ave, New York, NY
2010 KENZO perfume fair at Bloomingdale’s, San Francisco, CA
2010 Ippuku, Berkeley, CA
2010 Cover Art for documentary Film “An Eternal Soul”, San Francisco, CA
2010 Ramen Dojo, San Mateo, CA
2010 Calligraphy identity for The Drums, New York, NY
2009 Kinokuniya Bookstore Building, San Francisco, CA (Monthly, March 2009~March 2010)
2009 Dohatsuten Ramen & Tapas, Palo Alto, CA
2007 Ozumo Restaurant & Sake Bar, San Francisco, CA
2006 Tennis Team of Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Other その他
2014 Presentation / Workshop at Google San Francisco Office, San Francisco, CA
2013 Lecture / Workshop at George Washington High School, San Francisco, CA
2013 Lecture / Workshop at Universitatea Romano-Americana, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Lecture / Demonstration / Workshop at University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Lecture / Workshop at Uniersitatea Crestina Dimiterie Cantemir, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Lecture / Workshop at Japanese School in Romania, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Lecture / Workshop at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Lecture / Workshop at Universitatea Hyperion, Bucharest, Romania
2012 Demonstration / Workshop at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2012 Lecture / workshop at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2011 Guest speaker presentation at R/GA, San Francisco, CA
2011 Guest speaker presentation at Smart Design, San Francisco, CA
2011 Live art making at Sketch Tuesdays, 111 Minna, San Francisco
2011 Lecture / workshop at Leola M. Harvard Early Education School, San Francisco, CA
2010 Demonstration at Presidio Teacher’s Night, San Francisco, CA
2010 Lecture / demonstration at ArtSeed workshop, Sequoias, San Francisco, CA
2010 Lecture / demonstration at Japanese Calligraphy workshop, Sycamore Church, Albany, CA
Featured Publications メディア掲載
The New Republic, New York, April 2013
書の研究 Sho No Kenkyu by International Calligraphy Association, Japan, February & March 2013
Monocomplex.net, New York, October 2011
Tokyo Digigirl: GINZA Official Blog, Tokyo, October 2011
Swedish VJ Union, Sweden, June 2011
SHIFT, Japan, June 2011
Artbusiness.com, San Francisco, May 2011
SF Weekly, San Francisco, Novmeber 2010
[X] Press Magazine, San Francisco State University, April 2009
KINARI, Tokyo, November 2008
FIL, Sapporo, August 2008
Hokubei Mainichi Newpaper, San Francisco, June 2008
BaySpo, San Francisco, December 2006
TV Appearances テレビ出演
Pasaport Diplomatic, Bucharest, Romania July 2013
Bucuresti TV City, Bucharest, Romania, July 2013
KRON4 Weekend Morning News with Henry Tenenbaum, San Francisco, California, October 2011
Radio Appearances ラジオ出演
SHIBUYA FM Magnetic Girl Radio with Emi Kusano, Tokyo, Japan January 17, 2012
FM NORTHWAVE ちあラジ！with Kaori Oku, Sapporo, Japan January 4, 2012
