Biography
Takayuki Daikoku (born 1976, Shiga) is a sculptor. After completing the MFA of Osaka University of Arts, he stayed in Germany twice for about six and a half years (2001-03, 2011-16). He explores the harmonious beauty of natural diversity, and cultural diversity in modern society, and creates sculptures, drawings, and installations. So far, mainly both Japan and Germany, he has exhibited consistently at galleries, museums, and art fairs, participated in residency programs, and collaborated on three years with the county of Havelland, Germany on an open-air sculpture project. His work was selected for FACE 2018. In 2020, he accomplished the installation of his masterpiece, a sculpture, in the private residence of a Dallas-based art collector through online video. He's currently represented by MARUEIDO JAPAN(Tokyo), and Semjon Contemporary (Berlin). His recently solo exhibitions are A Part for the Whole at MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo, and Cosmos at The Terminal KYOTO, Kyoto.
Statement
I represent the beauty of balance that exists within the juxtaposition of different things. I use several visual languages, such as sculpture, drawing, and installation, all of which contain a "moderation". It’s a kind of beautiful vibration in which harmony is maintained. In my work, conflicting things occur, such as organic and inorganic, concave and convex, ground and figure. I mainly adopt traditional materials such as wood, paper, iron, stucco, pencil, and paint for my works. And I use various techniques to create them. A double structure emerges in the pieces that seem to move back and forth between the two items.
In the natural world, when the balance is lost, the ecosystem is distorted and sometimes a serious disaster occurs. It can be said that diversity is a continuous belt of various conflicting things. I believe that maintaining that delicate balance will be an important guidepost for modern society.
The beauty of the cosmos (The beauty of an orderly or harmonious system) is also the beauty of relationships and events in the world. It seems that it is vibrating like “life”. This aesthetic image has become an important motif in my work.
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1976 Born in Shiga, Japan
2016- Based in Shiga, Japan
2011-2016 Stayed in Rathenow, Brandenburg, Germany
2001-2003 Stayed in Berlin, Germany
1995-1999 Graduated from BA Fine Art Department, Osaka University of Arts
1999-2001 Graduated from MA Fine Art Department, Osaka University of Arts
solo exhibitions
2021 Cosmos, THE TERMINAL KYOTO, Kyoto
2020 A Part for the Whole, MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2018 CERES, MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
Faltzeichnungen / Folded Drawings, Semjon Contemporary, Berlin
