​Kondo, Aki

Tohoku University of Art and Design, Graduate School of Design, Department of Art and Culture, Experimental Art Area

1987年	Born in Hokkaido
2011年	“Four-person exhibition - Paintings - Takuya Ikezaki/Tomo Ishii/Shinichiro Kano/Aki Kondo” Shugo Arts, Tokyo
2012年	Graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design, Graduate School of Art and Design, Department of Art and Culture, Experimental Art Area “PHANTOMS OF ASIA: Contemporary Awakens the Past” Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Sister painting 2012 1625x1304mm panel, oil painting
Soldier Toilet 2012 1625x1303mm panel, oil painting

Author's comment

What you see and what you create in your head. I just want to paint so much that I could live to eat up this world.

Judge's review

Kondo's character was inspired by his volunteer work at the site of the Great East Japan Earthquake last year. Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, a situation that instantly resets the social system creates a landscape that resembles a pre-modern, tightly knit community that goes beyond interests. By getting to know a part of the lives of people who transcend geographical and blood ties, I am trying to express a true image of people who have shaken off social constraints. (Taro Amano)