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"Inorganic flora" by Macoto Murayama

Frantic Gallery is glad to present the first solo show of new media artist Macoto Murayama, who uses cut-edge software and 3D modeling to create Botanical Illustrations of the 21st century. We would like to use this opportunity to explain to the audience 1. the process of the creation of Murayama's Flowers (from research of existing flora to digital technologies artist applies), 2. the context of his work in historical perspective and in connection with both technical art and botanical art (from early botanical illustration in Ancient Greece to the X-Ray Art of late 20th century), 3. hierarchy of Murayama's digital drawings and indication he uses for his vast body of works (relationship between "Inorganic Flora", "Botanical Diagram" and "Botech Art" terms as well as indexes he uses for the work titles such as "w", "b", "wc", "bc"). Numerous art works are going to be exhibited including three "Botanical Diagrams", Botanical Matrix composed of more than 30 Botech Art works and the latest two meters work diagram in color. We hope "Inorganic Flora" Exhibition will reveal intricate connections between visual art and science, provoking frantic conversations about ancient tradition of depicting flowers and its possible future in Digital Age.

Macoto Murayama

1984
Born in Kanagawa
2007
Miyagi University, Information Design Dept., Spatial Design course, B.A.
2008
A member of The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration
2009
Institute of Advanced Media Art and Sciences (IAMAS), Media Expression Dept., completed.
2009-
Researcher at IAMAS

Solo Exhibitions

2011
"Inorganic flora", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

2010
"2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic, Gallery, Tokyo
2009
"Exhibition of Objects Under Observation"(with Toshitaka Mochizuki), art project frantic, Tokyo
2009
"My Favorite Things, Unseal Contemporary and art project frantic Joint Exhibition", Tokyo
2009
"Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2009", Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo
2009
"PLAYING BACK SURFACE Ⅱ - digital images of contemporary art - ", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art Civic Gallery, Aichi, Japan
2009
"IAMAS 2009", Softopia Japan Center Builiding, Gifu, Japan
2008
"OGAKI BIENNALE 2008", Takaya-cho Underpass, Gifu, Japan