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1962年、東京都生まれ。横浜国立大学工学部建築学科卒業後、グラフィック・デザイナーとして、数々の書籍装丁、雑誌、CDやDVDのパッケージ、ロゴデザインなどを手がける。2004年、アート活動に専念することを目指してニューヨークへ。Parsons School of Designでシルクスクリーンに出会い、精力的に創作活動を開始。2006年3月、「Inter-National Juried Print Biennial 2006（国際プリント版画コンテスト/Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center主催）」に入選。

About the Award Winning Work

Artist Statement I am a freelance graphic designer who came from Japan to New York City two years ago. In Japan, I designed the covers for many books, magazines, and CDs. One year ago, I started creating works using the medium of silkscreen. There are no concrete images in my work. My production method first clears away any particular images as much as possible. Then, facing my internal chaos, I create whatever image arrives before me in my mind. The theme of this work is "結" ("Tied"). In it, I am describing the interdependence of all living things--trying to capture this concept as an image. The complex relationship of the lines creates beauty and energy, crossing each other at certain times, interfering with each other, twisting, seeming to lose sight of the direction that should be advanced, yet maintaining harmony as a whole. These seemingly inorganic, self-regarding, and individual elements change into an organic structure, creating a dazzling aura that is constantly vibrating between weakness and strength. This trilogy assumes the Buddhist concepts of "無限" ("Mugen"), "無辺" ("Muhen"), and "無量" ("Muryo")--the "Laws of Existence." "Mugen" means "Continuity," "Muhen" means "The Universality of Life," and "Muryo" means "The Exhaustlessness of Life Activity." And thus is the way of the Earth..

(c)2006 Eiichi Nishi