Mikito Ozeki – Paper Cut Works
September 7 – October 12, 2013

Opening Reception with the artist: 6:30 – 9 pm on September 6, 2013

Mr. Ozeki will perform paper cutting during the opening reception on September 6 at Ikkan Art Gallery.

Ikkan Art Gallery is pleased to announce its forthcoming solo exhibition of Mikito Ozeki. Building upon the act of 'cutting,' Ozeki’s technique of small, minute cuts amass into large, engulfing stretches, uncovering the ever-expansive mental space of the artist’s mind. The works in this exhibition will include the figurative and representative works of the series 'BODY' (2005-2007) and 'ROAD' (2007), as well as his latest abstract works that cumulate into fields of noise.

Ozeki layers new works with small undulations, like the noise of a dark, black TV screen. The repeated movements and subtly varying strata are mental states, serving as a window into Ozeki’s inner world.

In television, noise is often considered random, useless data not being used to transmit a signal, a by-product of other activities, which is not unlike feelings and thoughts that are left in the sidelines of our everyday existence to make way for other more important tasks. Ozeki laboriously records every transmission and signal, imparting an exalted feat of small noises that advance towards viewers and stimulate our senses.

Mikito Ozeki (b. 1976) lives and works in Nagoya, Japan. He has held solo exhibitions at Clear Edition & Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2013, 2012) and LeBasse Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2010), and has recently participated in the group exhibition 'Tokyo Street' (2013) at Ikkan Art Gallery, Singapore.