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Miki Jougan

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Born in 1991, Muko City, Kyoto, Japan

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Biography

 In my high school days, I got an accident injury on my left leg and had a surgery. Since then, I have used a stick to walk.

I faced difficulty to go to full-time high school so I dropped out.

Spending lives and searching a job were harder than general people.

But my hands move. I decided to be a painter to make a living.

I learned painting by myself. Yes, in my childhood, my dream was to be a painter.

Now my left leg has recovered and no need to surgery, which allowed me to enter correspondence high school.

This year I graduate correspondence high school and become a correspondence college student.

I am a person with special needs to spend lives and to go out. 
I walked with a cane for about 8 years.
I have not used a cane for the last few years.
However, because of disease, I must sit with stretching my left leg, or my left leg get worse.

My core business is painting, sometimes writing articles, model activity and appearing on media.

Since 2021, I have been creating my works by staying at various hotels in Japan.
I use acrylic paints as my medium.
I make it a rule to create artworks with the themes for “preserving Japan's beautiful landscapes," "the Earth," and "tradition."
I do not use any preliminary sketches or drawings.

Depending on the job, a preliminary sketch may be drawn.

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​2015・ Awarded the Encouragement Prize in the "87th Shinkozo Exhibition" Small Works category (subsequently received the Encouragement Prize two more times in the Small Works category).

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2016・Creating the large mural "24Grams of Ginza" for Tokyu Plaza Ginza (exhibited until 2021).

・Won two awards in the "SOMPO Paralym Art Soccer Art Contest."

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2017・Holding a solo exhibition "Atelier mimaRe Exhibition" (Yokohama City, AAAGALLERY).

・Receiving the Jury's Special Prize at the "SOMPO Paralym Art Cup 2017."

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2019・Receiving the President's Award of Kawasaki Chamber of Commerce at the "35th Shinkozo Kanagawa Exhibition."

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2021・Selected for "ARTAOTA 2021." The exhibited painting was sold at "ARTAOTA AUCTION" (Kyoto Prefecture).

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2022・Winning the Encouragement Prize at the "10th Anniversary Shinkozo Tokyo Exhibition" (The National Art Center, Tokyo).

・Dedicated the painting "KIBOU" to Migukurumitama Shrine (Osaka Prefecture).

・Holding a solo exhibition "JAPAN" (Tokyo, SPACE K Daikanyama).

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2024・The "Patsuru" was exhibited at Hotel Villa Fontaine Grand Haneda Airport.

・Donating the painting "Shizuku" to Orange County cafe (Osaka Prefecture)

・Holding a solo exhibition "JAPAN" in Tottori ("TOTTORI COFFEE ROASTER" & "THE MILL’S").
 

Exhibition Venue

・Osaka City’s model room "WADACHI," where wheelchair users can experience a stay (reservation required).

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Painting Style

I have never taken professional art education. Little knowledge about painting I have.
The followings are my paintings style.

 

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1. The shapes bring me a lot of inspiration

At the beginning of a work, drawing shapes. The shapes bring me a lot of inspiration, I feel it is like an association game. 

Based on my experience of technical drawing, I regard shapes as a basis of painting inspiration. 
In addition, setting a theme, talking a client, which also bring me a lot of inspiration.

 In this way, painting at random. 

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2. Leaving impressive works or sceneries with a memory

I have practiced painting a lot, but it is still hard to paint a beautiful work.

But sometimes I can do it after watching impressive works or sceneries. 

So when finding an impressive work or scenery, closing my eyes and leaving it with a memory. Stopping to look at an object with silent. Just as if I were a photographer.

This is my ordinary for painting.

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3. Painting what I found there

Looking at white wall at night, sometimes I find something there.

Also being tired, sometimes I find something there. 

I rush painting them rapidly. 

These phenomenons happen suddenly. 

What I found leaves in a memory, and it erases after I paint it.

Even completed the work, I don’t forget what I found.

 I cannot understand and explain why these phenomenons happen, but it is clear that my works that I painted in this way often receive a high evaluation.

Now I cannot imagine my works evaluated without this way.

Painting in this way is hard on my body, however it helps me to do a good performance. 

 There is one more way. What I found does not always leave in a memory. 

Sometimes I find something in my brain suddenly and I paint it very rapidly.

The painting is one of a kind. It inspires me an idea of lyric, music and novel.

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Used material

Painting with acrylic paint on cloth, wall, canvas and so on.

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