AKIRA OKAMOTO  /   岡本 啓

Artist

1981 Born in Osaka, Japan

2004 Graduated from Fine Arts Department, Osaka University of Arts

Using effectively his original method ‘photo brush’, Akira Okamoto have been making paintings like optics experiments.

He applicates photographic technics to his works without using cameras. In the completely dark room, he uses photographic materials such as films and photographic papers when records lights on photographic paper by giving shape and color to them.

Drawing lights on photographic papers like this achieves a distinctive clarity and a sharpness. And they are difficult to be achieved by the paintings made only from paint materials. By regarding photo developing process as painting, Okamoto shows new aspects of photographic materials and new possibilities of paintings.

1981 大阪府生まれ

2004 大阪芸術大学美術学科（平面コース）卒業 

独自の手法〈photo brush＝フォトブラッシュ〉を駆使し、光学実験のような絵画制作を続ける。

写真を表現媒体としながらカメラを使わず、写真材料である〈フィルム〉と〈印画紙〉の持つ、｢光によって発色する｣性質を利用し、完全な暗室のなかで、「光」を色彩として、形として、「記録」していく。

印画紙に描くことによって得られる鮮明さは絵の具では表現し難い。岡本は写真の現像行程を「描く」ことと捉え、写真素材の新しい魅力と絵画表現の可能性を提示する。