略歴

田村澪平は昆虫をモチーフに絵を描き続けています。
きっかけは、幼いころにクワガタムシをつかまえて飼育したことでした。以来、図鑑などを買ってもらい、クレヨンやクーピーなどで昆虫の絵を描くようになり、高校時代に日本画に出会うと、大学で日本画を学びながら昆虫をモチーフに絵を描くようになります。
昆虫は身近な存在でありながら、約4億年という途方もない歴史の中で１００万種以上(未発見を含めるとそれよりも遥かに多い)ともいわれる生物最大の多様性を築いています。しかし個としての昆虫の生命は儚く刹那的です。このギャップに生命としての魅力を感じモチーフに取り入れています。
田村は描き続ける中で、現代社会のストレスや、誰しも何者かにならなくてはいけないという焦り、不安のようなものを、昆虫というモチーフを通し多様性や個の重要性、尊さを表現しようと日々模索しています。
制作には墨のように繊細な画材から、岩絵具など粒子が大きな画材、箔などの素材感の強い画材を用いて画面のマチエールを意識しています。またモチーフの存在感を引き出すために様々な画風、技法に挑戦しています。今回の展示でも、それぞれの画材の特性が昆虫の歴史性や多様性と重なり合
わせるようなイメージで制作した作品を展示予定です。

Reihei Tamura has been consistently creating artwork inspired by insects. The origin of this passion can be traced back to his childhood when he caught and raised a stag beetle. Since then, he started drawing insects using crayons and colored pencils, inspired by picture books and encyclopedias his family provided. During high school, Tamura discovered Japanese-style painting, which led him to pursue it further at university, where he began focusing on insects as his primary motif.
Insects, while being familiar creatures, possess a remarkable history spanning approximately 400 million years, with an astonishing diversity of over a million species (and potentially far more, considering the undiscovered ones). Despite this vast diversity, the lifespan of an individual insect is fleeting and ephemeral. Tamura is captivated by this contrast, which he finds deeply compelling and uses as a motif in his art.
Through his work, Tamura explores themes of modern societal stress, the anxiety and pressure to become "someone," and the struggles of individuality. Using insects as a motif, he aims to express the importance of diversity and the value of individuality. He continually experiments with various materials, including delicate mediums like ink, large-particle pigments such as mineral pigments, and materials with strong textural qualities, like gold and silver leaf, to create richly textured surfaces. To enhance the presence of his motifs, he also challenges himself with diverse artistic styles and techniques.
For his latest exhibition, Tamura plans to showcase works that integrate the unique characteristics of these materials with the historical and diverse nature of insects.

1996 年 山形県生まれ
2015 年 東北芸術工科大学日本画コース入学
2019 年 東北芸術工科大学大学院日本画領域入学
三菱商事アート・ゲート・プログラム 2019 年度奨学生
2021 年 東北芸術工科大学大学院日本画領域修了
2022年 「CYPRIS GROND PRIX 2022」 アトリエキプリス
　　 「階 - 新進日本画作家選抜展 -」 銀座スルガ台画廊
　　「NATURE 2022」 GALLERY ART POINT
　　「春を奏でる - 東北芸術工科大学出身作家 -」 ゆう画廊
　　「青展」 月ノ出画廊
「へんないきもの展 13」 フリュウ・ギャラリー
　　「田村澪平個展」 ぎゃらりぃ朋
　　「INSECTS」 SASAI FINE ARTS
　　 「彼岸の翅」 gallery hydrangea
　　 「虫いろいろ展」 月ノ出画廊
　　「第 4 回 日本画と恐竜 展」 ギャラリー路草
2023年 「階 - 新進日本画作家選抜展 - 2023」 銀座スルガ台画廊
　　 「玉響 -Fleeting Moment-」 GALLERY ART POINT
　　 「INSECTS」 SASAI FINE ARTS
　　 「蝶と蛾の祭展」 九段下アートギャラリー CORSO
2024年 「CYPRIS GRAND PRIX 2024」 アトリエキプリス
　　 「ART POINT Selection 2024」 GALLERY ART POINT
　　「階 - 新進日本画作家選抜展 - 2024」 銀座スルガ台画廊
　　 「ちいさないきもの展」 月ノ出画廊
　　「在り在り 田村澪平個展」 フリュウ・ギャラリー
　　「東北芸工大・有志の会 展」 東京九段耀画廊
　　「湧く湧く 田村澪平個展」 アトリエキプリス
　　「蝶と蛾の祭展 2024」 九段下アートギャラリー CORSO
　　　「うたうけはい 田村澪平・星和真二人展」ぎゃらりぃ朋

1996: Born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
2015: Enrolled in the Japanese Painting Course, Tohoku University of Art & Design
2019: Entered the graduate program in Japanese Painting at Tohoku University of Art & Design
Awarded the Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Scholarship (2019)
2021: Graduated from the graduate program in Japanese Painting at Tohoku University of Art & Design
2022: "CYPRIS GRAND PRIX 2022," Atelier Cypris
"KAI - Exhibition of Emerging Japanese Painting Artists," Surugadai Gallery Ginza
"NATURE 2022," GALLERY ART POINT
"Spring Melody - Tohoku University of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition," You Gallery
"Ao-ten (Blue Exhibition)," Tsukinode Gallery
"Strange Creatures Exhibition 13," Flew Gallery
"Ryohei Tamura Solo Exhibition," Gallery Tomo
"INSECTS," SASAI FINE ARTS
"Wings Beyond," Gallery Hydrangea
"Insects Varied Exhibition," Tsukinode Gallery
"4th Japanese Painting and Dinosaurs Exhibition," Gallery Michikusa
2023: "KAI - Exhibition of Emerging Japanese Painting Artists 2023," Surugadai Gallery Ginza
"Tamayura - Fleeting Moment," GALLERY ART POINT
"INSECTS," SASAI FINE ARTS
"Butterflies and Moths Festival," Kudanshita Art Gallery CORSO
2024:"CYPRIS GRAND PRIX 2024," Atelier Cypris
"ART POINT Selection 2024," GALLERY ART POINT
"KAI - Exhibition of Emerging Japanese Painting Artists 2024," Surugadai Gallery Ginza
"Small Creatures Exhibition," Tsukinode Gallery
"Presence - Ryohei Tamura Solo Exhibition," Flew Gallery
"Tohoku University of Art & Design Alumni Association Exhibition," TokyoKudanyō Gallery,
"Overflowing - Ryohei Tamura Solo Exhibition," Atelier Cypris
"Butterflies and Moths Festival 2024," Kudanshita Art Gallery CORSO
"Singing Forms - Ryohei Tamura and Shinji Hoshi Two-Person Exhibition," Gallery Tomo