Motoko Musha - Suiboku-ga artist
Born in Suzuka City, Mie, Japan in 1941, Motoko Musha began her career as an artist with Nihon-ga (Japanese Watercolour) and oil painting. It was not until the 1980s after meeting Takugo, a Suiboku-ga master that she embarked upon a painting form that inspired her eventually to create her signature style - a blend of traditional Asian heritage with free-spirited contemporary art. Shortly after, she became inspired by the works of late Japanese artist Tamiji Kitagawa's Open Air School of Painting and travelled to Taxco, Mexico to gain a greater understanding of his legacy. Here she fell in love with the people and culture of the country, which has had a profound influence on her work. Motoko Musha became recognized for her distinctive spiritual expression of Suiboku-ga using traditional Japanese tools, and has held numerous exhibitions and Suiboku-ga classes throughout Mexico. Internationally she has participated in a number of art exhibitions and art fairs in Asia and Europe, with her last solo European exhibition in May 2007 at the Gallery Thuiller in Paris, France, and has held over thirty solo exhibitions in Japan.
Suiboku-ga of Eastern culture is art created through the harmony of ink, water and the whiteness of paper. Only the combination of the proper brush stroke technique with right amount of water can produce gradations of ink with both strong and soft shading, both dry and wet stokes that express colours, texture, and movements on a single piece of delicate white paper. Painting must be done very quickly, without sketches or drafts, as the art of Suiboku-ga is the focus of a single individual stroke directly onto paper, which requires a strong concentration and tension. It is the expression of the artist's emotions and internal sensitivity that enhances the spirituality of this art form. It is said that when one is completely unburdened in spirit and able to be completely free, the work produced will be pure.
Motoko Musha?s watercolours share the same spirit, technique and tools of the traditional Eastern Suiboku-ga art form. Viewers are often surprised by the wide variety of inspiration in her art works, including Mexican Indios, angels from ancient Chinese murals, Buddha, nudes, abstracts, elements from nature such as Mt. Fuji, trees, water, and cherry blossoms. Her life?s work focused upon the creation of art from spiritual inspiration and her humanitarian spirit of love, passion and prayer towards world peace.
Motoko Musha passed away suddenly in September 2008, leaving behind a tremendous legacy that inspired all those who knew her and her art.
www.motokomusha.com
INFO
- Name: Motoko Musha
- Country: JP
- Website: www.motokomusha.com
- Discipline: FINE_ARTIST
