Biography
1976 Born in Shiga, Japan
Takaaki Mano
Raised in Shiga prefecture by an art teacher father and a musician mother, Takaaki Mano spent his early years in an atmosphere teeming with philosophy and creativity.As a boy he devoted himself to sports and academics, and was particularly fond of Chinese...
1976 Born in Shiga, Japan
Takaaki Mano
Raised in Shiga prefecture by an art teacher father and a musician mother, Takaaki Mano spent his early years in an atmosphere teeming with philosophy and creativity.As a boy he devoted himself to sports and academics, and was particularly fond of Chinese philosophy and nature.At age 10 his school took him on a class trip to Europe, where he was indelibly affected by the architectural grandeur of Florence and an encounter with Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.After graduating high school he began consorting with a range of artists and musicians, and at age 19 he set off on a journey across Asia. Far off in Nepal, he had a religious experience that culminated in a spiritual awakening but caused him to lose touch with reality and lapse into emotional disarray.
By age 25 he had fallen into a severe state of depression, and continues to receive treatment to this day, while expressing himself through a wide range of media, including acrylic painting, photography, essays, and fiction.He sees life as a work of art in and of itself, and views our day to day existence as a creative process.To Takaaki, creating paintings and other art is an inherent human behavior, right along with eating and sleeping. When he creates a painting, he feels as if he’s absorbing the energy of the universe with every inch of his being.
Clearing his mind of all thoughts, he defers to his physical impulses and allows himself paint automatically.In this state, he taps into an alternate, metaphysical plane of existence, and records this sensory overload in paintings that sear with vivid color. He uses art as a tool for corralling unknown varieties of energy and hauling them into the terrestrial world, as a means harnessing light, and as a way of increasing our planet’s energetic undulations while giving people a sense of hope. The result is newfound paradise on earth.
Awards
2019
「ART TAIWAN & JAPAN 2019」抽象画賞（高雄市アートセンター、台湾）
2018
「Japanese Art Show」銅賞（Espacio Gallery、ロンドン）
2014
「ARTEX NEW YORK 2014」特別賞（Ward-Nasse Gallery、ニューヨーク)
2012
「滋賀県文学祭」文芸出版賞 エッセイ集『インディゴのつぶやき』
2009
「風展」画廊賞（ギャラリー風の門、滋賀）
Group Exhibitions
2021
「Art Expo New York 2021」PIER 36（ニューヨーク）
2020
「Daegu Art Fair 2020」 EXCO (大邱, 韓国)
2020
「JCAT Online Exhibition WE Part2」JCAT Gallery（オンラインギャラリー）
2020
「JCAT Online Exhibition BEGIN」JCAT Gallery (オンラインギャラリー)
2020
「Made in Japan 展 / Feb」Noho M55 Gallery（ニューヨーク）
2019
「ART JAPAN 2019」Brunswick Street Gallery（メルボルン・オーストラリア）
2019
「ART Santa Fe（アート・サンタフェ）」Santa Fe Community Convention Center（サンタフェ・USA）
2019
「Busan Annual Market of Art (BAMA)」釜山国際展示場 BEXCO（釜山・韓国）
2019
「ART TAIWAN & JAPAN」Pier2 Art Center（高雄・台湾）
2019
「Sm;)ey Exhibition」プレアデスギャラリー（ニューヨーク）
2019
「JAPAN ART STORM in Tainan」IMIN TAINAN CULTURAL & CREATIVE（台南・台湾）
2018
「Art Fusion 2018」Jadite Galleries（ニューヨーク）
2018
「JAPANISM 2」プレアデスギャラリー（ニューヨーク）
2018
「ART JAPAN in Glasgow」New Glasgow Society（スコットランド）
2018
「WE Exhibition」プレアデスギャラリー（ニューヨーク）
2018
「ONWARD - Navigating the Japanese Future 2018」The Hive Gallery and studios（ロサンゼルス）
2018
「Le vent du japon」SWAY GALLERY（パリ）
2018
「Japanese Art Show 2018」espacio gallery（ロンドン）
2018
「JCAT SHOWCASE 2018」One Art Space（ニューヨーク）
Solo Exhibitions
2021
「幸せの道」JCAT Gallery (オンラインギャラリー）
2021
「空（くう）の煌めき」JCAT Gallery (オンラインギャラリー）
2020
「新しい夜明け」Gallery IYN（大阪）
2020
「虹の民」JCAT Gallery (オンラインギャラリー）
2019
「楽園地球」Gallery IYN（大阪）
2017
「新生地球」アートイマジンギャラリー（東京）
2017
「楽園の創造」上海風月舎画廊（上海・中国）
2016
「銀河の夢」OUCHI GALLERY （ニューヨーク）
2015
「私の宇宙」上海風月舎画廊（上海・中国）
2015
「インディゴ・エナジー」Salon de La'（東京・銀座）
2014
「内宇宙への旅」上海風月舎画廊（上海・中国）
2014
「銀河の輝き」Salon de La'（東京・銀座）
2014
「あるがまま」TERADA AMUSEMENT SPACE（ベルリン・ドイツ）
2013
「眞野丘秋の世界」Salon de La'（東京・銀座）
