AOI YAMAGUCHI CALLIGRAPHY

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  • Featured Interview in Violet

    Featured Interview in Violet

    I’m in Violet Japan Issue 04: Ever As Just Sure. I’m flattered to be part of this beautiful issue with talented women around the world with visions and powerful voices. It’s encouraging and empowering to learn other female artists’ views on the idea of gender and social status in their creative fields. It made me reevaluate the importance of what I do as a female calligrapher. Thank you Yuki Uenaka & Kaori Nishida for your visit to my studio all the way from Tokyo!

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    雑誌 Violet Japan Issue 04: Ever As Just Sureに、インタビューが掲載されました。

    Violet Book Japan はロンドンを拠点とする、ファッション＆カルチャー女性誌Violetの日本版。ファッションという視点からでなく、現代の女性達の自由な在り方や、内面を引き出したいというモットーのもと作られている、「女性による女性のための」素敵な雑誌です。どんな分野においても、女性が自分らしく、強く逞しく、生き生きとしている姿は素敵だなと思います。

    @yukiuenaka & 西田さん、アトリエでの楽しい時間をどうもありがとう！

    本屋さんで見かけたら、ぜひお手に取っていただけたら幸いです ☺️

    www.violet-book.com

  • Featured Interview by LAMŲ SLĖNĮS

    Featured Interview by LAMŲ SLĖNĮS

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    My interview is featured in LAMŲ SLĖNĮS, a beautiful Lithuanian culture magazine, while I’m getting ready for my upcoming show in Vilnius, Lithuania in September. This year, Lithuania is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence – Act of Reinstating Independence of Lithuania was signed in February 1918. I came to learn that there are various cultural events, festivals and celebrations taking place throughout the year, and I am honored to be invited to share my art and our culture with people in Lithuania. I’m excited to set my foot in the Baltic States this fall for the first time, and celebrate this special occasion together. More details to be announced, so please stay tuned!

    The article is written in Lithuanian. Please visit the site from the link below to read the online version of the magazine.
    I’ll be in the July 2018 issue, keep flipping through, you’ll find me in the pages from p.186 – 191.

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  • Interview Featured in The Design Kids

    Interview Featured in The Design Kids

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    For their featured artists’ interview, they asked me some fun questions. While talking about my “earliest creative memories”, it took me to all the memories of my childhood in Hokkaido, and it was hard to make it into a nice and sweet, short answer… but yes, what I’m doing now and 5-6 years old self are almost the same, maybe a little grown-up version. Living now in Berkeley, California, I miss Hokkaido so much. I’m so blessed and so fortunate to have these opportunities to share my little fantasies with everyone, including you, who’s reading this. Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your time. Ok, it’s time to go back to the nature for me now, I’m going to camping tomorrow into the wilderness of California.

    The interview is now online. Have a read if you have a moment![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”READ THE INTERVIEW” style=”classic” shape=”square” color=”black” align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1533084118037{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][rs_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Featured interview in COURRIER JAPON

    Featured interview in COURRIER JAPON

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    COURRIER JAPON, a Japan-based international news magazine, featured my interview with 99U. The interview is translated into Japanese for this issue. Courrier Japon is one of the international magazines I used to read in Japan, around the time when I was starting to dream about studying abroad. It absolutely broaden my knowledge about the world. It is an honor to be in this magazine, thank you Courrier Japon for sharing my stories as a Japanese calligrapher.
    You can read the interview from here.

    日本で海外に視野を向け始めた高校時代に読んでいたCOURRIER JAPON に、インタビューが掲載されました。
    先日99Uに掲載されたインタビュー “Breaking from Tradition” の日本語訳版です。ぜひご一読いただけましたら幸いです。
    記事はこちらから。

    14歳の時に感じた「アートは言葉や文化の国境を超え、心は通じあうことができるんだ」という思いは、当時も今も変わっていません。毎日が試行錯誤で、日々が新たな発見で、失敗から学んで、自分に問いかけながら、表現し続けること。言葉も文化も超えたたくさんの素敵な出逢いがあって、思いがあって、支えがあって、私はここにいます。

    COURRiER Japonのスタッフの皆様、素敵なインタビュー翻訳記事を掲載してくださってどうもありがとうございます。[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_btn title=”READ THE INTERVIEW” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcourrier.jp%2Fnews%2Farchives%2F94317%2F|||”][rs_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Featured interview in CNN ENGLISH EXPRESS

    Featured interview in CNN ENGLISH EXPRESS

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    Excited to be featured in the latest December issue of CNN English Express (available in Japan). It is wonderful to be able to share stories about my work across the world through words. Thank you CNN EE for the lovely time in Tokyo!

    CNN English Express 12月号巻頭に、インタビューが掲載されました。海外での書家活動についてお話しさせていただきました。
    朝日出版社のスタッフの皆さま、素敵な記事を掲載していただいてどうもありがとうございます。
    ぜひお近くの書店にてお手に取っていただければ幸いです。
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  • Featured in GMUND Lakepaper Blocker designed by Tolleson

    Featured in GMUND Lakepaper Blocker designed by Tolleson

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    “Paper is not just a medium — it is the message”

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    I am featured in Gmund’s Lakepaper Blocker with talented San Francisco female artists Heather Day and Tiffanie Turner, designed by Tolleson San Francisco (photos shot by Eric Einwiller, performance photo by Vivian Sachs).

    Gmund is a Germany-based premium paper brand. The brochure consists of a series of photos from studio visits of each artist and a quote, which was cited from a short interview.

    Every page you turn, it takes you to a visual journey where artists dream and create, with the gentle feel of softness of the paper…. so delighted to be part of this wonderful brochure. Thank you team Tolleson for having me, and for such a lovely time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][rs_gallery column=”3″ images=”6696,6697,6698″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column align=”center”][symple_button url=”http://tolleson.com/work/gmund/gmund-blocker/” color=”grey”]VIEW MORE ON TOLLESON.COM[/symple_button][rs_space height=”45px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Featured Interview in 99U

    Featured Interview in 99U

    99U Issue No.13 


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    99U is an editorial property by Behance & Adobe, based in New York City that tells the stories of leading creatives around the world about how they are mastering their crafts, building incredible careers, and shaping their industries. According to their vibrant website, 99U aims to “provide this “missing curriculum.” Through our Webby Award-winning website, popular events, and bestselling books, we share pragmatic, action-oriented insights from leading researchers and visionary creatives.”

    I’m excited and honored to be featured on 99U No.13 issue, both on printed magazine spanning 12 pages (!), and web magazine. It means a lot to share my life story as a Japanese calligraphy artist living and creating outside of her home country, and my passion to bridge cultures through my craft – the art of Japanese calligraphy. Please have a read if you have a moment.

    Thank you Matt McCue, Jacqueline Lara, Mark Brooks, and Margo Moritz for creating this wonderful feature, and letting me share my voice with the world.

    Read the interview:
    http://99u.com/articles/55325/aoi-yamaguchi-breaking-from-tradition

    Get the premium-edition printed magazine:
    http://99u.com/magazine
    Editor-in-Chief: Matt McCue
    Creative Director: Mark Brooks
    Interview by Jacqueline Lera
    Photo by Margo Moritz

     

  • 陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows on Hokkaido Newspaper / SHIFT

    陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows on Hokkaido Newspaper / SHIFT

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    My on-going solo exhibition “陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows” was featured in Hokkaido Newspaper, evening edition on March 1st.  The article briefly summarizes my background and artist activities in foreign countries.

    It is such an honor to have an exhibition and share my life work with people in my hometown Sapporo, Hokkaido — where I grew up surrounded by beautiful nature, taught and learned the deep world Japanese calligraphy.  I was so grateful, in owe, to perform my art in front of not only the “dosanko” curious minds, but also my childhood friends and family, calligraphy peers, professors, masters and members of the calligraphy association.  Hokkaido is always my home, where nurtured me into who I am now. I am determined to continue my journey to share the beauty of Japanese traditional art and spirituality with the world.

    3月1日の北海道新聞夕刊に、クロスホテル札幌で開催中の私の個展『陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows』、そして私の海外での活動について、こんなに大きく掲載してくださいました！嬉しいです。多くの方々に、展示を楽しんで頂ける事を願っています。そしてまた近い将来に、もっと多くの日本の方々に観ていただけるよう、来日パフォーマンスを実現出来たらと思っています。

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    SHIFT.JP.ORG, a trilingual creative culture magazine, featured my solo exhibition on the front page. Thank you SHIFT for such beautiful words about my work, and my collaborative performances with Corey Fuller. English version is going to be published soon.

    Exhibition runs until April 30th, 2016 at Cross Hotel Sapporo, Hokkaido. If you have a chance to visit Hokkaido, please stop by the exhibit and enjoy the expressive shades of sumi-ink and strokes along with the poem I’ve written for the concept of the show.

    また、世界のクリエイティブカルチャーを紹介するトライリンガルマガジンSHIFTが、私の個展のレビュー、また北海道での２つのライブパフォーマンスについても、とても素敵なレポートを書いてくださいました。
    実際に足を運べなかった方々も、ぜひご一読いただけると嬉しいです。

    展示・作品販売は、4月30日まで開催されております。北海道札幌にお立ち寄りの際は、ぜひクロスホテル札幌まで足を伸ばし、濃墨と淡墨の世界に触れ、作品のコンセプトとなる私の自詠みの詩を読みながら、一つ一つの作品をじっくりと味わっていただけたら幸いです。

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  • Featured in T’s Pool Magazine by Takara Leben

    Featured in T’s Pool Magazine by Takara Leben

    When I was back in Japan last year, I was interviewed by T’s Pool Magazine, issued by Takara Leben, a mansion developer company in based in Tokyo. I received a copy of the magazine in mail a few weeks ago, here in Berkeley. My article was spanned over the first 4 pages as well as the cover of the magazine on its January 2015 issue. Wow, I feel very flattered. I was also commissioned to write a kanji character for the New Year – something that symbolizes my wish for how I want my and everyone’s year of 2015 to be. I chose “耀”, which means “shine” in Japanese, wishing that your year to be flourishing and shining with full of creativity and energy.

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    As I was reading through the interview, revisiting memories of my past works, I realize how fortunate and thankful I am to be surrounded by many talented creative minds who I have collaborated with to create beautiful art, and broadened my horizons; who share passions to strive for the better and the world unseen.

    I hope that sharing my work with people in the world also inspire others to create something new – like how others always do to me. I have been working on many new exciting projects and commission works since I moved into the new atelier, so hope to share them with you soon!

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    As credited in the magazine,

    Special thanks to:
    T’s Pool / Takara Leben / Advans Works
    Akko Terasawa
    Tokio Kuniyoshi of Shooting Life LLC
    Flower Couture / Aya Tanaka / Nanako Yano / Akira
    Waylan Choy
    Tomo Saito
    DG717
    Sacramento Taiko Dan
    YBCA
    Asian Art Museum
    Caroline Wachsmuth
    La Boutique
    Sebastian Plano
    Celine Parker
    Yoram Savion
    The New Republic / Erick Fletes
    Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco
    Ikebana International
    and always and forever Ben Marx and my family.

  • Interview by DMM Eikaiwa: DMM英会話ブログインタビュー掲載

    Interview by DMM Eikaiwa: DMM英会話ブログインタビュー掲載

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    DMM英会話ブログに、インタビューが掲載されました。

    http://eikaiwa.dmm.com/blog/interview/aoi_yamaguchi/

    私の海外生活での経験や、書家としてのアーティスト活動についてなど、いろいろお話しさせていただきました。 (more…)