Yuji Hombori 本堀 雄二
Yuji Honbori born in Kobe city in 1958. After graduated from sculpture division of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, he continued his art creation while teaching the youngsters heading for art colleges. His works came to front at the Kobe Biennale in 2009 and 2010, and the solo exhibition at the INAX gallery in Tokyo 2010, when he represented the cardboard Buddhas.
Honbori’ s Buddhas are produced all by used cardboard. It looks transmissive from the front and fragments of cardboard become stereoscopic from the side. It is significant to use the recycle material like wood, paper, newspaper and milk cartons for Honbori’ s works however its concept is more about metempsychosis in Buddhism rather than ecological issues. After he experienced the Great Hanshin Earthquake, he felt more hesitation in using new materials and found the used cardboard as his material. The strength of Honbori’ s works is in the gap of making the Buddha that people adore from the cardboard that finished its use.
本堀雄二於1958年出生於神戶市。
本堀畢業於愛知縣立藝術與音樂大學雕塑系後，他在藝術學院教授新生時依然持續進行藝術創作。他的作品在2009-2010年的神戶雙年展上引起了關注，並於2010年在東京的INAX畫廊舉辦了個展，並以紙板佛像作為其代表作而為人熟知。本堀的佛像完全由二手紙板製成，從正面看起來是透光的，而從側面看則呈現立體效果。對藝術家而言，使用木材、紙張、報紙和牛奶盒等回收材料是重要的創作元素，他的作品概念更關乎佛教中的輪迴，而非生態問題。在經歷了阪神大地震後，他對使用新材料感到更加猶豫，並找到了二手紙板作為他的創作材料。 本堀作品的力量在於從已經完成使用的紙板中創造出人們所崇敬的佛像。
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
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1987
City Gallery, Hyogo, Japan
1988
Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1989
Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1992
Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1993
Gallery NAITO, Aichi, Japan
2002
TOR ROAD GALLERY, Hyogo, Japan
2006
Gallery Kitanosaka, Hyogo, Japan
2008
Gallery HAKU, Osaka, Japan
2009
Gallery HAKU, Osaka, Japan
2010
Gallery HAKU, Osaka, Japan
2010
INAX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
"BUTSU", Hase Temple, Kanagawa, Japan
2011
ART FAIR TOKYO2011（NANZUKA booth）
2011
Gallery HAKU, Osaka, Japan
2011
"BUTSU", Hase Temple, Kanagawa, Japan
2013
"Fujin Raijin", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
2014
"New works", AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong
2017
"Yakushido", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
2018
"Passion-Mihotoke" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Hyogo,Japan
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1988
Festival of Contemporary Wood Sculptures, Gifu, Japan
1989
Kyoto Art Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1989
Ten Exhibition, Nara, Japan
1989
Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1989
Contemporary Art Fair in Osaka '89, Osaka, Japan
1990
Artists in Hyogo Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
1990
Festival of Contemporary Wood Sculptures, Gifu, Japan
1991
Tenri Biennale'91, Nara, Japan
1992
Artists in Hyogo Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
1992
"The Surface of Dotted Line1992", Gallery NAITO, Aichi, Japan
2009
"LEXHIBITION", L Gallery,F-1, Aichi, Japan
2009
Kobe Biennale 2009, Hyogo, Japan
2011
"Shuffle", NANZUKA UNDERGOUND, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Kobe Biennale 2011, Hyogo, Japan
2012
"Shuffle II", Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2014
PRUDENTIAL EYE AWARDS, Singapore
2018
”Recycle Art Exhibition 2018", Sapporo,Japan
2019
"The 22nd Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art,Kawasaki, Kanagawa
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2019
"The 22nd Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art,Kawasaki, Kanagawa