Stitch Dog
Stitch Dog reproduces digital devices and materials such as laptops, iPhones, and electronic circuit boards through needlework. Through the work of the hand, and by choosing the process associated strongly with the female, the artist attempts to create what she calls “geeky” and “solid” world.
Hand stitch, the process is intentionally chosen by Stitch Dog is time-consuming and almost torturing. However, according to the artist, the resulting works somehow carrying the aura, the residual feelings and thoughts of the worker, is the beauty of the hand stitch. Also by revealing and reproducing the electronic circuit boards that are normally hidden inside, the artist forces the viewers’ gaze to be fixed.
In some works presented for this show, the artist chose to use lead. For Stitch Dog, this material is closely related to the human body. It symbolizes the ageing of the body, or a body as a prison of a soul. Also in Japan, there is an expression “body is heavy as lead.” Through the use of the material in her devices, Stitch Dog also refers to the aging of computers. Nothing lives forever.
CV
Born and lives in Osaka
Graduated from Kyoto Saga Art College School
2007 Started making embroidery works
<Selected Exhibitions>
2010 Solo Exhibition, KEN HAMAZAKI RED MUSEUM, Osaka
MAKE:Tokyo Meeting 06, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo
2011 Solo Exhibition, KEN HAMAZAKI RED MUSEUM, Osaka
2012 Maker Faire Tokyo, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo
2013 Solo Exhibition, SPES-LAB, Tokyo
2014 Young Art TAIPEI (YOD Gallery), Taipei
Group Exhibition, Tambourin Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition, Galaxy gallery, Osaka
2015 Young Art TAIPEI (YOD Gallery), Taipei
Group Exhibition, Links Gallery, Osaka
2016 VOLTA 12 (YOD Gallery), Basel, Switzerland
Rhizomatiks Presents "ANALOG" vol.01, Tokyo
2017 Solo Exhibition “Negated Sound Devices”, YOD Gallery, Osaka
2018 YOD Gallery 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, YOD Gallery, Osaka
VOLTA 14 (YOD Gallery), Basel, Switzerland
2019 VOLTA Basel (YOD Gallery), Basel, Switzerland
ART OSAKA(YOD Gallery), Osaka
KOGEI Art fair Kanazawa(YOD Gallery), Kanazawa
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