遠藤薫
ENDO Kaori

1989年大阪府生まれ、ベトナム・ハノイ/大阪府在住。工芸/美術作家。
沖縄県立芸術大学工芸専攻染織コースおよび、アルスシムラ卒業。生活に根差した工芸の本質を現代美術的な視座から探るべく、テキスタイルに複雑な社会的事実が織り込まれていると考え、布を集め使用と修復の行為を繰り返す。また近年では、沖縄やベトナムを中心とする東アジア各地を訪れ、それぞれの土地の布について調査と蒐集を続けている。主な個展に『重力と虹霓(こうげい)』「第13回shiseido art egg・遠藤薫展」(資生堂ギャラリー、2019年。本展において大賞にあたる第13回shiseido art egg賞を受賞)など。主なグループ展に「Bangkok Biennal 2018『BARRAK : survibes』」(White Line、タイ、2018年)など。
URL: https://www.kaori-endo.com/

Textile/Visual artist. Born in Osaka in 1989 and lives in Hanoi, Vietnam and Osaka.
Graduated from Textiles Course, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, and Ars Shimura. Endo intends to explore the essence of crafts rooted in everyday life from the perspective of contemporary art. As she believes that complex social facts are woven into textiles, she collects fabrics and repeatedly uses and repairs them. In recent years, she continues to visit different places in East Asia, mainly Okinawa and Vietnam, to conduct research on and collect respective local textiles. Her major solo exhibitions include “Gravity and Rainbow,” the 13th shiseido art egg, Endo Kaori Exhibition (Shiseido Gallery, 2019) in which she won the grand prize, the 13th shiseido art egg award. She has participated in group exhibitions including “BARRAK: survibes,” in Bangkok Biennial 2018 (White Line, Thailand, 2018).