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Satomi Kawai

Jeweller
Published: 24.10.2017
Satomi Kawai. Satomi Kawai

Statement

My body is my home, and my body is connected to nature.

My jewelry pieces are an expression of my experiences with internal and external environments. I earnestly use my five senses to
connection to nature. I am fascinated by the mysteries and wonders of life and nature, and how matter changes in different circumstances.

Substances in and outside of the body consist of solid, fluid, and something in between. Also, these substances transform as solid becomes fluid, and fluid becomes
gas. With time, matter changes its color, pattern, shape/ form, and substance. A macro view in an external environment links to the micro view inside our own bodies, including cell activity. By examining an internal environment, I focus my observations on several layers of personal femininity, including the physical, emotional, and psychological qualities of being a woman. The different layers of complex feminine experiences interact in various degrees. There is a part of the work that explores notions how human life is vigorous and adaptable to natural environment and one’s own circumstances.

My art also explores the relationship between materials and human beings. I follow artistic instinct when choosing my materials for jewelry pieces, and consider how the material reflects my experiences and connects me to them. My observation with experiences and senses becomes my jewelry pieces. Universal emotions, five-senses, and even personal experiences can be shared by wearing my jewelry pieces, and the wearer can be reconnected to nature.

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2022:
2020:
2019:
Exhibition  13 Mar 2019 - 17 Mar 2019  Nuda Vita. The practice of collective and political body.
2018:
Exhibition  26 Oct 2018 - 15 Dec 2018  MateriaMetamorphosis.
Award  25 Aug 2018 - 07 Oct 2018  Cominelli Foundation Award 2018.
Exhibition  08 Mar 2018 - 11 Mar 2018  Initiation: Kallichoron.
2017:
Fair  02 Nov 2017 - 05 Nov 2017  SOFA Chicago.
Exhibition  05 Oct 2017 - 07 Oct 2017  Selected Artists JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair 2017.
Exhibition  19 May 2017 - 30 Jul 2017  25 Years Galerie Orfèo.
2015:
Exhibition  07 Nov 2015 - 24 Dec 2015  Happy! 25 Years of Friends of Carlotta.
Award  29 Aug 2015 - 04 Oct 2015  Cominelli Foundation Award 2015.
Exhibition  19 Aug 2015 - 20 Sep 2015  CoOperation Garnish.
2014:
Award  30 Aug 2014 - 05 Oct 2014  Cominelli Foundation Award 2014.
2013:
Fair  07 Nov 2013 - 10 Nov 2013  SIERAAD 2013.
Exhibition  01 Mar 2013 - 14 Apr 2013  FERROUS: Jewelry in a New Iron Age.
2012:
Exhibition  25 Oct 2012 - 24 Nov 2012  Voyage 6.
2011:
Exhibition  06 May 2011 - 09 May 2011  Alternatives at Collect.

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Book:  Ausgezeichnet! most excellent!. Bruhn, Ines.  Arnoldsche Art Publishers:  Germany,  2016
p.106
Book:  Multiple Exposures. 2014
The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, ISBN 978-1-890385-28-6
Book:  La Bibliothèque des Arts. 2014
Lausanne, ISBN 978-2-88453-189-4
Book:  Bijoux en Jeu. 2014
Collections du mudac et de la Confédération suisse, mudac Lausanne, ISBN 978-2-88244-027-3
Book:  On Body and Soul: Contemporary Armor to Amulets. Susan Ramlijak.  Schiffer Publishing:  Atglen,  2014
Magazine:  Urban Coco. Leeds,  2013
Issue 8, June 2013
Magazine:  Susanne Hammer, FAULT LINES. 2012
Schmuckmagazin online
Magazine:  Ketten. Susanne Hammer. 2011
Nevertheless, Vienna, S.124 - 131