I create artworks that translate the presence, memories, and accumulations of things that once existed in a place onto the canvas.
I primarily use materials such as mineral pigments, crayons, beeswax, soil, and stones arranged in a powdered form.
While my works are derived from natural elements, I paint while acknowledging intentional and unintentional changes that occur within them.
In my daily life, I contemplate whether I can transform things I consider important but invisible to the eye, along with my thoughts, into the form of paintings.
Mayu Kondo
Born in Gunma Prefecture in 2000
Graduated from Musashino College of Art, Department of Japanese Painting in 2023
Enrolled in the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, specializing in Mural Painting in 2023
Blood type: AB. Likes cucumbers, pickled plums, and liver.
Exhibition/Activity History:
2021
Big West Student Festival Art Exhibition 2021 (Gakuentoshi Center)
Hikari no Mori Exhibition (Shiraya Art Space)
Selected for FACE2022 (SOMPO Museum of Art)
"Flow" Two-Person Exhibition with Minami Matsuura × Mayu Kondo (gallery33 south)
Group Exhibition at Tokyo Kudan Yoko Gallery
Selected for the Japanese Painting Division of the 21st Sato Taiki Award Open Call Art Exhibition
2022
Musashino College of Art, 4th Year Undergraduate and 1st Year Graduate Voluntary Exhibition
Shibuya Hikarie Exhibition "National Botanical Garden" Group Exhibition (Gallery National)
Selected for the 18th World Painting Awards Exhibition 2022 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Musashino College of Art Japanese Painting Department Planned Exhibition "Perception Exhibition" (Court Gallery National)
Selected for the 57th Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery)
TACHIKAWA ART BREAK2022 (Isetan Tachikawa)
Mayu Kondo Solo Exhibition (gallery chuff)
GIFT Exhibition 2022 (Gallery National)
Musashino College of Art Graduation and Completion Exhibition (Musashino College of Art)
Tokyo Five Art University Joint Graduation and Completion Exhibition (National Art Center)
Musashino College of Art Alumni Association Scholarship Students
2023
National Botanical Garden 2023 (Gallery National)
"Daily Life and Traces" Two-Person Exhibition with Ayano Ogawa × Mayu Kondo (Court Gallery National)
Mayu Kondo Painting Exhibition "From Footprints" (Tsukide Schoolhouse)
Tsukide Art Camp 2023 Results Presentation Exhibition "The Future of the Forest" (Tsukide Schoolhouse)
2024
ARTS STUDENTS STARS Vol.3 (+ART GALLERY)
Residencies:
2023 - Tsukide Art Camp 2023 (Chiba)
2024 - Haruna Lake AIR (Gunma)
2024- Kakslauttanen in the Art week 2024 （Finland）