KEITA MORIMOTO
All works in the collection (1)
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Title: Soliloquy
Year: 2022
Medium: acrylic, oil on linen over panel
Dimensions: 145.5 x 112 cm (57 1/4 x 44 1/8 in.)
Born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 1990. Morimoto moved to Canada at the age of 16, and received a degree from OCAD U (The Ontario College of Art and Design University) there in 2012.
In his early works Morimoto made portraits and other paintings inspired by Rembrandt's treatment of light, and still pursues the expression of light today, taking the city and friends as motifs. Vending machines and city lights are evidence of human life and culture and symbolize contemporary light. Morimoto's works depict the humanity that emerges within the light that shines in contemporary society.
His opportunities to exhibit internationally have been remarkable, including a solo exhibition at the project space of the former Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (now the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto) in 2014, a group exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (US) in 2015, and in 2022 a group exhibition at Stony Island Arts Bank, a derelict bank revived as an art center through a project by Theaster Gates. His works are in the collections of international institutions including the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin) and Urban Nation Museum (Berlin).
In his early works Morimoto made portraits and other paintings inspired by Rembrandt's treatment of light, and still pursues the expression of light today, taking the city and friends as motifs. Vending machines and city lights are evidence of human life and culture and symbolize contemporary light. Morimoto's works depict the humanity that emerges within the light that shines in contemporary society.
His opportunities to exhibit internationally have been remarkable, including a solo exhibition at the project space of the former Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (now the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto) in 2014, a group exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (US) in 2015, and in 2022 a group exhibition at Stony Island Arts Bank, a derelict bank revived as an art center through a project by Theaster Gates. His works are in the collections of international institutions including the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin) and Urban Nation Museum (Berlin).
