Eyes on Japan-born, New York City based artist Yoshiaki Mochizuki.
Born in 1961 in Tokyo, Japan, Yoshiaki Mochizuki is an artist who likes to work with a variety of media. After receiving a BA from Rikkyo University, Tokyo in 1987, he moved to New York City where he received his BFA from Fashion Institute of Technology in 2005 as well as a MFA from Hunter College in 2011. Yoshiaki Mochizuki still lives in New York where he produces shimmering artworks of geometric abstraction and minimalism. He often works with geometric lines and interlocking shapes. Feel free and read more below the first artwork.
The selected artworks were created with gesso on board as well as additional materials such as ink, tinted clay, and palladium leaf. He is working extensively with the surface by scratching or partially removing layers. The resulting lines and shapes convey the illusion of depth.
A selection of his work is currently on display at Marlborough Chelsea gallery in New York City. His solo show “Summer Solstice” features new paintings of layered gesso, burnishing clay, ink, pigments and precious metal leafing. The show will run until July 29, 2016. For further information, please have a look at the gallery website. To see more of his layered artworks, just check out the images below.
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