桃山鈴子 ももやますずこ
イモムシ画家。東京生まれ。幼少期をニューヨーク郊外で送る。虫の飼育は小学生時代から。生物学の授業で顕微鏡を使った観察スケッチを学んだことが絵の原点に。
著書
「わたしはイモムシ」 2021年５月 工作舎より刊行予定
受賞歴
HB ギャラリーファイルコンペ vol.29藤枝リュウジ賞
Gallery House MAYA 装画コンペvol.19準グランプリ
Society of Illustrators - Illustrators 62 入選
個展歴
2019年 HB ギャラリー
2020年 Gallery House MAYA
2021年 Gallery MARUHI
イモムシの展開図
背中からお腹まで美しい模様の流れに覆われているイモムシの体。夜空に横たわる天の川のようだ。一粒の星もこぼすことなく、イモムシの模様を紙の上に写し取りたい。虎の皮の敷物のような「展開図」ならそれを再現できるのではないか？生きているイモムシたちを上下左右色々な角度から観察し、頭の中でイメージを繋げながら描いている。（「わたしはイモムシ」p.006抜粋）
Suzuko Momoyama
Caterpillar painter. Born in Tokyo. Spent her childhood in the suburbs of New York City. Has been raised insects since her elementary school days. Her starting point for painting was learning to make observation sketches using microscope in biology class. Aspires to create expressions that freely fly across the boundaries between natural science and art.
Awards
Ryuji Fujieda Prize at HB Gallery File Competition vol.29
Runner-up in the Gallery House MAYA Book Cover Competition vol.19
Selected for Illustrators 62 by the Society of Illustrators
Solo exhibitions:
HB Gallery , Tokyo, 2019
Gallery House Maya, Tokyo, 2020
Gallery Maruhi, Tokyo 2021
Unfolding a Caterpillar
The body of a caterpillar is covered from back to belly with a beautiful, flowing pattern, like the Milky Way across the night sky. I want to capture the caterpillar's patter on paper, without spilling a single star. Shouldn't it be possible to reproduce such a pattern as a geometric net, like a tiger skin rug? While observing the living caterpillar from various angles, from the left and from the right, I spread it out in my mind and draw it by connecting the images. ( excerpt from "I, Caterpillar" p.006)
The body of a caterpillar is covered from back to belly with a beautiful, flowing pattern, like the Milky Way across the night sky. I want to capture the caterpillar's patter on paper, without spilling a single star. Shouldn't it be possible to reproduce such a pattern as a geometric net, like a tiger skin rug? While observing the living caterpillar from various angles, from the left and from the right, I spread it out in my mind and draw it by connecting the images. ( excerpt from "I, Caterpillar" p.006)