Pokke104
left her job in the advertising agency and decided to participate in the “Art
Festival in Okinawa” in 2003. Thereafter, she started her artist career as an
illustrator and won the Suntory Museum prize in 2006. Since then, she has
undertaken a wide variety of activities in various fields, including
illustrations for TV commercials, corporate advertising campaigns, live
painting shows, mural painting, multi-media projects creating illustrations for
music videos, projection mappings and textile designs. In her spare time, she
conducts art workshops for kids. Pokke104
has created a name for herself as a reputable
artist and well known in Japan and overseas. Recently, she participated in the
creation of mural paintings for a retail store in Italy and also held workshops
and live painting shows in London, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Her artwork was
inspired by Okinawan culture and nature, in particular the colors from the
coral reef and lines from Banyan trees (in Okinawa the tree is very popular and
known as “GAJUMARU”).
Pokke104於2003年辭去廣告公司的工作，並參與「Art Festival in Okinawa」。自此之後，她以插畫家身份投身藝術界，並於2006年贏得三得利博物館獎項。隨後參與不同類型的項目，包括為廣告插畫、企業廣告宣傳活動、現場繪畫、壁畫，以及參與多媒體項目如創作音樂錄影帶、投射繪圖及布料設計。在創作以外，她亦有舉辦專為小朋友而設的藝術工作坊。Pokke104憑著備受讚譽的作品，於日本及海外享負盛名。她最近分別參與多個項目，包括為意大利一家零售商店創作壁畫，以及於倫敦、台灣及香港開辦工作坊及進行現場繪畫表演。她的藝術風格帶有濃厚的沖繩自然氣息，深受當地自然文化的啟發，由珊瑚的色彩到沖繩「GAJUMARU樹」的葉子線條，都是她的靈感泉源。
Every time I visit Hong Kong, I am attracted and
captivated by the scenery and culture of Hong Kong. Brimming with energy, her
colors fill me with a strong, living power. The motifs drawn on each floor I created out of my
impressions and images on powerful and lively Hong Kong. I believe that people, creatures, cultures and all
other kind of things are united or tied to each other with an invisible power
(or with strings of ”縁”). Thus, I have
created a space of “FUSION” by sensing and experiencing the two different
spaces - one of my home country Japan, and the other in this attractive place,
Hong Kong.
我在日本生活，毎次來訪香港都會深受這裏充滿活力的景色及文化吸引，五光十色的香港帶給我無窮的力量。毎層樓梯的作品皆是以我對香港生氣洋溢的印象為題，人、生物、文化等一切一切都彷彿在無形的力量（以「緣」為名的線）下連結於一起。這次的創作以我的感受和經驗，融合了兩個截然不同的空間，一個是我所居住於日本，另一個則是香港這個迷人的空間。
