Sachiko Kodama

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Sachiko Kodama (born 1970) is a Japanese artist. She is best known for her artwork using ferrofluid, a dark colloidal suspension of magnetic nano-particles dispersed in solution which remains strongly magnetic in its fluid. [1] By controlling the fluid with a magnetic field, it is formed to create complex 3-dimensional shapes as a "liquid sculpture". [2]

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Biography

Kodama was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and raised in the Shizuoka Prefecture. Kagoshima is the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. It is a subtropical area. Its biological diversity greatly inspired her curiosity toward art and science. She graduated in physics at the Department of Science at Hokkaido University in 1993 then shifting her focus, entered the University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Art and Design. After holding a PhD in art from the University of Tsukuba she has been teaching in the University of Electro-communications in Tokyo as an associate professor. [3] [4] [5]

Shows and exhibitions

Kodama started working in ferrofluid with her project "Protrude, Flow" in 2000, created in collaboration with Minako Takeno. [6] "Protrude, Flow" was exhibited at the SIGGRAPH 2001 Art Gallery, [7] the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and the Mood River exhibition held at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus. [8]

In 2010 Kodama exhibited "Morpho Tower" and "Breathing Chaos" at Cyber Arts Japan, a media art exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. [9] Matthew Larking described her work as "Sachiko Kodama's small yet powerful piece "Morpho Tower" displays a seemingly organic life form, which is actually ferrofluid dynamically sculpted by electromagnets." [10] [11] [12]

Also, 'Transmutation' Exhibition, Highline Loft, New York 2012. [13]

Solo exhibitions

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Other

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Awards

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Commission Works

Collections

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