EXHIBITED:
Iida Kiriko Solo Exhibition-4 , Gallery IDF, Nagoya, September 4 - 26, 2010
November-Iida Kiriko Solo Exhibition , Soka Art Center, Taipei, November 6 - 28, 2010

ILLUSTRATED:
Gallery Monthly, vol. 9 , Japan, 2010, color illustrated
ARTcollectors’, vol. 10 , Japan, 2010, color illustrated
November-Iida Kiriko , Soka Art Center, Taipei, 2010, color illustrated

Born in Hokkaido, Japan, Iida Kiriko grew up in a home frequently surrounded by the white of snow, and it still covers the aura of her works as a layer in their calm and refined beauty. Many of the artist's works depict Hokkaido scenes of snow and ice, ever calm yet not clear when it they show the extreme chill in the air. That is, the works exude a warmth that comes from the artist's brush and reveals her heartfelt affection for the environment. Particularly fond of painting plants, animals, and humans, Iida Kiriko depicts a life of gentleness and does so in such a delicate manner that the figures she depicts seem as if strong wind could collapse them. With a snowy world in the background, her liberal use of white colours creates a space with a certain tolerance, which highlights the depths of the other colours in the frame.

Iida Kiriko graduated from the Hokkaido Zokei Design College in 1991, and she currently lives and works in Hokkaido. Apart from continuing to showcase her work at art fairs around Asia, she has regularly exhibited in Taiwan and Japan. Amongst her numerous transnational solo exhibitions, November is famous for being the first to catch the attention of Taiwanese collectors. The artist herself has said that her practice is an effort to paint a moment in a story, to express the instant when time stops in the snow's midst. Still, completing a painting is a very time-consuming process, which starts when inspiration hits and she starts to draw. After she makes an outline, though, she erases it before redrawing it and erasing it again. Repeatedly examining the work in this way, she finds the proper atmosphere for each scene before going forward with the painting itself. This multi-step process of refinement allows her concepts to be purified pure and crystallised in her practice, so the finished works only present the most tranquil of scenes.