REIKO

Born into an old family that extends back to the Edo period, REIKO has been exposed to classic Japanese artworks as far as her memory goes. In pursuit of a career in art, she majored in Japanese art history at university and became qualified to work as a museum curator. However, her desire to engage in her own artistic expression led her to study modern art under artist A who was a member of the Gutai Art Association (GUTAI). She paints images that naturally spring in her, using mainly acrylics as her medium. The shapes and colors that are essentially senseless come to life as she makes a brush dance on the canvas. In deciding the composition on canvas, she attaches great importance to the presence of blank spaces. She sometimes senses a mysterious presence as she places herself around Buddhist statues and a Japanese garden while visiting old temples. That enigmatic presence is what she wishes to portray.
Awards received include the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Prize at the Hyogo Prefecture Exhibition in 1998.
Her major exhibitions include the 8th Neo Art Exhibition at Himeji City Museum of Art in 1997 and a solo exhibition at Gallery Riho in Kyoto in 2011.

令子は江戸時代から続く旧家に生まれ物心ついた頃から日本の古い美術品に触れて育った。芸術に携わる職業に就きたいと大学では日本美術史を専攻し博物館学芸員資格を取得する。しかし自分で表現したいという思いにかられ、具体美術協会（GUTAI)のメンバーであったA氏に師事し現代美術の指導を受けた。主にアクリル絵の具で自然に湧き上がるイメージを無心に描いている。それは意味のない形や色だが、描いている間に生命が宿ってくる。画面構成を熟考する時には空白部分の存在感を大事にしている。彼女は古いお寺を訪れ、仏像、日本庭園のある空間に身を置いた時、不思議な気配を感じることがある。その気配（妖しさ）を表現したいと思っている。
受賞歴は1998年兵庫県展　兵庫県立近代美術館賞
展覧会は1997年第８回ネオアート展（姫路市立美術館)、2011年個展　ギャラリーりほう（京都）など。