AUTOMOAI will hold the solo exhibition "Outer Me, Inner Me" at i GALLERY OSAKA. The exhibit will also feature the original piece from "Turquoise from Bolivia" (Funshosha, 2023), together with newly created works.

AUTOMOAI began creating works in 2015 with an initial focus on monochrome drawings. With the publication of the 300-page collection "Endless Beginning" (Funshosha) in 2018, AUTOMOAI ramped up the creation of works using paints and canvas. The publication's commemorative exhibit released the collection alongside a display of original works, effecting a transformation from an impression of illustration to one of painting. In addition to flat works, AUTOMOAI has also released three-dimensional works beginning in 2019, and has continued working in oil painting from 2020.

The new works at the exhibit are oil paintings that take the artist's own pen and paper drawings as their motif. The paintings behave as if exploring the question of whether a boundary truly exists between painting and that which was not called painting.

As means of expression continue to grow in number and in the complexity of their categories and names, are these truly necessary for the urge and the joy of creation and expression? At the exhibit, experience the new endeavors and questions posed today by AUTOMOAI, who continues to create with all manner of art materials in hand.