KOKO ART SCHEMA
Research, papers, clinical and record drawings in medicine
"KOKO ART SCHEMA"
Illustrations of Research, Papers, Clinical Work, and Records in Medicine
It is because of the accumulated knowledge and practices in medicine over a long history that my life is sustained today as I fight against illness.
That's why I will continue to create illustrations essential for visualizing medicine and healthcare, aiming to brighten the future of medicine and human lives.
Because I want to pass the baton of life-saving medical care on to a distant and hopeful future.
Healthcare for humans is constantly driven by hope for the future, founded on research, papers, clinical work, and records. This accumulation has paved the way for future lives, just as it has sustained mine.
My ART SCHEMA aims to realistically and accurately visualize the complex structure and conditions of the human body. At the same time, it seeks to convey that medicine and healthcare are both dramatic and artistic, in conjunction with research in the medical field.
This collaborative project with the World Heritage Site, Ninna-ji Temple, aims to evoke a deep understanding of the true essence of healthcare, built up by humanity over time. It seeks to raise awareness that healthcare traditions are being passed down to today's generation. By blending medical tradition with Japanese culture and artistic perspectives, the project aims to find beauty in healthcare and carry it forward into the future.
I am KOKO, a 16 year old contemporary artist.
I started my career as an artist when I was 8 years old, and I have been creating paintings with the theme of “Life, Earth, Love, Human, Cell”. I have exhibited my works in many exhibitions to convey the importance and preciousness of life and love to as many people as possible through art.Last year, I was honored to have a solo exhibition at the Ninna-ji Temple, a World Heritage Site in Kyoto, as a result of the various awards I have received.
I was born with spina bifida, and since I was a child, I have always wondered if I could help the future of medicine and the lives of those who come after me to shine. I was asked by a doctor to do a shemagh for him.I have been drawing medical schema for various doctors' papers, hoping that my schema will help to deliver the medical baton of life to the distant future.I hope that my schema can be a bridge for the futurewhere medicine and life will shine brightly.
KOKO SHIMIZU
KOKO SHIMIZU Biography
2008 Born in Tokyo. Underwent open spina bifida closure surgery
2009 Began creating artwork
2009 Diagnosed with syringomyelia; underwent VP shunt surgery and skin reconstruction surgery
2016 Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Tagboat Independent Exhibition
2017 Underwent laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis and peritonitis
2017 Won an award and special recognition in the Space Contest organized by The Planetary Society of Japan
2017 Nominated for three works at the Shibuya Art Festival 2017
2017 Received the Miwa Komatsu Award at the Shibuya Art Festival 2017
2017 Participated in the award-winners' exhibition at Bunkamura Wall Gallery during the Shibuya Art Festival 2017
2018 Launched the nationwide pediatric ward playroom support project *“A Gift for Pediatric Wards”*
2018 Created a picture book for the *“A Gift for Pediatric Wards”* project
2018 Exhibited artwork at The HIVE Gallery in Los Angeles
2018 Participated in Art Walk Los Angeles 2018
2018 Performed with the Japanese harp (*koto*) in Los Angeles
2018 Exhibited drawings at The HIVE Gallery in Los Angeles
2018 Received the Hiroko Ishinabe Prize at the Tagboat Independent Exhibition
2019 Organized a pediatric ward playroom support project at Kyoto University Hospital
2019 Conducted a support project at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2019 Held a solo exhibition at Gallery 30 South in Los Angeles
2019 Underwent tethered cord release surgery
2020 Designed the PR illustration for the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons
2020 Received a letter of appreciation from the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons
2020 Presented the artwork *“Abiogenesis”* to Dr. Atsuyuki Yamataka, Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Juntendo
University, during the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons
2022 Created the works *“Aortic Disconnection”* and *“Intestinal Mesenteric Hernia”* for KOKO ART SCHEMA
2022 Performed as a guest artist with the *koto* at the Polo Yazaki Guitar Concert held at the World Heritage Site
Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto
2022 Held a solo exhibition titled *“Medicine and Me”* at the 126th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pediatric
Society
2023 Presented the artwork *“To the Light”* to Dr. Toshiaki Shimizu, Professor of Pediatrics at Juntendo University,
during the 126th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pediatric Society
2023 Collaborated with the World Heritage Site Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto on the project *“Passing the Medical Baton
Across a Millennium”*
2023 Held the painting exhibition *“Pulse of Life”* at the White and Black Drawing Rooms within the renowned
gardens of Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto
2024 Designed artwork for the *“1st Children's Omuro Grand Festival”* at Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto
2024 Released the video work *“Pulse of Life”*
2024 Held a solo exhibition at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Spina Bifida Research Society
2024 Received a letter of appreciation from the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Spina Bifida Research Society
2024 Presented the artwork *“The Cerebral Cortex and Neurons - My Infinite Possibilities”* to Dr. Nobuhito Morota,
Neurosurgeon at Kitasato University Hospital, during the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Spina Bifida m Research Society
2024 Started blood patch treatment due to the onset of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak syndrome.
KOKO ART PROJECT
A Medical Baton Connecting a Thousand Years of History
KOKO ART SCHEMA
State-of-the-art medical intraoperative diagram
ART SCHEMA
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World Heritage Kyoto Ninna-ji Temple
The oldest extant medical book
Ishinpō
This project is a collaboration with Ninna-ji Temple, a World Heritage site, to feel the true soul of medicine, which has been accumulated by people over the ages, to generate awareness that the people of this world are carrying on the tradition of medicine, and to find beauty in medicine from the perspective of tradition, Japanese culture, and art, and to connect it to the future.
令和四年
KOKO ART SCHEMA 2022
2022
永観二年
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GALLARY
ART SCHEMA1
Interrupted Aortic Arch
Y Igawa et al. Showa Univ J Mad Sci. 2022
ART SCHEMA2
Congenital mesenteric hernia
M Tateno et al. The Annual meeting of the Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development. 2022