Squares are shapes that bring about stability and balance. On the other hand, 20 young artists are attempting to express themselves in squares, which give no room for escape.
Exhibition Overview
■Exhibition title
SQUARE EXHIBITION
■Exhibiting artists: Ishiguro Hikaru/ Ichikura Ayana/ Inoue Tadanari/ Omori Kota/ Ogata Eiha/ Kikuchi Niji/ Ono Kazuki/ Shinomiya Suzuka/ Shiraishi Yuki/ Jiaro/ Suzuki Asuka/ Nagayama Kengo/ Naaron/ Hayakawa Atsuto/ Higuchi Miyu/ Franken Catherine/ Hokari Makio/ Masuko Mayu/ Miyoshi Senri/ Yoshida Uichiro (Coordinator: Ono Kazuki)
■Period: Friday, September 13, 2024 – Saturday, September 28, 2024, 11:00 – 19:00
(Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays / Open until 17:00 on Saturdays)
■Contents
The square is a shape that brings stability and balance. On the other hand, it can also be seen as a shape that leaves no room for escape.
I think that a frame that cannot be expanded vertically or horizontally poses a challenge for artists. If you want to depict space, you need horizontal space, and if you want to depict the appearance or presence of a person, you need vertical space.
I would like to explore the possibilities of what kind of expression is possible in an enclosed square with no escape route.
Please come and enjoy the exhibit.
More details here:
https://artforthought.jp/blogs/upcoming-exhibitions/square-exhibition
■Exhibiting Artist Profiles
Hikaru Ishiguro @ i49l0
Born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture in 2002. Currently enrolled in the Master's Program in Art and Culture, Painting Area, Japanese Painting, Tohoku University of Art and Design. Connecting with important secret stories that should be passed down from ancient times, layering thoughts with his hands, he paints while working on mourning.
[Major exhibition history]
First solo exhibition “witch craft” (haco -art brewing gallery-/Yanaka, Tokyo/2024)
Group exhibition "Amadare 2024: Hikaru Ishiguro, Tenma Ogishou, and Soushi Toda" (Gallery Suiran/Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture/2024)
Group exhibition "Emerging Echoes: Presenting Realism" (GalleryCOLORBEAT, aaploit /Seoul, Korea/2024)
[Major awards received]
September 2023: Tohoku University of Art and Design Representative Excellence Award at the 44th International Takifuji Art Award organized by the Japan Traffic Culture Association
February 2024: Won the Tokyo Store Selection and Art Department Award at the Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduation Research Exhibition
May 2024: Received the Yonezawa City Arts and Culture Association Arts and Culture Encouragement Award
Ayana Ichikura @1kurabagudayo
Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 2001. Born to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father.
2024 Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Majoring in Oil Painting Currently working mainly in oil paintings. His interests in psychoanalysis, Buddhism, sexuality and self-acceptance are at the core of his work. Recently, he has been depicting personal emotions that arise in everyday life and relationships between others and himself through his original motif of a robot with a mirror face.
[Major exhibition history]
2022 Two-person exhibition "Fantasy Surfers" Gallery33
2024 Group Exhibition "PUNi vol.1" Design Festa Gallery Harajuku
2024 Solo Exhibition "MORALITY SLAVE" at haco gallery
Inoue Tadanari @iiainchrist
Born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1998, and raised in Philadelphia, USA.
Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2021.
Oil painter and neo-gospel musician based in Tokyo.
[Major exhibition history]
Kazuki Ono and Ian Inoue Two-person Exhibition: Mirror (Galerie Shimon, Tokyo, 2019)
Constellation (art brewing gallery -haco, Tokyo, 2021)
COMPASSION (art brewing gallery -haco, Tokyo, 2022)
The Tent of Presence – Christ with Us – (Machida Gospel Church, Tokyo, 2024)
Kota Omori @shimotuke_427
Born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1999
April 2020: Enrolled in the Oil Painting Department at Musashino Art University
August 2022: Selected as Holbein's Golden Student Supporter
April 2024: Entering the Graduate School at Musashino Art University
[Major awards received]
February 2021 Selected for ARTIST NEW GATE
February 2022: Winner of the 2nd ARTIST NEW GATE Gallery Seek Award
Ying Akh @ying_akh
Born in Tokyo in 2003
2022 Musashino Art University Correspondence Course Oil Painting Department Painting Expression Course Admission
[Major exhibition history]
“Eyes: Intersect” (haco -art brewing gallery-, Tokyo, 2024)
Rainbow Kikuchi @ko_kikuchi_works
Born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo in 1994
2015: Dropped out of Rikkyo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Education
2020 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting
2023: Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Art Education, Master's Program
2023: Enrolled in the doctoral program in education at Rikkyo University Graduate School of Letters. Currently working as a writer based in Tokyo.
[Major solo exhibitions]
“KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION” (GALLERY B. TOKYO, 2019)
"KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION" (Room_412, 2020)
“KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION” (GALLERY B. TOKYO, 2021)
“KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION” (TRiCERA MUSEUM, 2021)
"Ode to Coexistence" (Mitake Gallery, 2022)
“KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION” (9s gallery, 2022)
"Niji Kikuchi Solo Exhibition" (Artglorieux, 2023)
"Nothing more than an artifice" (Turner Gallery, 2023)
“Niji Kikuchi Solo Exhibition” (haco – art brewing gallery -, 2023)
"SPECTRUM" (ART FOR THOUGHT, 2024)
[Major awards received]
Selected for the Acrylic Gouache Biennale 2018; Grand Prize winner of the Turner Award 2021; Future Exhibition Nitto Employee Voting Award; Selected for the WATOWA ART AWARD 2022; Selected for the 1st Corporate Art Aid Kyoto; Selected for the 2nd Corporate Art Aid Kyoto
Kazuki Kono @kazuki_kono03
2022- Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Majoring in Oil Painting. Currently runs a gallery called haco -art brewing gallery- near the university.
There is also a sister cafe called Kitchen Haco in Nezu.
He mainly works as a curator, installer, photographer, and is involved in gallery management. In the past, he published a book on figure drawing techniques through Seibundo Shinkosha.
[Major solo exhibitions]
2021 "Floating"/Gallery haco/Tokyo
2021 "Kao" / Nezu Curry Lucky / Tokyo
2022 "KONO KAZUKI SOLO EXHIBITION" / Galerie Shimon / Tokyo
[Major group exhibitions]
2019 "Mirror" / Galerie Shimon / Tokyo
2020 "Go for it, Tokyo University of the Arts!" / Nezu Curry Lucky / Tokyo
2021 "Dialogue" / Gallery haco / Tokyo
2021 "point" / Gallery haco / Tokyo
2023 "Exhibition of paintings by Tokyo University of the Arts students drawn as children" / Nezu Curry Lucky / Tokyo
[Major publications]
2019 "Figure Drawing Techniques: Learn from High-Quality Examples of How to Express Human Shape, Depth, and Presence" Seibundo Shinkosha
2020 "Figure Drawing Techniques: Learning from High-Quality Examples to Express Human Shape, Depth, and Presence" Traditional Chinese Edition, Maple Leaves Culture
2020 "Kettle Magazine VOL.56" Christopher Nolan Special Feature p30-35 illustrations Ohta Publishing
2021 "Figure Drawing Techniques: Learn from High-Quality Examples to Express Human Shape, Depth, and Presence" Korean Edition, Ejong Publishing
2022 Reiwa 4 edition High school "Art 1 ~ I want to make more, I want to see more ~" Illustration production cooperation
Suzuka Shinomiya @suzukashinomiya
April 2022: Enrolled in the Department of Painting, Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University
[Major exhibitions and awards]
September 2022 Gallery Binosha Student Selection Exhibition Grand Prize
August 2023 Solo Exhibition "scow"
(Tokyo: Hello bee, Gallery Minoya, Gallery KINGYO, haco – art brewing gallery -)
September 2023 ART Students STARS vol.2
November 2023 Solo exhibition “Dong (〇X∞…Tsukasa)” (Tokyo aL Bace)
Yuki Shiraishi @ukishiro0014
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1999
2021 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Major
2024 Completed, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Techniques and Materials Laboratory 2
[Major exhibition history]
Environmental Art Exhibition (Himawari Environmental Communication Center, 2021)
VisibleRay (haco, 2022)
Corporate Art Aid Kyoto (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex, 2024)
[Major awards received]
Ichiro Sato Award (Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Exhibition 2024)
Ziaro @xili_zuiarow_ilix
Born in Iwate Prefecture in 2002.
Currently a fourth year student at Tama Art University.
I've loved drawing dragons since I was little.
The familiar traditions of ancient Japan, such as ukiyo-e and local toys,
Focuses on Japan's unique subculture culture, centered around Harajuku.
He works in a variety of styles, going beyond the boundaries of painting, including digital illustration, sculpture, and 3DCG.
[Major exhibition history]
・Public Exhibition 1st Ogijima Public Exhibition (Ogijima Warehouse 2022)
・Small solo exhibition Miniryuguu (Design Festa Gallery WEST 2023)
・Group Exhibition Ryu (Art brewing gallery haco 2024)
Asuka Suzuki @us___sz
Born in Shijonawate, Osaka in 2004, raised in Ota, Tokyo
As of 2024, he is currently studying at Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting.
Kengo Nagayama@kengo.nagayama
Born in Tokyo in 1994
2019: Enrolled in the Department of Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts
2023 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting
2023: Belongs to studio kelcova
[Major solo exhibitions]
2021 "Eyes Wide Shut" Gallery Minoya/Tokyo
[Major group exhibitions]
2022 "Non-title" TURNER GALLERY/Tokyo
2023 "SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2023" studio kelcova/Tokyo
Naaron @_naaron_
Born in Tokyo in 1997, raised in Koto Ward, he attended art school for high school and university, where he learned specialized knowledge of modeling and oil painting.
Around that time, he was influenced by the powerful philosophical messages of John Lennon, the artist he admired the most, and began to feel a desire to express himself.
He was fascinated by the illegal and unique world of the streets as a hobby, skateboarding, and found a common ground with graffiti and other forms of free expression that are not bound by conventions and have a strong message, so he became absorbed in the world of art.
After graduating, he worked as a freelancer, mainly in Tokyo.
Seeking out an expression that only he can achieve, he specializes in all-round contemporary artistic expression that is not bound by conventions, centering on oil paintings, and that focuses on the artist rather than the work itself.
A maverick who straddles the world of street skateboarding and the contemporary art world.
[Major exhibition history]
2020.4/4~8/2 "Until I become Naron…" Space Orbit at Sangenjaya
2021.4/1~4/12 Naaron…Solo Exhibition. “Day After Day.” FUKAGAWA GARAGE at Monzen-Nakacho
2022.6/10~6/26 Naaron…Solo Exhibition. “We all shine on…” Pager Tokyo at Jimbocho
2023.7/1~8/20 Naaron…Solo Exhibition. 『Real Love』Space Orbit at Sangenjaya
2023.11/12~11/26 『Naaron…』The Crema Club at Yutenji
2024.9/28-9/29 Naron Exhibition *Name TBA Tsukiji Honganji Second Mission Hall Lobby Lounge
Haruto Hayakawa @haruto_hayakawa
Born in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in 2001
2022 Graduated from Kiryu University Junior College and transferred to Musashino Art University
2024 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting
2024 Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design, Oil Painting Course
[Major solo exhibitions]
2020: Atsuhito Hayakawa Exhibition "Seeing Wrinkles" (SAIMON/ Ashikaga City)
2021 Hayakawa Onjin Exhibition (PENSEE GALLERY/Kiryu City)
2024 Hayakawa Onjin Exhibition (Gallery b.Tokyo/ Kyobashi, Chuo-ku)
[Major awards received]
2019 National High School Photography Championship Photo Koshien Excellence Award
2022 Musashino Art University Oil Painting Department Oil Painting Major 3rd Year Competition A Course Award Winner
2022 Realist Painter Development Grant General Incorporated Foundation Hanau Art Foundation (inside the Hoki Museum)
Miyu Higuchi @oilh_andm
Born in Tokyo
2023 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting
[Major exhibitions and awards]
2023 World Painting Awards Selected
2023 Solo Exhibition "A Certain Disturbing Painting" Nihonbashi N11 Gallery
2023 Group Exhibition "ART STUDENTS vol.2" + ART GALLERY
2024 Group Exhibition "OR" HELLO GALLERY TOKYO
2024 Solo Exhibition "Who is that?" Nihonbashi N11gallery
FrankenKathleen@katherinefranken.tokyo
Born in 2003, half Dutch and half Japanese, from Tokyo, currently studying oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. The stories and thoughts I put into my works are imagined by fusing the sights, sensations and emotions hidden in memories of the past and childhood with unrealistic scenarios, and I convey them to you through my paintings and production as a unique "my world" with girls in it.
I hope my work will help you recall the precious memories hidden in your heart.
[Major exhibition history]
Group/Multinational Art Exhibition "Cultural BYo…ne!" (Nakamachi House, 2022)
Group exhibition "SHIKAKU workshop" (3331artschiyoda, 2023)
Solo exhibition “KATHERINE FRANKEN SOLO EXHIBITION AT BONTA ITALIA” (Bonta Italia Daikanyama, 2023)
Solo exhibition "inside blue." (Gallery b. Tokyo, 2024)
Group exhibition "PUNi vol.1" (Design Festa Gallery, 2024)
Solo exhibition "tulip." (Bonta Italia Daikanyama, 2024)
Group exhibition "ART SESSION by Ginza Tsutaya Books" (Ginza Tsutaya Books, 2024)
Mahiro Hogari @hogari_mahiro
Born in Koriyama, Fukushima in 2004. Currently studying oil painting at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
[Major exhibition history]
Two-person exhibition "Brainbuster" at haco-art brewing gallery-
Mayu Masuko @mayu_masuko
Born in Tokyo in 1996
2019 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting
In 2024, he completed the doctoral course in the Fine Arts Anatomy Laboratory at the same Graduate School of Fine Arts.Currently, he is an educational research assistant at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and a part-time lecturer at Oberlin University.
[Major exhibitions and awards]
2019 3rd Art Olympia Student Division Excellence Award Winner
2020 Solo Exhibition "Fading Blood and Unchanging Light" Gallery Minoya (Nezu)
2020 Shell Art Award 2020 Selected
2023 Paintings that Open Up Tomorrow 41st Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition Selected (First Prize Candidate)
2023 Solo Exhibition "When the Water Stagnates" Furyu Gallery (Sendagi)
2023 Hirayama Ikuo Scholarship Winner
2023 Publication: "Pictorial Considerations of Mosses" Bryophyte Research, Vol. 12, No. 12
2024 Solo Exhibition "Glass Color at Your Feet" Gallery HANA (Shimokitazawa)
2024 Asakaze Award Winner (2024)
Senri Miyoshi @senri_miyosh
Born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture in 2004, and raised in Suginami, Tokyo. As of 2024, he is a student in the Oil Painting Department at Musashino Art University.
Yoshida Uichiro @SOUIC_HIR
Born September 22, 2000 in Hiroshima Prefecture
■ART FOR THOUGHT
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It will reopen in July 2023, expanding its gallery space and e-commerce page.
We will provide more people with the opportunity to experience viewing art and purchase works.
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