EXHIBITION

DMOARTS is pleased to announce Kana Otsuki's solo exhibition "Empty Shell".
Kana Otsuki is a Kyoto-based artist who has exhibited throughout Japan.
Consistently working on the theme of "chrysalis," she has been vigorously expanding her range of expression to include her signature series of portrait images of young girls, abstract art expression, and illustration.
This is his third consecutive year and third solo exhibition at DMOARTS.
In addition to approximately 50 original artworks, this exhibition will feature and sell new My First Art works produced by giclee printing, a high quality fine art printing method, as well as postcard sets and other goods.

I have been working as an artist since 2007, and this year marks my 8th year.
All of my works can be explained by the concept of "chrysalis," which is the most important theme in my work.
I think of the butterfly chrysalis as the cohabitation of the "death of the larva" and the "life of the adult".
Since the larva dissolves itself in the chrysalis, it is impossible to tell from the outside where the death of the larva begins and at what stage it becomes an adult (new life).
Life and death are elusive, yet they "exist" as a single living organism.
In this light, I feel that many people living today are very "chrysalis-like.
It was after the earthquake that the theme of chrysalis appeared strongly in my works.
After the earthquake, I consciously incorporated the chrysalis motif into my work as an image of hope for Japan's rebirth.
We are now living in the chrysalis period.
We are now living in the chrysalis period, a period of preparation for our eventual emergence as butterflies.
However, the vague emptiness I feel in Japan today is like being inside an empty chrysalis.
I have somehow realized that the chrysalis, which I thought was a symbol of hope, is empty.
Four years after the disaster, I have come to realize that Japan has been searching for a solid "identity" (the contents of the chrysalis) ever since the end of World War II.
This is similar to the image of an "adolescent girl" who is often compared to a chrysalis.
I myself spent my girlhood in the past, and the sense of struggling to survive in the midst of emptiness seemed to me to be similar to the sense of living in modern Japan.
Modern Japan is both chrysalis-like and girlish.
It wants to believe that it has all kinds of potential, but it is still a nobody.
Yet even within this empty chrysalis (Japan), we certainly exist.
This emptiness is no one's fault, and each of us must constantly be asked and continue to answer the question, "How do we live" in this world?
That is the reality of life.
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For me, creating a work in this chrysalis shell is like creating a "mirror" reflecting the present age and ourselves.
Somewhere in there, we are capturing the contemporary Japanese image.
If you find something solid in it, I will be happy as an artist.
It may be the content of a chrysalis that may eventually become a butterfly.

KanaOhtsuki

KanaOhtsuki　Profile
Born in 1984, Kyoto-based artist.
She expresses the contemporary through girl motifs, mainly in acrylic paintings.
She started her career in 2007.
She has participated in various exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, and holds a solo exhibition about once a year in Japan.
She is also expanding her activities as an illustrator and was featured in "ILLUSTRATION 2014" in 2014.

DMOARTS is pleased to announce Ryohei Yamashita's solo exhibition "EARLY BIRD", his second exhibition at DMOARTS in three years.
Ryohei Yamashita consistently presents visual works based on the theme of "movement.
While his paintings focus on boldly capturing the movements of runners, swimmers, and dancers, he has also continued to present a variety of other works, including his Horizon series depicting the moment of sunrise and drawings that instantly depict models.
It is still fresh in his memory that he was in charge of the artwork for the "OSAKA POWER LOOP" train, which has been in operation since last June, realized through a collaboration between FM802's art project "digmeout" and the JR West Japan Group.

>For this exhibition, he has created a number of energetic paintings drawn from a perspective like a bird flying in the air in all directions and with free strokes.
The exhibition will feature new works that capture the essence of movement by capturing the dynamic material while changing viewpoints.
In addition to original works in sizes ranging from SM to B1 and drawings of people, the artist's latest original illustrations will also be on display.
In addition, iPhone covers, 2015 calendars, popular samurai tights, and other goods will be on sale.

Reception Party: 7/25 (Sat) 18:00-
Live Painting: 7/25 (Sat) 13:00-18:00

【Statement】
This exhibition emphasizes "seeing the real thing" and "sketching" more than ever before.
By visiting locations whenever possible and repeating a large number of sketches with models in front of me, I was able to fully use all five senses in my expression.
In particular, the moving croquis is a drawing of a person in constant motion, and each simple line seems to have a life of its own.
The combination of roughness and precision infuses energy into the painting and leads to the dynamic expression that is the true essence of Yamashita's work.

For this exhibition, I have been going out for an hour-long workout almost every day for the past two months and looking at the same scenery.
I wanted to put what I see and feel by putting myself in the panoramic landscape, which changes its expression every day, onto the canvas.
This is an experimental experiment to maintain my health as an artist, and I look forward to seeing how this will manifest itself in my work.

Ryohei Yamashita
He produces paintings and illustrations with the consistent theme of "dynamism".
Passed the digmeout audition in 2008.
He has also been active in art direction, creating cover illustrations for Magazine House's "Tarzan," visuals for Nike, live paintings for the music festival Summer Sonic, and the official visual for the Yokohama Marathon 2015.
http://www.artmaster.jp

DMO ARTS Kita-ku, Osaka Umeda 3-1-3 LUCUA 1100 B1F
TEL 06-6450-8187

PM Ken, who is known for his photography will have solo exhibition, crosspoint 2015 at gallery DMO ARTS.
P.M Ken found one’s leg to be a photographer with his first exhibition in 1996 and started to produce a photograph of world cityscape composite by Photoshop and Macintosh.
The unique technique and ideas widen his rage of activity in creative fields and it lead to publish his first photobook, “cross point”.
He holds solo exhibition of his outstanding monochromatic photography of composite picture on a regular basis since 2010.
This exhibition will be his third time and he is going to release his latest work related to Osaka such as Tower of Sun, Namba Street and Osaka City Central Public Hall.
He will be displaying his latest work of 20 and also his original goods.
We look forward your visit.

Asahi Satoko who is known for her painting will have her solo exhibition ‘000’ from 24th of June(Wed) to 7th of July(Tue) at gallery DMO ARTS.
The reception party will be held on 4th of July(Sat) 6pm-9pm.

Asahi Satoko lives and works in Tokyo, she learnt oil painting at Tama Art University and graduated in 2003.
She has produced painting works of animals, plants and insects with her macro viewpoint.
She is very circumspect in compositions to create historical atmosphere, but as for trimming, she is very dynamic.
This dynamic trimming emphasis the beauties of nature and harmonizes historical and contemporary technique.
Her unique scope leads to associate the image of nature from macro world and viewers are able to retrace the time which materialized in the picture.
Asahi responses her ways of drawing that she does not choose object for work simply out of beauty.
When she draws, she takes image from what she has seen in daily life and store them in her memory.
Instead of capturing an image in front of her, she always try to retrace the memory and piece together in her picture.
Therefore, the artwork seems like a collage by its unnatural composition and this unique technique of drawing establishes her individuality.

YUGO., an artist working with artwork related to music and fashion, held his first exhibition at DMOARTS after changing his name from Yugo Fujita to YUGO.
The first exhibition after changing his name from YUGO FUJITA to YUGO. was held at DMOARTS.
The thematic setting is a large supermarket built in an imaginary place.
The story is about a man and a woman who wander around in a store filled with shoegaze lo-fi sounds.
The pop and psychedelic colors, which are very different from the monotone-based images of his previous works, transform the gallery into a mysterious space.
In addition to his original paintings, a variety of goods will be on sale.

6.13 SAT / OPENING PARTY / 18:00-21:00 FREE

YUGO.
Illustrator, digmeout artist
He has been involved in a variety of activities, including providing design services to musicians such as overall art direction for the rock band SISTERJET, visual design for music events, and artwork for the apparel brand heteroqrom.
http://fujitayugo.com/

Takagi who is know for his embroidery works, is releasing his first book “GLOOM” (shufu to tomo publication) on May 15th.
Celebrating this book launch, gallery DMO ARTS will be showing Takagi’s retrospective exhibition. Title of the show is same as the book “GLOOM”.
In this time of exhibition, Takagi will be showing his latest embroidery work, painting, mixed media and also early works of embroidered cushions created during his stay at New York which he no longer creates.
Moreover, as a part of his new projects, Takagi designed New Era 59FIFTY cap under the theme of 'displayable cap' which supervised by New Era Japan also will be displayed at the show.
Koichiro Takagi lives and works in Tokyo, he learnt silk-screen printing in San Francisco then he moved to New York after graduation from school, and started his career as a painter.
He has been produced a lot of artworks in United States.
After his return to Tokyo, he participated in various group exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions.
Also, he has multiple talent of graphic design, illustration and stenciled spray painting, so his designs have been applied to fashion brands such as Paul Smith and BEAMS and others.
This exhibition will be valuable for residents in Kansai area, so, please visit us and enjoy!

Jumpei Kawamura who is known for his illustration works, will have a solo exhibition, SHOELOGICAL SPACIMEN at gallery DMO ARTS 13th of May to 26th of May, 2015.
His artwork inspired fashion lovers and his designs often applied to fashion magazines such as ‘FIGARO Japon’, ‘All About’ and so on.
n the other hand, Kawamura introduces his daily-drawing in his blogs, he draws objects that he thinks attractive which include not only fashion items but also food, books and models as portraits.
He has a peculiar way of drawing, that he uses technique of paper-cutting and make little pieces of drawing then combine them into one piece of art, so that is three-dimensional work.
During the exhibition, Kawamura will be showing his new works of more than 400 pieces of work, so this show will be worth seeing.
Please visit us and enjoy the show!

SHOELOGICAL SPACIMEN May 13th (Wed) - May 26th (Tue) 10am - 9pm
Opening reception: May 16th (Sat) 6pm- 9pm

DMO ARTS is pleased to announce our next exhibition, ‘SHOW AT HIVE’ by Nekoshogun from 22nd of April (Wed) to 12th of May (Tue).
The opening party will hold on 25th of April (Sat), everyone could join us from 6pm to 9pm at gallery DMO ARTS, (LUCUA1100 B1F)

Nekoshogun will have her solo exhibition after a year and it is long waited exhibition for the fans.
She will going to show us her latest artwork under the theme of ‘show at hive’ which include an illustration of animals in the clothes of an insect or get dressed up like a gentleman such as a bee primp up with a tuxedo.
She will also going to perform live drawing so you get a chance to meet up and talk to her face to face.
Please do not miss her show!

Live drawing events will hold on 25th of April (Sat) 1pm-6pm, 29th of April (Wed)1pm-6pm, 5th of May(Sat) 1pm to 6pm.

[PROFILE]
Nekoshogun is an illustrator who was born in Wakayama prefecture in 1982.
She expanded popularity in Japan and also in the United States since she uploaded videos of her drawing process on ‘Niko Niko Douga’ and her illustration has been used for the famous singer, Kyosuke Himuro.
She recently published her own illustration book, 'ILLUSTRATION MAKING and VISUAL BOOK NEKOSHOGUN’
[WORKS]
2012
・ ” Wariorrs” , Kyosuke Himuro’s CD jacket, production of CM animation (Warner Music Japan)
・ Book cover design for ” Dead Man” written by Kanji Kawai (Kadokawa Shoten)
・ Book cover design for “Darkwoods Circus” written by Machigerita (PHP lab.)
2011
・ Animation character and weapon design for “LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW” (Kadokawa games, grasshopper manifacture)
・ Opening illustration for ” Bowling Revolution P★LEAGUE” (BS Nippon Television Network Corporation)

[EXHIBITION]
2013・Solo Exhibition Appetite for Madness at DMO ARTS
2012・Solo Exbition “Nekoixa” at Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, DMO ARTS
2011・Solo Exbition ” Beats” at DMO ARTS
2009・Solo Exbition “DELISIOUS” at digmeoutART&DINER
2008・Solo Exbition at acrymony(LA)
2006・Solo Exbition at digmeoutCAFE

DMO ARTS is pleased to announce renewal-open exhibition, “Kimi ga tsuki”, “Tsuki” contains two meanings of luck and a love.
Therefore, the title is “I like you and you are the luck” by Chiaki Kohara from 2nd of April (Thu) to 21st of April (Tue).
Please be sure the last day closes at 5pm.

Opening reception will hold on 4th of April (Sat) 6pm-9pm
Live painting performance will hold on 11th of April (Sat) 1pm-6pm

Chiaki Kohara was born in Osaka in 1986.
She has received “Yayoi Kusama prize” in UNIQLO T-shirt competition in 2007 and she started to expand the range of painter carrier since then. She is an up and coming painter who enlarges activity both domestic and abroad.
In 2014, she executed three-dimensional work,’ Kakmei (revolution) HUG chan’ of 2 meters in total length under the theme of ‘raise a revolution by myself with art’.
Also, autumn of the same year, she collaborated with Mitsukoshi Isetan and released original wallet.
In this spring, she is charge of main visual art for FM802 campaign, “ACCESS”.
You cannot take your eyes off of Chiaki Kohara and this time of exhibition will be memorable, so please visit us and enjoy!

DMO ARTS is pleased to announce our next exhibition by Mika Nitta, “When the first flower blooms” from 11th of March (Wed) to 24th of March (Tue).

[Business Hours]
Sunday-Thursday 10am to 8pm Friday and Saturday 10am to 9pm The last day 24th of March closes at 5pm Opening reception will hold on 15th of March (Sun) Nitta will perform live painting on the same day.
Mika Nitta was born in Ibaragi prefecture and lives in Nara prefecture.

She started pen drawing since 2010. She presented her work in her solo exhibition in 2010 as a start, and participated in various group exhibitions in last few years.
Her artwork attracting interest in overseas and has a lot of fan.
It is no way to miss her show, because she has established reputation for her painting and she definitely going to be the one who represents of Japanese modern art in near feature.
I wonder how the first bloomed flower on the planet looks like.
When I thought about the flower, I had a feeling like a prayer.
A thing that is misplaced will never come back because the universe absorbs all.
Yet, we must continue dreaming of the future to imagine one of the absentminded hopes will be born in the place of nothing.
I entrust of the figure of the flower with a future opening to believe and I want to capture it in a picture.