EXHIBITION

2019. 3. 02 Sat. - 2019. 4. 01 Mon.
11：00～21：00
at H.P.DECOSmall Room of Curiosity No.2

3. 02 Sat. 15:00-19:00
HYMN will perform live painting.
Enjoy the "virtual spray" that has leapt out of the canvas and into the show window!

We are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of HYMN, an up-and-coming artist whose work is still fresh in our minds from UNKNOWNA ASIA 2018, at H.P. DECO Curious Little Room.

HYMN pays homage to various icons of art, including Picasso, Matisse, and other masterpieces from the history of art, as well as graffiti sprayed on, and quotes and remixes digital imagery. The artist's unique style, which he calls "virtual spray," incorporates the spray drop as a product of the passage of time into the two-dimensional pixel.

The title of this exhibition, "Virtual Wall," represents the image of playing with imaginary graffiti art on "walls" in a virtual world that does not exist.
Enjoy the pop world that combines the colorful, uninhibited sprays that symbolize "feeling" for HYMN with the "digital" pixel information that has taken over our lives and now symbolizes reality.

produced by DMOARTS

H.P.DECO Small Room of Curiosity No.2
〒556-0011
Namba Parks 2F, 2-10-70 Nambanaka, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
06-6634-0620

HYMN

[ Profile ]
1990 Born in Chiba Prefecture
2014 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design
2017 Started full-scale production
Currently resides in Tokyo
https://www.instagram.com/hymn_e/
https://digmeout.net/artists/hymn/
[group exhibition]
2019 「(untitled)」Void、Tokyo, Japan (August)
2019 「EPIC PAINTERS vol.5」The blank Gallery、Tokyo、Japan
2018 「Independent Tokyo 2018 group exhibition」Shun Art Gallery、Shanghai, China
2017 「TAGBOAT AWARD 2017group exhibition」Setagaya Monozukuri School, Tokyo, Japan

[Art fair]
2018 「Independent Tokyo 2018」Hulic Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2018 「UNKNOWN ASIA 2018」Herbis Hall, Osaka, Japan

[Chosen]
2018 「Independent Tokyo 2018」Honorable Mention (Top 8 Winners) & Jury's Special Prize (Taisuke Morishita Prize)
2018 「UNKNOWN ASIA 2018」 Jury Award (Takehito Ohguchi) & Reviewer Award (Yoshihiro Hoshina, Takayuki Kubota, Ryota Kanazaki)
2018 「1WALL AWARD 2018」Jury's Encouragement Award (selected by Jun Tsuzuki, illustrator)
2017 「TAGBOAT AWARD 2017」Passed the first screening

[Media Coverage]
2019 SHIFT magazine （interview） http://www.shift.jp.org/ja/archives/2019/01/hymn.html
2018 SHIFT magazine （UNKNOWN ASIA 2018）
http://www.shift.jp.org/ja/archives/2018/10/unknown-asia-2018.html