EXHIBITION

2019.5/17 Fri. - 5/30 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party 5/18 Sat. 18:00-
Gallery Talk 5/18 Sat. 19:00-

DMOARTS is pleased to present "Traces Of The Soul," a solo exhibition by Ryoki Kurasaki.
Kurasaki paints portraits based on oil paintings and burns the eyes of the painted figures. He attempts to pursue the reality of the painted motifs by using the phenomena and materials generated by burning the canvas, the exposed space, and the compositional elements of the canvas itself.
In this exhibition, the "Traces Of The Soul" series, which expresses life and the soul with soot and burn marks created by burning canvas, and the "Blindness" series, which expresses how we face death and our attitude toward it in today's society, where death is far away, by blurring the motif of the dead and burning their eyes. Blindness" series will be exhibited. This is the first solo exhibition in Osaka by the artist, who has been well received at UNKNOWN ASIA and ART OSAKA. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.

[Artist's Statement]
Fire has often been a metaphor for life.
This is because the "burning while consuming fuel" of a flame is similar to the "feeding while active" of humans, and the "extinguishing" of a fire is associated with "death," among other things.
By incorporating fire into my work, I attempt to approach the reality of the motifs depicted.

[PROFILE]
Ryoki Kurasaki
1995　Born in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
2016　Graduated from Kyushu Designer Gakuin

・display
2016
「Heart Art in FUKUOKA 2016」Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Fukuoka
Joint Exhibition of Local New Creators" Iwataya, Fukuoka
2017
Paris Fashion Week" Amijed booth France
「DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANERE ART」 Galerie JOSEPH Saint Martin 　France
「UNKNOWN ASIA 2017」 Osaka
2018
「A SIGN OF EMOTION」 Masataka contemporary Tokyo
The 13th Tugboat Award Winners Group Exhibition" Tokyo, Japan
「UNKNOWN ASIA 2018」Osaka

・art fair
2018
「ART OSAKA 2018」Osaka（DMOARTS）
「Art Expo Malaysia 2018」 Malaysia（LSD）
「PARIS CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW」France（Gallery Kogure）
「ART ASIA 2018」Korea（Gallery Kogure）
2019
「Taipei Dangdai 2019 」Taipei（Roentgenwerke AG）
「ART FAIR PHILIPPINES 2019」Philippines（Gallery Kogure）
「ART FAIR TOKYO 2019」Tokyo（Gallery Kogure）
「ART CENTRAL 2019」Hong Kong（Gallery Kogure）

・Awards
13th Tugboat Awards, Honorable Mention
UNKNOWN ASIA 2018 Jury's Ryoichi Matsuo Award (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY)

・Media Coverage
2017　「The Guide Artists」Published in Volumes 8 and 10 Spain
2018　「The Guide Artists」Japanese artist special issue cover and artwork
　　　　Nikkei Plus 10 "Art Special
2019　 Art Collectors March issue

2019.4.26 Fri. - 2019.6.23 Sun.
16:00-21:00

Reception party : 5.24 Fri. 18:00-20:00
*Please note that this is not the first day of the exhibition.

DMOARTS makes its first appearance at BANK BED GALLERY in GUEST HOUSE DENCHI, Asakusa!
My First ART", a series of prints of the same size and at the same price, will be exhibited and sold.
My First ART and original goods by representative DMOARTS artists will be displayed in the gallery space on the first floor, and My First ART by Tokyo-based DMOARTS artists will welcome guests in the guesthouse on the second floor.

My First ART Participating Artists：
chiaki kohara / Neko Shogun / Palm Graphics / Heroshinakyamera / Momoyon /
Chika Tanigawa / Yoriko Youda / Ryohei Yamashita / Sachicafe / Katsuyuki Hoshino / eimi / riya / Keiko Ogawa /
Madoka Kinoshita / Taniguchikazuko / Hikari Yamazaki / WORD ART PRESS & SUPPLY /
buggy / Aki Miyajima / groovisions and more!

BANK BED GALLERY in GUEST HOUSE DENCHI
2-8-5 Nishi Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035, Japan
050-1194- 0168
info@denchi-asakusa.jp
www.denchi-asakusa.jp

2019.5/3 Fri. - 5/16 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

5/4 Sat.
Opening Reception 18:00-
Gallery Talk 19:00- Interviewer: Taniguchi Yoshihiro（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Tsukue Akimoto.
Akimoto Tsukue has attracted attention at UNKNOWN ASIA with his strange, derealized, stateless, and overwhelming presence, and has expanded to other Asian countries. We hope you will enjoy his triumphant return to the exhibition with tremendous support.
During the exhibition, a zine-making workshop by the artist is also scheduled.

[Artist's Statement]
Strange, Bizarre, Kitsch, Mondo, Cheap. I hope to create something with an indescribable atmosphere that these adjectives do not suffice to describe.
The dizzying feeling you get when you see a sign in a foreign travel town that looks like it can't be read. Daily necessities with an unbelievable sense of color. The texture and taste of something sweet or spicy or whatever. A novel and fascinating smell that you have never smelled before.
There is a pleasure in travel in the unknown and the unknowable.
I would be happy if you could enjoy the mixed atmosphere of the objects with such a traveling mood.


[ZINE making workshop]
Printed materials and clippings collected from different countries come to DMOARTS from the workshop of Akimoto Tsukue!
Why not create your own wonder book, just the way you like it?
No rules, just use your creativity and have fun!
May 3 - May 7, 2019 Writers in the gallery, paid as they go
Participation fee 1,500 yen (tax not included)

[Profole]
Tsukue Akimoto
Illustrator and cartoonist.
Strongly influenced by Asian and foreign cultures, he pursues strange exoticism and recreates the excitement of international travel.
In recent years, he has exhibited at art book fairs in Seoul and Taipei, and has had solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Taipei, expanding the scope of his activities in Japan and abroad.TIS member.
He plans to exhibit at a solo show in Taipei and an art event in Shanghai by the end of the year.

[Major Awards]
2018 TIS（Tokyo Illustrators Society）Publicly solicited Bronze Prize　/ Keiji Ito Grand Prize
2017　「UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange OSAKA」
　　　　Jury / Benny Au Award (Hong Kong), Eric Zhu Award (Shenzhen)
　　　　Reviewer Awards/ Otani Tokimasa Award, Kobuki Takafumi Award, Kuboyama Yoko Award
2012　He won the Grand Prix of the 2nd Almost Nikkan Itoi Shimbun "Almost Nikkan Manga Grand Prix", and "The Big One and the Small One" has been serialized in "Almost Nikkan Itoi Shimbun" since 2013.
　　　　　
[Selected Solo Exhibitions]
2019　special exhibition 『PAPER WORKS』 THE Blank GALLERY（Harajuku）
2018　solo exhibition『Bizzare Souvenir』 diida ART BOX（Taipei）
solo exhibition『Exotic Bazaar』OCT Loft（Shenzhen）curation/Eric Zhu
solo exhibition『Strange Market』PMQ （Hong Kong）curation/Benny Au
two-person show 『JAMAIS VIU / Fujio Kido + Akimoto Tsukue』Idyllic city life style bookstore（Taipei）
『ART GROUND 03』（Bangkok）curation/Jam Factory
special exhibition 『PAPER WORKS』 THE Blank GALLERY（Harajuku）
2017　solo exhibition『Tsukue Akimoto Exhibition』DEER BOOK SHOP（Seoul）
2014　solo exhibition『Uncle Drawing』FORT by PORT（Ikenokami）
akimototsukue.com

Saki Matsumura, whose latest solo exhibition "the eyes: they see" will be held at DMOARTS, will simultaneously hold a solo exhibition "the earth and the figure" at H.P.FRANCE WINDOW GALLERY MARUNOUCHI in Marunouchi, Tokyo.

Saki Matsumura constructs multi-layered screens using various techniques such as stencil and silkscreen.
The title of this exhibition is taken from the book by E.J. Rubin, a psychologist who proposed "Rubin's vase," which is a representative example of Gestalt psychology. One of the concepts described in the book is that people cannot perceive things that extend uniformly to their field of vision, and that they perceive shapes only when there are two dissimilar regions. These two areas are divided into "figure" and "ground," with "figure" emerging as a form and "ground" as its background. There is no clear motif in Matsumura's works. However, after viewing his works, a strong image remains in the viewer's mind. This is the result of his careful selection of the elements of his works, such as the fine texture of the materials, the rubbing of the paint, and the unevenness in certain areas, and his painstaking composition, which sometimes inverts the relationship between the ground and the figure.
We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.

[Overview]
Saki Matsumura Solo Exhibition "chi to zu"
Friday, April 19, 2019 - Friday, May 17, 2019
Location：H.P.FRANCE WINDOW GALLERY MARUNOUCHI
Marunouchi Building 1F, 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6301, Japan
Hours: Mon-Sat 11:00-21:00 / Sun & Holidays 11:00-20:00
organizing：hpgrp gallery tokyo (http://hpgrpgallery.com/window)
cooperation：DMOARTS / digmeout

2019.4/19 Fri. - 5/2 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party 4/20 Sat. 18:00-
Gallery Talk 4/20 Sat. 19:00- listener:Ryo Takahashi（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS will hold a solo exhibition of Saki Matsumura for the second time in a year.
Matsumura is a painter who attempts to visualize abstract concepts. The white lines that appear in many of his works are actually blank spaces on which nothing is drawn. By depicting the surrounding shapes and colors, Matsumura expresses the human act of reading information from signs that are never concretely verbalized, as well as the space between the lines.
The works presented in this year's exhibition show a richer and more colorful expression compared to last year's exhibition. Through various exhibitions and commissioned work, the artist has evolved from the rigid world of monochrome to a unique and playful depiction.

The title "The eyes: they see" is made up of two words in an anagram relationship.
Like letters whose meanings can be changed by rearranging them, Matsumura's questions about visible phenomena and his insatiable search for the unseen are sure to be enjoyed by all.

[PROFILE]
Saki Matsumura
1993 Born in Nagano Prefecture
2017 M.F.A. in Painting, Kyoto University of Art and Design
https://dmoarts.com/artists/saki-matsumura/

solo exhibition
2016 at THE TERMINAL KYOTO (THE TERMINAL KYOTO, Kyoto)
2017 Over and over again(sundaycafe・Tokyo)
2018 SEEING THINGS（DMOARTS・Osaka）
Awards
2014 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition, Incentive Award
Turner Acrylic Gouache Biennial 2017, Honorable Mention
Selected, Tokyo Wonder Seed 2017
Publications, etc.
2018 ARTBOOK「 SakiMatsumura」　Published by DMOARTS
2018 JALX ART+WINE PROGRAM Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Label Artist

2019.4/5 Fri. - 4/18 Thu.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party 4/6 Sat. 18:00-
Gallery Talk 4/6 Sat. 19:00- listener:Yoshihiro Taniguchi（DMOARTS）

A thinly painted monochrome world where reality and fantasy mingle.
With as few touches as possible, the artist weaves a sense of atmosphere and creates a single story.
It creates a fanciful landscape, similar to the feeling of creating a diorama.

[PROFILE]
Born in 1988 and currently resides in Nara Prefecture.
He creates monochrome watercolor paintings on the theme of "the beauty of life and the beauty of simply being here, despite the sadness, loneliness, and transience that we feel every day. She is active in solo exhibitions, public exhibitions, and events mainly in the Kansai region.
https://digmeout.net/artists/junya-inoue/

2019.3/23 Fri. - 4/4 Fri.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party
3/23 Sat. 18:00-

Gallery Talk
3/23 Sat. 19:00-
listener：Yoshihiro Taniguchi（DMOARTS）

DMOARTS is pleased to present "My Odd Friends," the first solo exhibition of Emi Suzuki at DMOARTS.
Suzuki has a wild yet sophisticated style, depicting animals and scenes in simple forms on handmade paper that retains a natural texture.
Her poetic expressions, in which the temperature of living creatures' bodies and even the smell of wild flowers and grasses can be felt, have been accepted, and he has been active mainly in solo exhibitions, including collaborations with fashion brands.
In this exhibition, we will present works inspired by the stories in our imagination. We look forward to your visit.

Artist’s statement

The theme of this exhibition is "strange imaginary friends" and I drew funny creatures.
Here are some of my friends in my head, a little strange but not hateful.
For the first time, ceramic works are also available. The earthenware painted on the porcelain
You will feel the power of the work, which is different from that of two-dimensional works.


[Profile]
Emi Suzuki
painter
Lives in Kanagawa Prefecture
1984　Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
2005　Graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design Junior College

web : www.szkie.com
Instagram：@suzukie_mi

[Main Exhibits]
2019 solo exhibition「quiets」hase／Nagoya
2018 solo exhibition「fables」LISETTE Kamakura store, Jiyugaoka store / Tokyo
2018 solo exhibition「Tak」Gallery noir／Shizuoka
2018 group exhibition「bird」Galleri Engholms Brændpunkt／Denmerk
2018 solo exhibition「silent」cafe du grace 921gallery／Okayama
2017 solo exhibition「Late at night in a daze」Gallery NOKTA／Shizuoka
2017 solo exhibition「tale of one's form」hase／Nagoya
2016 solo exhibition「lush」cafe du grace／Okayama
2016 two-person show「people」Gallery Branch／Tokyo
2016 solo exhibition「Blue Winter Days」Art Salon Kinkodo／Nagoya
2015 two-person show「Blue Box of the Monarch Butterfly」Gallery annex／Tokyo
2015 solo exhibition「Daily, Kankan」Shingoster LIVING／Ibaraki
2014 solo exhibition「With music to accompany the moon…」Bar & Food ten ten ten Hatsudaiten／Tokyo
2014 solo exhibition「Whispering in the Night」OPA Gallery／Tokyo
2013 solo exhibition「shake a breeze」Gallery NOKTA／Shizuoka
2012 solo exhibition「White Nanika Original Picture Book Exhibition」Gallery NOKTA／Shizuoka
2012 solo exhibition「a matter of two sides of the same coin」iTohen／Osaka

[Activity history]
Permanent installation of artworks in Hoshino Resort "Kai Anjin" facilities
Satoshi Kida "Face" CD cover art
Makoto Shiina "EVENA" book cover (Bungeishunju)
Deciphering the Rat Man" (Kongo Shuppan)
Jiro Asada, "Shishikaro" and "Welcome to Kyusenkaku," separate volume, Bungeishunju, door picture
other

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

2019.3/8 Fri. - 3/22 Fri.
10:00-21:00 (Closes at 6:00 p.m. on the last day only)

Reception Party
3/9 Sat. 18:00-

Gallery Talk
3/9 Sat. 19:00-
listener：Yoshihiro Taniguchi（DMOARTS）

■statement
The theme of the exhibition is "Spring" and depicts dwarfs and plants playing together.
Spring" with its glamour and nature's madness
The two sides of the seasons are expressed as life and death in the form of Japanese paintings.

■Profile
Born in 1991 in Shizuoka. Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design, Japanese Painting Course.
Using Japanese painting techniques, he creates contemporary paintings with motifs of dwarfs and strawberries.
As a painter, he has been active in solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad.
As an illustrator, he has provided works for advertisements, anime collaboration goods, picture books, etc.
Selected for the 190th The Choice (judged by Hisashi Eguchi)
www.inorikito.jp/
https://digmeout.net/artists/inori-kito/

Inori Kito×Alternative Texture
Collaboration Dried Flower Bags Limited Edition!

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2019.2.22 Fri. – 2019.03.07 Thu.
10:00-21:00(Closed at 6:00 p.m. only on 12.31 and the last day of the month）

We will hold a solo exhibition to celebrate the publication of the second book in the "Kuro-Neko Robin-chan" series of picture books by Kuro-Neko Design.
The trademark of the Kuroneko design, with its stencil-like coloring and retro taste, is a selfish and whimsical cat with sharp claws and claws, a departure from the traditional character that emphasizes cuteness, which has gained support.
In addition to works including original drawings depicting "Robin-chan," a black cat, giclee prints and a picture book with a limited edition book sleeve will be exhibited and sold at this exhibition. Please take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.

[Profile]
kuroneko design
Since 2011, he has been based in Nagoya, Japan.
Her picture books and sundries featuring "Robin-chan," a black cat, have been well received at her solo exhibitions and market events.
He is expanding his activities, including being featured in Goncharov's Valentine's Day chocolates.
kuroneko-design.com

Original Booksleeve Limited Edition!
Kuro-Neko Takumi "Kuro-Neko Robin-chan Punsuka" signed picture book + book sleeve set
as for theClick here！