EXHIBITION

We are pleased to announce that DMOARTS will reorganize the exhibition planned for 2020 with new artists. This project will be held in an office space where many people interact and spend a lot of time, and will feature carefully selected artworks recommended for collection. In addition to exhibiting works that are easy to collect, this year's exhibition will also feature installations that will allow visitors to enjoy the space with art. Please enjoy viewing art in an exhibition environment different from that of a museum or gallery.


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[Artist]

Ayami Nagata

Based on the theme of "reframing the everyday," she uses industrial products such as blue sheets, rubber bands, ballast stones, non-woven fabrics, and water threads as materials for her works. By incorporating these familiar items into her works, she hopes to create an opportunity to reconsider the value of things.
She is also interested in what can be seen from the vast repetition of regular acts.
She persistently overlaps very simple dyeing and weaving techniques, such as squeezing and weaving, on a single object. She also attempts to express her own impulse and obsession for making things, which arise from the linkage with the physical sensation associated with the act.
instagram：@_____tbtb

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Chiharu Yakushigawa

Chiharu Yakushikawa develops her own unique paintings in various ways based on the theme of "pair" relationships.
In her "Right and Left Hand" series, in which She applies paint directly to her right and left hands and paints by hand, she uses pigments she has mixed herself to express a mixture of the individual and the other.
She has also chosen various methods of expression for each of her works, such as the "knock" series, which focuses on the act of knocking, a signal before entering the other's territory, regarding the relationship between the self and others in a society with developed social networking services.
instagram：@yakushigawa.chiharu

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Kenji Hirasawa

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1982, he is a photographer and contemporary artist based in Tokyo and London.
Graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, and received an M.F.A. in Photography from the Royal College of Art.
He mastered remote sensing using satellites and began working on the theme of "human beings" and "life" using one of his devices, a thermal imaging camera. He has been expanding the scope of his creative activities by actively taking in new mediums and technologies, including installation, video, and new media. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and projects in Japan and abroad.
instagram：@kenjihirasawa.ig

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Mana Kawamura

She creates paintings using images inspired by motifs and texts from modern Japanese literature, classics, and Japanese mythology, as well as scenes and words from her own poetry and prose.
Interested in the nature of words, whose meanings change depending on the context before and after and on the recipient, the artist expresses the transformation of the meaning content by the collapse of the shape of the letters on the screen.

instagram：@kawamura_drawing

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Shu Ohno

Born in Fukuoka in 1981. Studied sculptural expression at Kyushu Sangyo University and completed graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts.
While in school, he studied sculpture, mainly stone, and composed motifs of academic forms and musical influences, creating works with a sense of tension that shakes up the state of sculpture in our time.
He considers the "impulse" that wells up from within to be an important element, and his three-dimensional works are characterized by the use of artificial materials such as scrap wood and concrete, while maintaining the strength of "objects" that are not frivolous in any way.
In 2012, he moved to New York City, where he began working with materials such as discarded items collected in the city and large trees that had been cut down for safety reasons, and developed his current style of working with bricolage.
In 2015, he relocated to his hometown of Fukuoka and set up a studio in a corner of his family's concrete products factory.
He is presenting a concrete work on a scale exceeding 3 tons in weight at an exhibition in Kitakyushu, Japan, in 2020.
instagram：@shu.ohno

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Takashi Yatouji

He draws with line and color and a variety of materiality.
His subjects include group portraits, plants, landscapes that you will forget in five minutes, and portrait images automatically generated by AI.
In recent years, I have been working on an AI-generated portrait image -something that is no one- (stino), which aims to eliminate personal relationships with the subject (my relationships with friends, relatives, lovers, business associates, etc.) and build relationships only through what I draw.
instagram：@yatouuuu

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Yuki Hasegawa

Born in 1989 in Osaka, Japan, she completed her master's degree in oil painting at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2014.
She works at the collaborative studio punto in Kyoto.
With the theme of considering the essential nature of the human organism, she creates paintings that reconsider human behavior through the depiction of plants as familiar "others" to humans and "symbols" for humans.
instagram：@hasegawayuki_works


『ART in OFFICE “SESSEN”』
[Dates]
2023 12/14 Thu. - 12/16 Sat.
12/14 Thu. 14:00 - 20:00
12/15 Fri. 12:00 - 19:00
12/16 Sat. 12:00 - 17:00
Admission until 1 hour before the end of the day
[Venue]
DMOARTS (FM802 9F)
530-0041 9F Daiwa Minamimorimachi Building, 2-2-6, Tenjinbashi 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka
[Organizer]
DMOARTS

We are pleased to present "TOGETHER," a solo exhibition by Chari, a Tokyo-based artist and illustrator.
A career designer and illustrator, Chari is an artist whose worldview is characterized by meticulously calculated compositions and iconic characters.
He continues to present his original works and has exhibited them in solo and group shows and art fairs in Japan and abroad, gaining popularity.
This will be Chari's first solo exhibition in Fukuoka.
This exhibition, which focuses on the theme of various relationships and distance, is composed mainly of new original artworks, allowing visitors to enjoy the world view of the works.
Please take this opportunity to view the exhibition.


[Artist Statement]
Different works depict different relationships and distances.
The security of a close relationship or the loneliness we feel when we are with someone else. Sometimes, a sense of solidarity with a complete stranger.
Even when you are alone, you are aware of someone else, and your relationship and distance from yourself is also present.
The work that is the main visual for this exhibition was supposed to depict everyone together, but before I knew it, I realized that I was depicting two animals in the midst of everyone else.
You are drawing on your own, but you are not in control of everything, and before you know it, you will be.
I feel that the finished work knows me better than I know myself.


[Profile]
Chari
His works are based on the world inhabited by the main character, Chan, a white dog, and his friends.
It is a warm world where animals, monsters, people, and other diverse creatures coexist.
Chan is modeled after his own dog.
His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions and art fairs in Japan and abroad.
He has also illustrated books, television programs, and video works.


[Detail]
Chari exhibition “TOGETHER”
Dates | 2023.10.27 Fri - 11.12 Sun
Venue | TAGSTA (Space Cube 1F, 1-7-11 Haruyoshi, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City)
Open | 8:00 - 20:00 (Open throughout the exhibition / Free admission)
Direction | DMOARTS

ART MARKET 2023", a new project by "OIL by Bijutsu-cho", will be held from September 1 (Friday) to September 30 (Sunday), 2023, where you can enjoy artworks both online and on-site.
DMOARTS will be exhibiting in both the online and satellite exhibitions, presenting the works of three artists, Chiharu Yakushikawa, Koga Miura, and Saki Matsumura.


[Artist]

Chiharu Yakushigawa
She has developed her own unique abstract paintings based on the theme of the relationship between "pairs". In her "Right Hand and Left Hand" series, in which he applies paint directly to his right and left hands and paints by hand, she uses pigments she has mixed herself to express a mixture of the individual and the individual with each other.
In addition, she continues to present a variety of methods of expression for each work, such as her "Knock" series, which focuses on the act of knocking, a signal before entering the other's territory, regarding the relationship between the self and others in a society with advanced social networking services.
instagram：@yakushigawa.chiharu


Koga Miura
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1997, he completed his master's degree in oil painting at Kyoto University of Arts in 2021.
He creates two-dimensional works based on the main themes of "coincidence" and "artifice/randomness. By using random numbers and written instructions in the decision-making stages of composition and color schemes, he eliminates the conscious artifice of the creator. By doing so, the artist's work is purely random, and the blurring and coincidence of the output of the body are allowed to emerge. Just as a mechanically-drawn work that follows instructions has its own unique expression, he finds contingency in the ordinary day-to-day, and continues to create works in order to affirm irregular events.
instagram：@koga_miura


Saki Matsumura
Born in Nagano, Japan in 1993, she completed her graduate studies in painting at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2017. Currently based in Kyoto.
She creates dynamic paintings by combining hard-edged colored surfaces created by spraying and silkscreening with uneven surfaces covered with heavy layers of paint. The clash of different elements creates a strange harmony that opens up the imagination to new sensations.
instagram：@sakimatsumura_


[Overview]

【Online Exhibition Hall】
The exhibition will be held at "OIL by Bijutsu Choten", an online marketplace for art.
Holding page｜https://oil.bijutsutecho.com/special/237
Period｜September 1, 2023 (Friday) 10:00 - September 30, 2023 (Saturday) 24:00
*Times are subject to change.

【Satellite Exhibition Hall】
Venue｜BaBaBa
Address｜2-5-15-1F Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-0033, Japan
Session｜September 15, 2023 (Friday) - September 17, 2023 (Sunday)
Time｜12:00-19:00 *Last day only until 18:00

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023" will be held from September 22 (Fri.) to 24 (Sun.) [Preview: September 21 (Thu.)] at Marine Messe B in Fukuoka.
DMOARTS is pleased to present the works of five artists, Chari, hin, Koga Miura, Rooo Lou, and Ryohei Yamashita.

[Artist]

Chari
Tokyo-based artist and illustrator.
Her work is based on "Chans," which depicts the world inhabited by the main character "Chan," a white dog, and her friends. It is a warm world where animals, monsters, people, and other diverse creatures coexist. The main character "Chan" is modeled after his own beloved dog.
She has presented her works by participating in group exhibitions and holding solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad. She has also created illustrations for books, TV programs, and video works.
instagram：@chari_o_o_o_o


hin
Artist.
Born in Chiba, Japan in 1990 and currently lives in Tokyo.
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design.
With the concept of "Therapy by Digital Detox", he explores relaxation through painting.
Digital Detox aims to "dissolve information overload through art.
The artist attempts to detoxify information from outside and inside the human body by using a method called virtualspray, which materializes digital (information) using pixels and resembles a spray.
instagram：@hin_ss


Koga Miura
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1997, he completed his master's degree in oil painting at Kyoto University of Arts in 2021.
He creates two-dimensional works based on the main themes of "coincidence" and "artifice/randomness. By using random numbers and written instructions in the decision-making stages of composition and color schemes, he eliminates the conscious artifice of the creator. By doing so, the artist's work is purely random, and the blurring and coincidence of the output of the body are allowed to emerge. Just as a mechanically-drawn work that follows instructions has its own unique expression, he finds contingency in the ordinary day-to-day, and continues to create works in order to affirm irregular events.
instagram：@koga_miura


Rooo Lou
Born in 1988 in Osaka.
After working as a designer, he shifted his method of expression to illustration.
Since then, he has provided artwork for apparel brands and advertisements.
In recent years, he has been showing his work both in Japan and abroad, focusing on minimalist portraiture.
instagram：@rooo_lou


Ryohei Yamashita
He creates works under the consistent theme of "Dynamism". His representative works are Samurai and Athlete series. He launched his own art brand "LIKE A ROLLING STONE" to present his works. In 2015, he won the "E-Plus Award" at the art fair "UNKNOWN ASIA.
His illustration work includes the cover of Magazine House's "Tarzan," visuals for Nike and other sports and athletes, and official visuals for the Yokohama Marathon.
Major works include public art for the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toyota Motor Corporation 2020 calendar, official visuals for the Japanese national sailing team for the Sailing Olympics, artwork for Achilles "Shunsoku", and Mizuho FG Olympics-related advertising.
instagram：@yashitama


[Overview]

・Date & Time
【VIP View】
9/21(Thu) 16:00 – 20:00
9/22(Fri) 11:00 – 14:00
【Public View】
9/22(Fri) 14:00 – 19:00
9/23(Sat) 11:00 – 19:00
9/24(Sun) 11:00 – 17:00

・Venue
Marine Messe Fukuoka B Hall
(2-1 Okihama-cho, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
DMOARTS / Booth No.W05

・Official Web Site
https://artfair.asia/

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA" has been held in Fukuoka since 2015 and is the only art fair in Japan with an Asian concept.
In the city of Fukuoka, which geographically and historically functions as the gateway to Asia, we aim to create a global art fair with the theme of "bridging Japan and the Asian art market," introducing artists who will carry the future of Asia, as well as transmitting the appeal of domestic culture and art to Asia and activating the Asian art market.

DMOARTS is pleased to present the work of five artists, Chari, Eunkyoung Son, PORA, Shin Seishun, and YUGO.

[Artist]

Chari
Tokyo-based artist and illustrator.
Her work is based on "Chans," which depicts the world inhabited by the main character "Chan," a white dog, and Her friends. It is a warm world where animals, monsters, people, and other diverse creatures coexist. The main character "Chan" is modeled after Her own beloved dog.
She has presented his works by participating in group exhibitions and holding solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad. She has also created illustrations for books, TV programs, and video works.
instagram：@chari_o_o_o_o


Eunkyoung Son
Majored fine-art in SeJong University in Seoul. Worked as an illustrator for 10years. -A TV commercial: Sam Sung Galaxy mobile, Sam Sung Bespoke -A TV program intro tiltle: JTBC ‘The famous singer's story’ -Film company: ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘Trip To Spain’, ‘ Like Crazy’ etc. Illustration Poster for promo in Korea. -Collaboration with: CGV, Hera beauty, Newyork Times, The newyorker, Popeye etc.
instagram：@thanksforbeingu


PORA
Born in 1985. Born in Seoul, Korea. Majored in Japanese language and literature at university and graduate school.
She has worked as an illustrator since graduating from SI Picture Book School.
She loves to read books and to draw from them.
instagram：@pakazoko


Masaharu Shin
Using the existing format of painting, he contemplates what art means to us living in the present age. He combines not only paints but also scraps of clothing, interior tiles, photographs, and other materials collected from various sources, and reconstructs the relationship between them to compose his paintings. This relationship evokes invisible relations between people, art, and society that exist outside of the picture plane.
instagram：@masaharu_shin


YUGO.
In 2015, he began producing artwork and client work under his current name in earnest.
Influenced by punk and rock music and their cultural influences, his works often use satirical motifs such as rebellion and indignation against society.
He also provides designs for rock bands/musicians, as well as store visuals for apparel brands and art production for music events.
instagram：@yugo_artwork


[Fair Overview]

・Day & Time
[VIP Preview]
8/10(Thu) 15:00–20:00
*Invitees and press only
[Public]
8/11(Fri), 8/12(Sat) 11:00–19:30
8/13(Sun) 11:00–18:00

・Venue
SBA SETEC Exhibition Hall
3104 Nambusunhwan-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
DMOART / Booth No.3-31

・Official Web Site
https://bankartfair.wixsite.com/website-16

BAF has been held nine times since 2013 as a hotel art fair in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul.
The 10th edition will be held at the SETEC Convention Center with a new venue and a new concept.
The BAF, to be held at the SETEC Convention Center, is expected to attract approximately 100 national and international galleries.
We will also receive sponsorship and support from domestic companies, and will offer a variety of events for participating galleries and artists.

Infinity Japan Contemporary Art Show 2023, a contemporary art fair in Taiwan, will be held at Hotel Royal-Nikko Taipei from Friday, August 4 - Sunday, August 6.
DMOARTS presents the works of four artists, HAYATO MACHIDA, Ifuku Kazuhiko, Saneyuki Matsumoto, and Chiharu Yakushigawa.


[Artist]

HAYATO MACHIDA
Born in 1995 in Okinawa, Japan.　He began painting on his own, and when he was 21 years old, he met Yuken Teruya in New York, where he was studying abroad, and began working as an artist after returning to Japan. His paintings are composed of elements inherited from Japanese and American pop culture, subcultures, and local culture, which deeply influenced him while growing up. The ambivalent feelings that form the concept of his work are born from his doubts about his own sense of "being alive" and his thoughts on the social and political situation at times. The white sprinkled throughout the work is the presence that emerges when you reach a point where you feel like disappearing, and it represents the confusion or neutralization of psychological ideas and biological instincts.
instagram：@hayato_machida_


Kazuhiko Ifuku
Born in 1979. His works are characterized by colorful colors and relaxed lines.
Major works as an illustrator include artwork for JR's "OSAKA POWER LOOP" wrapping train, FRED PERRY catalog, New Balance T-shirt design, Converse wedding limited edition sneakers, TSUTAYA book cover, and high school English textbook "All aboard cover of high school English textbook "All aboard!"
In addition, goods collaborating with Ultraman, Yoshimoto, Doraemon, Minions, and Sanrio were released from the general merchandise store ASOKO and became a hot topic.
instagram：@kazuhiko_ifuku


Saneyuki Matsumoto
Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1988.
Since 2017, he has been working as an illustrator, and after 2022, he will switch to being an artist in order to create more conceptual works.
He currently exhibits his paintings at galleries in Japan and abroad.
instagram：@m.saneyuki


Chiharu Yakushigawa
She has developed his own unique abstract paintings based on the theme of the relationship between "pairs". In her "Right Hand and Left Hand" series, in which she applies paint directly to her right and left hands and paints by hand, she uses pigments she has mixed himself to express a mixture of the individual and the individual with each other.
In addition, she continues to present a variety of methods of expression for each work, such as her "Knock" series, which focuses on the act of knocking, a signal before entering the other's territory, regarding the relationship between the self and others in a society with advanced social networking services.
instagram：@yakushigawa.chiharu


[Fair Overview]

・Date & Time
[VIP Preview]
8/4(Fri) 10:00-14:00
*Invitees and press only
[Public]
8/4(Fri) 14:00-19:00
8/5(Sat), 8/6(Sun) 11:00-19:00

・Venue
Hotel Royal-Nikko Taipei
No. 37-1, Section 2, Zhongshan N Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 104
DMOARTS / Room No.404

・Official Web Site
https://www.ijartshow.com/index.html

The theme of this year's art fair is "Introducing the most complete contemporary Japanese art in Taiwan.
Since 2013, this project has invited galleries in various Japanese cities to hold exhibitions in Taiwan.
Currently, galleries come from Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara, Kamakura, Fukuoka, and other cities.
In the future, Infinity japan hopes to introduce contemporary art from all over Japan.

ART OSAKA 2023 (Galleries section), an art fair of contemporary art, will be held from July 28 (Fri.)-30 (Sun.) [Preview: July 28 (Fri.)] at Osaka City Central Public Hall.
DMOARTS is pleased to present the works of four artists: hin, Saki Matsumura, Koga Miura, and Rei Kizumoto.

[Artists]

hin
Artist.
Born in Chiba, Japan in 1990 and currently lives in Tokyo. Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design.

The concept of the production is to explore and create a therapy by Digital Detox.
The idea of using pixelated expressions with the intention of "materializing information" and painting them as if they were sprays or brushes was the inspiration for the technique he calls virtualspray. The artist attempts to antidote the overload of information from the outside and the inside.
https://digmeout.net/artists/hin/
instagram：@hin_ss


Saki Matsumura
Born in Nagano, Japan in 1993, he completed his graduate studies in painting at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2017. Currently based in Kyoto.

He creates dynamic paintings by combining hard-edged colored surfaces created by spraying and silkscreening with uneven surfaces covered with heavy layers of paint. The clash of different elements creates a strange harmony that opens up the imagination to new sensations.
https://dmoarts.com/artists/saki-matsumura/
instagram：@sakimatsumura_


Koga Miura
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1997, he completed his master's degree in oil painting at Kyoto University of Arts in 2021.

He creates two-dimensional works based on the theme of exploring the "boundary between the conscious and the unconscious.
In order to reduce the arbitrariness that occurs in the process of giving form to an image, he decides on color schemes and compositions in advance using a random number of instructions, and then gives form to them through manual work.
By mixing the mechanical impression created by the repetition of simple work following instructions and the anomalous expression created by hand-painting, the artist is able to perceive both his own assumptions and unexpected phenomena.
By going back and forth between the assumed and the unexpected, I want to express the beauty that is created by the combination of various external factors that exist contrary to my own intentions.
https://dmoarts.com/artists/kogamiura/
instagram：@koga_miura2343


Rei Kizumoto
Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1998, he graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2021 with a BFA in oil painting, and from Kyoto University of Arts in 2023 with an MFA in oil painting in the field of arts and crafts.

Colored or cut felt is placed on the floor.
The felt absorbs and reflects light, and the danger of color lurks.
I follow the light as I push it onto the screen with time and space.
He creates his works in dialogue with the materials, colors, and himself.
instagram：@rei2painting


[Fair Overview]
・Date & Time (Galleries section)
Friday, July 28 - Sunday, July 30, 2023
・Preview
Friday, 28th 15:00―19:00
※Invitees and press only
・Open to the public
Saturday, 29th 11:00-19:00
30th(Sun.) 11:00-17:00

・Venue
Osaka City Central Hall 3rd Floor [Central Assembly Room / Small Assembly Room / Special Room]
1-1-27 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan
DMOART / Booth No.E-5

・Official Web Site
https://artosaka.jp/2023/jp/

ART OSAKA 2023, a contemporary art fair, will be held from July 26 (Wed) to 31 (Mon), 2012. ART OSAKA has the longest history of any ongoing art fair in Japan and has been a popular venue for young and mid-career artists.
This year, the art fair will again offer a tour of two locations: Nakanoshima (Galleries section), Osaka's representative cultural area, and Kitakagaya (Expanded section), a town full of creativity.
We hope you will enjoy "ART OSAKA 2023," which connects two of Osaka's most fascinating areas.

We are pleased to announce our participation in the exhibition ""Dawn" CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION" to be held at Iwataya Honten, Fukuoka, Japan.
From DMOARTS, works by Mie Takahashi, Rentaro Kawamoto, Ryoki Kurasaki, and Masamitsu Okada will be exhibited.

[Artist]
Mie Takahashi
Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1994, he graduated from Yokohama College of Art and Design in 2017, and currently lives and works in Kamakura. Inspired by the doodles he casually draws on a daily basis, he creates paintings and three-dimensional works. His colorful works with abstract shapes are based on terra cotta and resin. He paints over them with his original paints and finishes them with gradation.
instagram：@mie___takahashi

Rentaro Kawamoto
Born in 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan, he graduated from the Textile Design Course in the Crafts Area at Yokohama College of Art in 2015 and completed the Sculpture Course at the same university as a research student in 2005. He continues to work mainly with textiles, focusing on the unique textures and colors of dyed fabrics and the background and story behind the materials as important elements of his work.
instagram：@rentarokawamoto

Ryoki Kurasaki
Born 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan. He creates works that encourage viewers to reexamine life and death and to be aware of the cycle of life and death through works such as portraits on canvas that are burned in a fire and wax paintings that are molded by taking a mold of the painting and pouring melted wax into the mold, which melts like a candle.
instagram：@ryokikura

Masamitsu Okada
Born 1987 in Hyogo Prefecture. Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2010. Since graduation, he has been working as a graphic designer/artist under the name OMD (O.M.D.). In parallel with client work, he produces works and zines on the theme of shapes, letters, and compositions, and since 2018, he has been developing graphics/artwork using 3DCG.
instagram：@okada_masamitsu


[Overview]
『“Dawn” CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION』
・Date and Time
3/8(Wed.)～3/12(Sun) 10：00～20：00
*Close at 17:00 on the last day only.
・Venue
Iwataya Main Store, Main Building, 7th floor, Main Event Hall
(2-5-35 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-8680, Japan)
For more information, click here.


Art, like music, is familiar to people, appeals to the viewer's sensitivity, and enriches the mind. The message contained in a work of art can be a hint for thought, and coming into contact with the temperament and personality of the artist can be a source of vitality for tomorrow. Encountering art that resonates with one's sensibilities can change one's sense of values and even one's way of life. In this exhibition, the Iwataya flagship store will showcase works by both young artists and masters from Japan and abroad that it recommends today.

We are pleased to announce that we will exhibit at the art market "ART MARKET TENNOZ 2023" to be held in Tennoz.
From DMOARTS, works by Aya Kurashiki, HAYATO MACHIDA, Saki Matsumura, Saneyuki Matsumoto, and Rei Kizumoto will be exhibited.

[Artist]
Aya Kurashiki
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1993. Currently based in Tokyo.
Major awards include "SPART 2017" (Akira Asada Award, 2017), "Shell Art Award 2020" (The National Art Center, Tokyo), "VIVA AWARD 2021" (Associate Artist, 2021), "WATOWA ART AWARD" (Grand Prix Award, 2021), "elephant STUDIO (Tokyo), etc.
Recent exhibitions include "(((((," Komagome Warehouse, Tokyo (2022); solo exhibition, "Asakanari, Shizen ni naka shizen ni ka. Wada Gallery, Tokyo; "Idemitsu Art Award Artist Selection" (recommended by Eriko Kimura, chief curator of Yokohama Museum of Art) at The National Art Center, Tokyo in 2022; "3331 transformed art into ''" at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo in 2023, and others.
Completed graduate studies at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2018, and Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020.
He is a student of the 26th term of the Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation. Third term student of the Kuma Foundation.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

■ Artist Statement
Kurashiki has consistently considered the distance between himself and others in the solitary existence of human beings absolutely cut off by the material wall of the body, or the categorization attached to it. In his works, Kurashiki deals with multiple media such as performance and installation, mainly two-dimensional works using transfer techniques, and attempts to communicate closely with others, seek coexistence, or fuse with others. For example, he creates works in order to even out the divide created by the fact that we have separate bodies, and to coexist with others in the real world. Or, as the ultimate form of such an act, production as an act of aiming for nirvana, in which each being is freed from its body, and while existing as an individual, blends into the whole and becomes one with the whole. Or, as a countermeasure to loneliness, the act of weaving a temporary (assumed) close relationship between the viewer and oneself by somehow inserting the work between them.
instagram：@ayakurashiki


HAYATO MACHIDA
Born in 1995 in Okinawa, Japan.
He began painting on his own, and when he was 21 years old, he met Yuken Teruya in New York, where he was studying abroad, and began working as an artist after returning to Japan. He has provided HY tour goods and adidas event logos.
Major exhibitions include "ART WONDERLAND" at Sogo Yokohama (Kanagawa/2023), "INDEPENDENT TOKYO 2022 SELECTION" at Hankyu MEN 'S TOKYO Tugboat Gallery (Tokyo/2023), "SHIBUYA STYLE VOL,16" Seibu Shibuya (Tokyo/2022), "UNKNOWN ASIA 2022 " Grand Front Osaka (Osaka/2022), "Okinawans" GALLERY ROUGHERYET (Okinawa/2022), "GEISAI #21" TOKYO BIG SITE (Tokyo/2022), "INDEPENDENT TOKYO 2022" at Tokyo Port City Takeshiba (Tokyo/2022).
Awards include the "INDEPENDENT TOKYO 2022" Tugboat Special Award (2022) and the "Turner Award 2018" Future Award (2018).

■ Artist Statement
His paintings are composed of elements inherited from Japanese and American pop culture, subculture, and local culture, which deeply influenced him while growing up. The ambivalent feelings that form the concept of his work are born from his doubts about his own sense of "being alive" and his thoughts on the social and political situation at times. The white color sprinkled in his works is a presence that appears when he reaches a point of feeling as if he wants to disappear, and it represents the confusion or neutralization of psychological thoughts and biological instincts.
instagram：@hayato_machida_


Saki Matsumura
Born in Nagano, Japan in 1993.
Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design, Department of Arts and Crafts, Oil Painting Course, 2015.
Completed the graduate course in painting at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2017.
Currently based in Kyoto.
Major solo exhibitions to date include "The eyes : They see" (DMOARTS/2019), "- see sew scene -ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO SATELLITE" (ygion/ 2021).
Major group exhibitions and art fairs include ART AWARD TOKYO MARUNOUCHI (2017), ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO (2018), UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2019 (2019), ART TAIPEI 2020 (2020), ART OSAKA WALL (2020), DELTA Exhibition (2021).

■ Artist Statement
He creates dynamic paintings by combining hard-edged colored surfaces created by spraying and silk-screening with uneven surfaces covered with heavy layers of paint. The clash of different elements creates a strange harmony that opens up the imagination to new sensations.
instagram：@sakimatsumura_


Saneyuki Matsumoto
1988 Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
2017 Started working mainly on client work.
2021 Started working mainly in the production of art works.
2021 First solo exhibition.
Major exhibitions include "us" (Bricolage, Hyogo/2022), Kobe Art Marché 2022 (Hyogo/2022), Independent Tokyo 2022 (Tokyo/2022), Any Kobe 2022 (Hyogo/2022), UNKNOWN ASIA 2022 (Osaka/2022), A4 WALL MATSUYA GINZA (Tokyo/2022), A4 WALL TAIPEI (Tokyo/2022), A4 WALL MATSUYA GINZA (Tokyo/2022), 100 People 10 (Tokyo/2022), A4 WALL TAIPEI (Tokyo/2022), and A4 WALL MATSUYA GINZA (Tokyo/2022). 2022), A4 WALL MATSUYA GINZA (Tokyo/2022), 100 People 10 (Tokyo/2022), A4 WALL TAIPEI (Taipei/2022), A4 WALL MATSUYA GINZA (Tokyo/2023), Kobe Art Marché 2023 (Hyogo/2023).
Awards include: 74th Gen-Ten, Honorable Mention (2018); 62nd Takarazuka City Exhibition, Tessai Art Museum Prize (2019); 44th Kobe Citizen's Art Exhibition, Kobe City Workers' Welfare Council Prize (2019); 21st Hotel La Suite DKGAP, Honorable Mention (2019); 24th Art Move Competition, Honorable Mention (2019); 69th Nishinomiya City Exhibition, Honorable Mention (2019); 2nd 69th Nishinomiya City Exhibition, Honorable Mention, (2019), The 6th Tokyo Costume Design Award, Honorable Mention, (2019), The 2nd Grammatology Award, Honorable Mention, (2020).

■ Artist Statement
His works are mainly based on subcultures and Japanese illustration expressions of the 80s and 90s.
The theme of his work is to preserve pop culture, such as character expression, which is not often discussed in Western art history, in the form of art rather than illustration.
Each portrait depicts the same face. This is based on the artist's will to preserve the illustrative expression of the period in which the work was created, and the idea that by depicting the same, unifying face, the work can be viewed as if it were the viewer or a closely related person.
He works mainly with acrylics on canvas.
instagram：@m.saneyuki


Rei Kizumoto
1998 Born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
2021 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, majoring in oil painting.
2023 Scheduled to graduate from Kyoto University of Arts with a Master's degree in Oil Painting in the field of Arts and Crafts. (Final education)
Major exhibitions include "ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2022" (Kyoto, March 2022), group exhibition "grid" at biscuit gallery (Tokyo, March 2022), group exhibition "awkward sensation" at YOD TOKYO (Tokyo, October 2022), "3331ART FAIR" at DMOARTS Gallery (Tokyo, October 2022), and "Fiction and Feeling 3331ART FAIR," DMOARTS Gallery (Tokyo, October 2022), "Fiction and Feeling," Seibu Ikebukuro main store (Tokyo, November 2022).

■ Artist Statement
Colored or cut felt is placed on the floor.
Felt absorbs and reflects light, and the danger of color lurks.
It follows the light while pushing it onto the screen along with time and space.
He creates his works by interacting with materials, colors, and himself.
instagram：@rei2painting


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