EXHIBITION

DMO ARTS Relaunching Anniversary Exhibition
chiaki kohara SAIKORO TO KAGI (Dice and Key)

DMO ARTS is pleased to present the solo exhibition of chiaki kohara, as the 1st opening event to celebrate our relocation n April 26.
During her exhibition in 2 years at DMO ARTS this time, new aggressive and bold approach spreading works to the wall will be coming. Original drawings and goods are sold.
Date and Location:
April 26, Wednesday – May 18, Thursday
10:00 – 21:00 (closing at 18:00 on the last day)
**Reception party on April 28, 18:00 – (no reservation)

Biography:
The world Chiaki Kohara, aka “art idol” creates is beyond the canvas. She creates girls and animals with acrylic gauche, buttons, laces, package of snacks… they are full of fantasy and the world is a “wonderland” that attracts people. She received the “Yayoi Kusama Prize” at the UNIQLO creative awards in 2007. Kusama praised her as “There is a brightness of the youth in your artwork”. Born in 7th of July, 1986
Awards and Participations:
2015 3331αART HACK DAY – Best Artist Award
2015 CD jacket artwork “Music Train Haru No Majyutushi”, FM 802 “Access” Campaign song
2014 ART TOKYO, Exhibited “Kakumei Hug Chan”, a giant object created by support of a crowd-funding attracted big attention.
2013 ART TAIPEI, 4 days live painting remarkably attracted people.
2013 ART OSAKA (HOTEL GRANVIA, Osaka/Japan) 
2013 ART FAIR TOKYO (Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo/Japan)

2012 BODAIJU EXPO 2012 (NEW OSAKA HOTEL Shinsaibashi, Osaka/Japan)
 2012 THE BEST OF DMOARTS (DMO ARTS, Osaka/Japan)
2012 CANVAS@SONY 2012 – GRAND PRIZE, built 40m wall in Ginza, Tokyo.

2012 ART FAIR: ULTRA 005 (SPIRAL, Tokyo/Japan)

2012 RED BULL IGNITION - Live Painting of public streetlight (Osaka/Japan) / Redbull Ignition

2012 Solo Exhibition "Mammy!" (DMO ARTS, Osaka/Japan)

2012 ART FAIR TOKYO (Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo/Japan)

2011 GINZA Sony BUILDING Commission Work - overall length 38m large-scale mural painting

2011 DAEGU ART FAIR (Daegu/Korea)

2011 Solo Exhibition "Gimme a Hug" (DMO ARTS, Osaka/Japan)

2011 GIRLS POWER (TAG Gallery, Takamatasu/Japan)

2011 a girl spice! SHAKE ART Exhibition (e-ma, Osaka/Japan)

2010 Art Fair "Bodaiju Festa"（Ramada Hotel, Osaka/Japan)

2010 FM802 digmeout Exhibition (e-ma, Osaka/Japan)
2010 ILLUSTRAION CHOICE – Akira Uno Prize
2007 UNIQLO CREATIVE AWARD 2007 - Yayoi Kusama Prize


http://www.chiakikohara.com/

[Term 1]
1/6 fri. -1 / 17 tue.
※ Closed on the last day only at 18:00
Opening Reception 1/7 (Sat) 18: 00-21: 00
Exhibitor Author: Mami Ono, Wei Hua Lin, Nonomi Miyahara, Ayami Yokoyama, Tetsuya Yanagi

[Term 2]
1/18 wed. -1 / 29 sun.
Closing reception 1/28 (Sat) 17: 00-19: 00
Exhibitor: Terada Tomoya, Fang Yen Wen, Goto Yoshitaka

In this exhibition, DMOARTS will move from the current space to go to the next step.
Thank you for your long-term business.
We will hold a closing party whisperingly, so please come and join us.

14/12, 2016(wed.)-15/01, 2017(tue.)
Close on the last day at 6 PM

Asari Fukushima will hold a solo exhibition who is based on west Japan, showing artworks with a cat as a motif.
In addition to acrylic paint and rock paint, she will exhibit works of adorable cat drawn by collage of various materials together.
Please come and see the latest work of the artist who was extremely popular with last year 's solo exhibition “For me, a cat is a very warm family who welcomes me gently at all times.
That very happy and warm feeling when I am with them overflows even a little to my works,and I am very happy if the customer who visits in the cold can feel a little warm feeling.”Asari Fukushima

Asari Fukushima
When she started living with a cat 19 years ago, she was fascinated by a cat and started painting.
From that time on, the cats are always the main character of the motif.
While seeking ways to express cat's charm, she now mainly collages using pictures taken by herself, and do with mixed media using various materials such as acrylic paint and rock paint.
Currently she lives with 23 cats in Shiga Prefecture.

Artist staying date (there is a possibility to change)
December 14, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30 January 5

Everyday life is at home.
Choose stylish furniture for each living space, make your usual life more comfortable, and decorate your favorite art there.
Art that is new and can continue to go on for a long time, makes your life richer and more exciting. Interior and art proposed by DMOARTS.
Surely you will want to imitate.
Organizer & Venue: DMO ARTS

Exhibitors: Asako Asahi, Yuta Okamura, Shiho Ueda, Shigeki Hattori, danny, Sawako Ninomiya, Anna Yamanishi Interior coordination: graf

>Artist Hitoshi Kuroki has created the cover of "GINZA" magazine, and has provided illustrations for many fashion and culture magazines.
His fashionable portraits attract many people.
This exhibition, his first in Osaka in six years, will feature newly drawn works in addition to those shown in his solo exhibition "THE FANTASTIC HOTEL" held in Tokyo in October.
The "Tear drop" series, which depicts women's tears, and the "Fantastic Human" series, which mixes humans with animals and plants, are the main works in Kuroki Hitoshi's concept of a modern fairy tale.

Hitoshi Kuroki
Born in 1978. Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Design.
After working as an assistant to Yukinori Dehara, he became a freelance illustrator.
In addition to providing illustrations for fashion and culture magazines such as POPEYE, GINZA, and GQ JAPAN, he has performed live drawings at a reception for Stella McCartney.

Artist GOMA draws various patterns of light, snow, flowers, water, and the sea in pointillism.
GOMA will hold a long-awaited solo exhibition at DMOARTS.

He is an active player of the didgeridoo, a traditional instrument of the Aboriginal people of Australia, and
She is an artist who started primitive pointillism after a car accident 7 years ago.
This summer, he published a book titled "Lost Memories: My World Begins to Light," which traces his journey from the accident and has been attracting much attention.
This exhibition will show the trajectory of GOMA's activities up to the present, including the works featured in the book.

GOMA
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1973.
In 2009, while playing the didgeridoo, a traditional Australian aboriginal instrument, GOMA was involved in a car accident that left him with memory impairment.
Due to the aftereffects of the brain injury, she became hypersensitive to light, and suddenly started painting two days after the accident, using the world of light that she sees as her subject matter.
Her pointillist paintings are characterized by primitive impulse-driven energy and beautiful gradation.

http://gomaweb.net

Weekend event "Tonbo Sensei in the gallery & signing session".
October 15 (Sat), 16 (Sun) 13:00~18:00
Tonbo Sensei will be at DMOARTS to sign the items you bring to the gallery with his three-stripe signature.
Please feel free to visit the gallery.

DMOARTS is pleased to announce "Yeah! Mecha Tonbo Sensei," a solo exhibition by Tonbo Sensei, who can appear anywhere by simply drawing three lines.
In addition to the traveling works of his solo exhibition "Tokyo Tonbo Sensei Musume," which was held in Tokyo this summer and attracted a great deal of attention, the exhibition will also feature a variety of images by Tonbo Sensei. In addition to the traveling works from the "Tokyo Tombo Sensei Musume" exhibition held this summer in Tokyo, a new series of works that hacks various images with three lines will also be unveiled.
Not only cute, this is Tonbo Sensei's first solo exhibition in Osaka.
Please come and enjoy!

TOMBOSENSEI
Illustrator who hacks certain loose objects with the concept of "just draw three lines and they appear anywhere.
Active in a wide variety of activities, including participating in solo/group exhibitions, providing illustrations for companies/publishers, directing characters, and hosting talks.
http://www.tombosensei.com/

Reception party: 24/09/2016 (Sat.) 18:00-
Entrance free

A collage artist “Nakamura Mucho Yoshiteru”, he creates collage works with gathering nostalgic matchboxes, used T-shirts, foreign stamps and more.
Mainly the total 300 amount of matchboxes, a great variety of his works will fill up the wall of DMOARTS.
All colourful and unique characters are one off pieces, and there will be new series of collages.
We hope you’ll enjoy.

07/09/2016 (Wed.) - 20/09/2016 (Tue.)
10:00-21:00
Open 7days a week
Close 18:00 on 20th of September.
Reception party: 10/09/2016 (Sat.) 18:00-
Entrance free
Special portrait event: 10(Sat.), 11(Sun.)/09/2016
About 30min. per person ￥3,000-
Reserve/Contact: onlineshop@dmoarts.com

Heroshi Nakyamera attracts attention with his humorous illustrations.
This is the second time solo exhibition following the last year at DMO ARTS.
In addition to some works exhibited at solo exhibition “friendly” in July, more gentle and happy newly works will be on display.
Not only illustrations, but also 3D works and goods made from cardboard will be on exhibit.
His current mood is fantasy exceedingly similar to real.
Humans, animals, plants and machines are all in a utopia.
It should makes you smile.

24/08/2016 (Wed.) - 06/09/2016 (Tue.)
10:00-21:00 Open 7days a week
Reception party: 27/08/2016 (Sat.) 18:00- Entrance free

It’s something like an unidentified record, and painting to never forget it.
It might has appeared in my dreams, and painting it to remember it.
I’ve named such an obscure existence comes from wherever “dream-ringing”.

Ryosuke Matsuzono
This is an annual solo exhibition of an illustrator Ryosuke Matsuzono.
Now he is active widely in various fields, like a book-cover design and textile design and so on.
His ink-painted illustrations express tiny magical stories of nostalgic strangers and unknown places.