NEWS

DMOARTS will premiere Kimura's new project of the same name at contemporary artist Hanako Kimura's solo exhibition @Same_Not_Same.

Through his work, Kimura shows that seemingly opposing concepts can be mixed and matched as inseparable entities, and that there is a vast gray zone lying in between.

In his latest series, which includes photography, three-dimensional works, and an Instagram account, Kimura focuses on a product called LILLEPLUTT - a soft toy in the shape of a cat - sold by IKEA, a large company with 445 stores in 59 countries worldwide.

These adorable toys are mass-produced and sold as the same product all over the world. However, due to differences in the manufacturing process, no two pieces look alike, and the price varies depending on the country or region where they are sold, giving them a different meaning to their owners.

After winning the UNKNOWN ASIA 2018 Grand Prix, Kimura visited Asian countries and through this product, he is attempting to engage with the "individuals" of these countries and explore the reality of this world of which they, and we, are a part.

This exhibition is a record of the project at this time, and is a new chapter in the project in that viewers can participate in some of the works. We hope you will enjoy the exhibition.

 

Hanako Kimura solo exhibition「@Same_Not_Same」
Saturday, July 17 - Wednesday, July 28, 2021 11:00～19：00
Preview: Friday, July 16 15：00～19:00

KITAHAMA N Gallery@THE BOLY OSAKA
B1, 2-1-16 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0041, Japan
(3 minutes walk from Kitahama Station and 5 minutes walk from Yodoyabashi Station of Osaka Metro)

Preject Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/same_not_same/

 

Hanako Kimura
Born in Kyoto and currently lives in Osaka. Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Aesthetics and Art.

＜Major Awards＞
2020
Sony World Photography Award 2020" National Award (Japan), 2nd Prize
2018
UNKNOWN ASIA 2018 - 5 Reviewer Awards, 4 Jury Awards, Grand Prix
Winner of the Almost Nikkan Itoi Shimbun "My Fixed Point Photo Contest" Award
2017
16th Photography "1_WALL" Jury's Encouragement Award (Atsuki Kikuchi'selection)

＜Main Exhibits＞
2021
Art fair「SUIKEI ART FAIR OSAKA」HOTEL SHE, OSAKA, Osaka
2020
Solo exhibition「SIGNS FOR [ ]」Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
Solo exhibition「SIGNS FOR [ ]」Hankyu MEN'S TOKYO Tugboat, Tokyo
2019
Group exhibition「WFD × Auction Center Taipei」Taipei Auction Center, Taipei
Art fair「ART OSAKA 2019」Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka
Art fair(Residency and exhibition) 「ON/OFF PARKING LOT PROJECT」Huaqiao Cheng Creative Culture Park, Shenzhen
Group exhibition「THE STORIES of "UNKNOWN ASIA"」THE STORIES, Osaka
Art fair「Wonder Foto Day 2019 Taipei International Photography Exchange Exhibition」Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei
Art fair「ART FOUND 04」The Jam Factory, Bangkok
2018
Group exhibition「UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange」Daibiru Main Building, Osaka

NISSAN FUNKYCAR PROJECT is a collaboration between Nissan Osaka and FM802.
We are pleased to announce the debut of "FUNKY KICKS," an artwork that decorates the Nissan Kicks e-POWER, a compact SUV that runs on electricity. It features artwork by artist Saki Matsumura.
It will run through Nissan Osaka stores, various events, and the streets of Osaka. Please enjoy viewing art in the city.
http://n.nissan-osaka.co.jp/FM802xNOsaka/

Artist：Saki Matsumura
Client：Nissan Osaka
Coordinate：digmeout,DMOARTS

Thanks to your support, the circulating edition of "ALL ABOUT Robin," a collection of Kuroneko design works, has been published!
It can be purchased from various online stores as well as from bookstores.
If the bookstore doesn't have it in stock, you can order it by providing the following information, including the ISBN, and we recommend that you purchase it at a local bookstore that you want to support!

『ALL ABOUT Robin』
Author: Kuroneko Design
Publishing：digmeout Press
Book of lectures : 208page
ISBN-10 : 4909785035
ISBN-13 : 978-4909785039
Intermediary: Transview

【Handling site】 RADIPASSTORE
digemout Official. Available with other goods from Kuroneko Designs!
https://funky802.com/shop/products/detail/1776

Amazon ＊Page URL may change without notice
https://amzn.to/338aAw0

Rakuten Books, Inc. ＊Page URL may change without notice
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/16701202/

He has his own unique style and jumps over any wall in a flash. Cats are much like artists.

digmeout and UNKNOWN ASIA will hold a cat-themed online exhibition in conjunction with National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day* on April 30.
Sixteen artists will paint cats with rich personalities.
You will surely find "a life partner to spend time with" and "hints to live flexibly like a cat".
Not only artworks but also related goods will be on sale.
We hope you will enjoy the world of the incredibly cute and stylish cats.

※A commemorative day established in the United States to encourage activities to take in shelter animals from shelters.

>> visit digmeout CATS <<
https://digmeout.net/cats/
digmeout CATS
●Date: April 29 (Holi) ~ May 9 (Sun), 2021
●Participating Artists：
Arima Minako / Awaji Tomomi / Urata Spancall / Kato Masaomi / Kinoshita Azumi / Kuroneko design / Koizumi pome / Tamuro Ayano / chiaki kohara / Tsujino Kiyokazu / Toya chikako / Naito Akira / Hoshitani Momo / Yuka Izuhara / Yonemasu Yuka / Rinna ♥ ︎Neko Rinna

The two members of Kuroneko Sekkei and Ken Hoshika, a designer from Fukuoka who designed the book, will share for the first time the secret story behind the production of "ALL ABOUT Robin," Kuroneko Sekkei's first book of works published this year, which marks the 10th anniversary of Kuroneko Sekkei. Please enjoy the behind-the-scenes story of how this book full of Robin-chan was created.

ALL ABOUT Robin Publication Commemorative Talk
Date March 27, 2021 (Saturday)
Time 14:00-15:00
Venue Ropponmatsu Tsutaya Art Space
Capacity: 30 persons
Conditions of Participation Free of charge
How to apply In person or by phone
Inquiries: 092-731-7760 (Ropponmatsu Tsutaya)
Details：https://store.tsite.jp/ropponmatsu/event/art/19172-2132190315.html

▼GUEST▼
kuroneko design
Since the start of their activities in 2011, the unit Kuroneko Design has gained popularity for their picture books and original goods featuring the character "Kuroneko Robin-chan," with its pointy claws, scissors, and oblique, cocky eyes. With a sophisticated design sense cultivated as a commercial illustrator and nostalgic details, they continue to express themselves in a way that sets them apart from other illustrators and characters.
Instagram：@kuroneko_design

Ken Hoshika art director
Born in Kitakyushu City. Lives and works in Kyoto.
Responsible for overall art direction for FM802 / FM COCOLO radio stations in Kansai.
He has also done numerous corporate collaborations with illustrators.

Exhibition to Commemorate Publication of "ALL ABOUT Robin" by Kuroneko Design
Friday, March 26, 2021 - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Ropponmatsu Tsutaya
(Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line "Ropponmatsu" Station Ropponmatsu 421 2F)
https://store.tsite.jp/ropponmatsu/event/art/18837-1358150225.html

YUGO. is well known for his activities with digmeout and exhibitions organized by DMOARTS, and has provided designs for musicians such as Suchmos, Sumika, go! YUGO. is the most popular illustrator in the art and entertainment industry, and his first book of works will be on sale at bookstores nationwide from April 9 (Fri.), 2012.

The book contains approximately 200 works, including his treasured works from his early career (around 2008), serialized works for magazines, client works he has done, and his latest works, which, like the title of the book, "New Destruction," set forth his new artistic style.
Click here to see the teaser video.↓
URL：https://youtu.be/sEJtrRMZcbw

In addition, a three-city solo exhibition will be held in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Osaka in conjunction with the book release.
At this solo exhibition, in addition to past treasured works, new works newly drawn for the book will be exhibited and sold, as well as original goods. The works exhibited at each venue will differ in part, so visitors will be able to enjoy the exhibits at each venue.
The Tokyo venue will also offer a limited pre-sale of the book at the solo exhibition starting on April 3(Sat).

【Book Product Information】
・Title：NEW DESTRUCTION
・Release date: Friday, April 9, 2021
・Price: List price: 3,960 yen (3,600 yen + 10% tax)
・Reservations:https://amzn.to/3uTjIRD

【Outline of Solo Exhibition】
・Title：YUGO. EXHIBITION ｢NEW DESTRUCTION｣
・Admission: Free

■Tokyo
Venue:Shibuya PARCO GALLERY X
Period:April 3(Sat) - 18(Sun)
Hours:11:00 - 20:00 *Entrance until 30 minutes before closing time
Address:Shibuya PARCO B1F, 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042
Details：https://art.parco.jp/galleryx/
※The Tokyo venue will sell the book in advance only at the exhibition site from April 3 (Sat.).
※Business hours are subject to change depending on circumstances.

■Fukuoka
Venue：TAGSTA
Period：May 1 (Sat) - May 29 (Sat)
　 Business Hours：7:00 - 20:00
Address:Space Cube 1F, 1-7-11 Haruyoshi, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0003
Details：https://tagsta.in/

■Osaka
Venue：SkiiMa Gallery
Period：Saturday, June 5 - Sunday, June 20
Business Hours：10:00 -20:00
Address：Shinsaibashi PARCO 4F, 1-8-3 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-0085, Japan
Details：https://skiima.parco.jp/

Organizing：Corporation Space Shower Network

【PROFILE】
YUGO.
In 2015, he began producing artwork and client work in earnest under the name YUGO.
Influenced by punk and rock music and their culture, his works often use satirical motifs such as rebellion and indignation against society. He also produces store visuals for apparel brands and art for music events, mainly providing designs for rock bands and musicians.

【SNS】
Special HP：https://newdestruction.yugo.link/
HP：http://yugo.link/
Twitter：@yugo_artwork
Instagram：＠yugo_artwork

DMOARTS is pleased to present "In between," an exhibition by eight artists at SkiiMa Gallery in Shinsaibashi PARCO.
An exhibition organized by DMOARTS, an FM802/FM COCOLO art gallery that continues to introduce artists from Osaka to the world. The venue, SkiiMa Gallery, is located in the Shinsaibashi PARCO commercial facility and has a working space as well as a gallery. In line with the characteristics of the venue, which has various "faces," we will introduce the works of eight artists in a group show format, combining two-dimensional works such as paintings and drawings, as well as three-dimensional works.
The art you like, where you like it.
Why not start with SkiiMa Gallery to make artwork more approachable and enrich your life?

【Overview】

In between

3/20(Sat) - 4/5(Mon)
Business hours 10:00 - 20:00 (last day closes at 18:00)

SkiiMa Gallery
Shinsaibashi PARCO 4F, 1-8-3 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0085, Japan

*Exhibited works are available for purchase through the online site.
Contact us → https://dmoarts.com/onlineshop/

Takaaki Kato
Born in Tokyo in 1985. Spent his childhood in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Graduated from Azabu Gakuen and Tama Art University, Department of Design, Faculty of Art and Design.
He joined Enlightenment in 2012 and became independent. Belongs to Chikabi.
Aiming to create visual paintings, he creates paintings based on the themes of time, projection, and memory.
instagram: tka_ki

Hanako Kimura
Born in Kyoto and currently lives in Osaka. Graduated from Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Aesthetics and Art.
While shooting advertisements and magazines as a commercial photographer, he began creating works as his own lifework in 2011.
His conceptual works are mainly based on the idea of touching the gray zone between the two extremes of "existence/non-existence".
In recent years, he has not limited himself to photography, but has also created three-dimensional works, drawings, and installations. When he won the Grand Prix at UNKNOWN ASIA 2018, he combined photographs with neon lights and presented a work that actually lit up with blue light.

Saki Matsumura
Born in Nagano, Japan in 1993, he completed his master's degree in painting at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2017.
Painter living in Kyoto. He is active in a wide range of activities, exhibiting his works in galleries and installing them in offices around the Kansai region.
Recent major exhibitions include The eyes:They see (2019, DMOARTS Gallery, Osaka), Art & Patisserie Sakiki Matsumura exhibition (2020, InterContinental Hotel Osaka Patisserie STERESSED, Osaka), Sakiki Matsumura solo exhibition - see saw scene -ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO SATELLITE 2021 (Ygion, Kyoto). Commissioned work includes installation of artworks in Mitsubishi Estate Kansai Branch OAP Tower Office, Universal Music Japan, and Chishima Land Corporation offices, as well as participation in numerous art fairs such as Art Osaka, UNKNOWN ASIA 2019, and ART TAIPEI 2020.
Using multiple techniques such as acrylic painting and silkscreening, his paintings have a complex layered and three-dimensional feel that also expands the imagination to multidimensional landscapes and sensations that cannot be perceived in the real world landscape.
WEB　https://sakimatsumura.jimdofree.com/
instagram, twitter　@sakimatsumura_

Ryusei Maeda
1993. Born in Hyogo Prefecture.
Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Design. Lives and works in Kyoto.
His work centers on black-and-white ink drawings based on associations and imaginings from old magazines, photographs he has taken himself, and his own personal experiences.
He also sells original items incorporating his works and provides illustrations for CD jackets and other items.
2018.5/Aquvii Daikanyama Solo exhibition『Ryusei Maeda solo exhibition』
2019.6/excube osaka Solo exhibition『STRANGE TOWN』
Participated in several other group exhibitions.

Mie Takahashi
Born in 1994 in Hokkaido, graduated from Yokohama College of Art in 2017. Based in Kanagawa, Japan.
Major exhibitions include a solo show "Floating Forms" at ANAGRA (2019) and a solo show "Unknown Forms" at KYOTO ART HOSTEL kumagusuku (2020).
I make three-dimensional works inspired by the lines and shapes of the doodles I keep drawing day in and day out.
By creating intuitively, without a single motif, we can create a new style of design.
The immeasurable memories within me mingle and
I feel that it appears in this form. It is somewhat nostalgic, but
We cannot say for sure that it is something, but it is a new form that we know and do not know.

Ran Miyazaki
Tokyo-based illustrator, born 1996 in Kagawa, Japan, graduated from Kyoto Seika University Graphic Design Course in 2019. Works with crayons and colored pencils.
His work focuses on advertising and packaging with an expression that intuitively captures the background and atmosphere of the motifs, such as plants and objects.
He won the Yuri Uenishi Encouragement Prize in the 21st 1_WALL Graphic Division, was selected for the 45th Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program, and participated in UNKNOWN ASIA 2020 ONLINE.
Major work includes: THE NORTH FACE 2019AW campaign #SHE MOVES MOUNTAINS illustration, rooms shop Lumine Shinjuku 2 2019 Christmas catalog & in-store display, Kyoto Music Expo 2017 organized by Kururi, design of the big fish flag on stage, and illustration for SUCC PAPER under the supervision of Hiroshi Fujiwara.
Instagram：ranramu
A solo exhibition is scheduled for May 2021 at Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery in Tokyo.

Jasmine Noda
Born in 1996 in Thailand. He produces ceramic works and installations using them. Through his ceramic works, he refers to the relationship between "craft and art" with the aim of clarifying the multifaceted form of contemporary crafts. In the "ghost" series, he uses "cracking" as a decorative technique derived from modeling, extracting only the use from the vessels to create an ambivalent expression between the two sides of the same coin, such as "the representation of use and modeling. His major solo exhibitions include "Sinking into the Lake" (KITAHAMA N gallery, Osaka, 2020), and group exhibitions he has participated in include "ART OSAKA 2019", "Artist's Fair Kyoto 2020", and "A Day to Meet Contemporary Art at hotel koe tokyo" (Shibuya, Tokyo, 2020), and "CNNECT" (Fujii Daimaru, Kyoto, 2021).

Hal Osawa
1997 Born in Tokyo
2016 B.F.A. in Oil Painting, Tama Art University
2021 Graduate School of Kyoto University of Arts
The act of "reproduction" brings about a "gap". Even though an object is traced as it is, there is a subtle "gap" in the tracing, and even though it looks the same, it has already been transformed into something else (the change that occurs when the image is reconstructed by transforming it into light and shadow, or the physicality of the person making the reproduction, coincidence, etc.). This kind of "misalignment" also occurs when we communicate with others. Although we simply want to convey our thoughts to the other person in words, it is rare that our thoughts are conveyed in a straightforward manner. Understanding is always the sum of misunderstandings, and there is always something like a vague "membrane" that exists. I try to visualize such a "membrane," that is, the impossibility and incompleteness of communication, by borrowing it temporarily into a work that contains the "gap" created by the act of "reproduction. This is one of my creative concepts.

DMOARTS

SkiiMa Gallery
keshik.jp

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DMOARTS is pleased to announce Taezoo Park's first solo exhibition in Japan, "New Era" at THE STORIES (Osaka, Japan).
In collaboration with "SOEUL×TOKYO collection" to be held at the same venue, the event "KOREAN ART Relations" will introduce artists with a cultural background in Korea.
Korean-born, New York-based artist Taezoo Park has created a series of highly acclaimed works called "Digital Being," each with its unique character.
Park brings a light of curiosity and communication to a new era giving old forgotten devices new technology with his interactive styled works, respond to the viewer's actions.

[Artist]
Taezoo Park

Pratt Institute | New York, USA | Class of 2012 | M.F.A. Digital Arts
Hong-Ik University | Korea | Class of 2007 | B.F.A. Animation

Taezoo Park is an artist whose work explores analog and digital technologies. Park pushes new artistic forms through his unique use of digital codes, emphasizing the existent 'character' within an abandoned and forgotten technology. He calls it "Digital Being" and continues a series of work.
Along with him, "The Digital Being" was introduced by the major media including ABC news, BBC news, and exhibitions such as ACM Interactions, ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Children's Museum of the Arts New York, Open Journal System: Continent, and so on.
His recent interactive installation, "Digital Being: Rebirth", is on display at the 3 World Trade Center from November 2020 to November 2021.

[KOREAN ART Relations]
Taezoo Park solo exhibition "New Era"
Produced by DMOARTS（2nd floor）
&
SOEUL×TOKYO collection @Nakazaki
by SEOUL×TOKYO（1st floor）

March 9th, Tuesday - 21th Sunday, 2021
Weekdays 3 p.m.-9 p.m. / Saturdays and Sundays 1 p.m.-7 p.m.
THE STORIES
（1-7-13, Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita-ku, Osaka)
Organized by DMOARTS (802 Mediaworks Ltd.）/ MONOWORKS Ltd.
Supported by: Korean Cultural Center Osaka

[Related Exhibition]
SEOUL×TOKYO ExihibitionVol.1 #withCORONA
-COVID19- in OSAKA
March 9th, Tuesday - 19th Friday, 2021
Korean Cultural Center Osaka gallery
(4F, 2-4-2, Nakazaki, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0016)

Exhibition to Commemorate Publication of "ALL ABOUT Robin" by Kuroneko Design
Friday, March 26, 2021 - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Ropponmatsu Tsutaya
(Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line "Ropponmatsu" Station Ropponmatsu 421 2F)
https://store.tsite.jp/ropponmatsu/event/art/18837-1358150225.html

DMOARTS will hold an exhibition celebrating the publication of Kuroneko Design's "ALL ABOUT Robin" at Ropponmatsu Tsutaya. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kuroneko Design's activities, and the publication of this visual book is a collection of 10 years of Robin-chan.
In this exhibition, Kuroneko Design's original artworks will be exhibited and sold for the first time in Fukuoka. The exhibition will include a collection of works as well as a variety of goods such as acrylic key holders, which will be on sale in advance of the exhibition. Please come and visit us.
Writers in the gallery: March 27th (earth) and 28th (sun)
*If there are any changes due to circumstances, we will notify you via SNS, etc.

[Artist]
kuroneko design
Since its launch in 2011, Kuroneko Takumi has gained popularity for its picture books and original goods featuring the character "Kuroneko Robin-chan," who has pointy claws and a snarl on his face and a cocky, oblique look in his eyes.
With a sophisticated design sense cultivated as a commercial illustrator and nostalgic details, he continues to distinguish himself from other illustrations and characters.
https://digmeout.net/artists/kuronekodesign/

Artist Saki Matsumura, who has been exhibiting at DMOARTS, will hold a solo exhibition in Kyoto, her base of activities, as a satellite exhibition of ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO.

[Overview]
Saki Matsumura solo exhibition – see saw scene –
ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO SATELLITE 2021
Venue：Y gion
19 Benzaiten-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0086, Japan y gion F4
session：3/4(Tue) - 3/21(Sun) *Closed on Monday and Tuesday
14:00 - 22:00
http://www.ygion.com/