Yukiko Hata’s works capture contemporary society with vivid colors and dark messages. Having felt a strong sense of discomfort with “society” since her early childhood, Hata learned to build acceptance by expressing her thoughts through painting and depicting the world as seen through her own eyes. While portraying real-world problems, she has taken to using venomously bright colors, likened to recalling “the brilliance and beauty of the world before the explosion of the atomic bomb.” The end result recalls the feeling of omnipotence and dreams of piercing hue she experienced as a child, while also pairing them with a unique sense of humor.
Profile
| Born in Miyagi, Japan in 1988 Lives and works in Miyagi, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2014 | Received Master’s degree at Tohoku University of Art and Design, School of Art, Graduate School, Industrial arts course, specialized in arts and culture |
| 2011 | Graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design, School of Art |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2019 | Yukiko Hata: Ghost in the Summer (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Young Artists Support Program Voyage “Yukiko Hata: Natsuno Genshi” (The Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art, Miyagi） |
| 2014 | Gitai suru Kaiga (GALLERY b.TOKYO, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Human ERROR (Ideha cleation, Yamagata) |
| 2012 | Human COMPLEX (art room Enoma, Miyagi) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | THINGS SHE CARRIES: MINÉ OKUBO, AYA FUJIOKA, YUKIKO HATA (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2022 | CONTEMPORARY ART × MITSUKOSHI (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | GHOSTS OF SUMMER (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) NEKO･NEKO･NEKO (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2020 | Gendai sakka niyoru Kissho daruma-ten (Matsuzakaya Ueno, Tokyo) TOHOKU CALLING: Shika ou mono ha Yama wo mizu (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) The Red (Fukuoka Mitsukoshi, Fukuoka) Contemporary Art to Wakate 100-ten (Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Aichi) Online Exhibition “Jo Sai Sho Fuku (Ward off Calamities, Invite Good Luck) : Gods and Yokai in the Time of Pandemic” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN Gallery, New York) Yamagata Biennale 2020 “Shape of Mountains, Shape of Life” (Yamagata) On This Shore (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) Bijutsu-ka Fukushu-ten 2020 (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata) A SINGLE ANT BITE (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | REIMAGINED: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TAKE ON THE TALE OF GENJI (SEIZAN Gallery, New York） The Red: Women (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Michi no Oku Geijutsusai YAMAGATA BIENNALE 2018 (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata) |
| 2017 | The 11st Nishiwaki city Thumb Hole Grand Prize Exhibition (Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyogo) |
| 2016 | Genzai Sensoga-ten (TAV GALLERY, Tokyo〉 Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Through 2023) |
| 2015 | Tohoku-ga wa Kanou ka?: Chihou no Kuni Gendai Bijutsu-ten (T-Art Gallery, Tokyo) TERRADA ART AWARD 2015 Exhibition (T-Art Gallery, Tokyo) ART AWARD NEXT Ⅲ Exhibition (Tokyo Art Club, Tobi Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | LITTLE AKIHABARA MARKET (ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo) The 1st CAF Award Exhibition (TABLOID GALLERY, Tokyo) |
| 【Collections】 | |
| Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyogo | |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2017 | Yuji Yamashita Prize, the 11st Nishiwaki city Thumb Hole Grand Prize Exhibition (Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyogo) |
Exhibitions
SEIZAN GALLERY & SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO凸 A SINGLE ANT BITE
11/12/2020(fri) - 22/12/2020(tue)
Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Sayaka Imai, Haruomi Yukiko Hata, Izumi, Emi Katsuta, Mao Kawasaki, Yoji Kumagai, Shunsuke Ochi, Akifumi Okuyama, Tomoaki Shimohira, Asako Tabata, Motohide Takami, Keitoku Toizumi, Koki Tsujimoto, Kaz Watabe, Yohei Yashima, Yuki Yatsu
Yukiko Hata－Ghost in the Summer－
24/09/2019(tue) - 05/10/2019(sat)