――――――ART FAIR TOKYO 2018―――――――
Dates: Friday, March 9 – Sunday, March 11, 2018
Venue: Tokyo International Forum, Hall E, BOOTH No. N09
BOOTH No. N09
“-Fantastic Realism- Hiroyuki Aoyama”
Small angels, bringing unrealistic atmosphere in the image close to us painted realistically.
Fascinated by incongruous paintings, we could imagine invisible world over that canvas.
Hiroyuki Aoyama’s works, that consists of witty brushwork and fantastic world.
“-Amazing Craftsmanship- Kengo Takahashi”
Kengo Takahashi, the young and energetic artist who deserves our attention, intends to discover new possibilities in metalwork.
His works as superlative craftsmanship include any message for us or our society, so that it is essential fine art works, or so to say “Art from today”.
Hiroyuki AoyamaProfile
| Born in Fukushima, Japan in 1977 Lives and works in Yamagata, Japan |
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| Presently, Professor of Art Department, Western Art Course at Tohoku University of Art and Design | |
| 【Education】 | |
| 2001 | Received Master’s degree at Tohoku University of Art and Design, Design Engineering, with major in Art and Culture |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Hiroyuki Aoyama: Tatenka (Mogamigawa Museum of Art; Keiji Mashimo Memorial Museum, Yamagata) |
| 2022 | Hiroyuki Aoyama: Hanataba (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Hiroyuki Aoyama: Hanamatoi (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2019 | Hiroyuki Aoyama: Uruou Gensou (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2018 | Art Fair Tokyo “Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten” (Tokyo International Forum, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) Hiroyuki Aoyama: Anotoki to Ima (Space Alte Meister, Fukushima) |
| 2014 | Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten (YOKOI FINE ART, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Hiroyuki Aoyama: Nijiiro switch (Art space Izumi, Fukushima) |
| 2012 | ART BEIJING 2012 “Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten” (China Agricultural Exhibition Center, China) |
| 2009 | Young Art TAIPEI “SMILE” (Sunworld Dynasty Hotel, Taiwan) |
| 2008 | Hiroyuki Aoyama: New Art Scene (Iwaki City Museum, Fukushima) |
| 2007 | Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten (Gallery IDF, Aichi) |
| 2006 | Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten: Okiniiri no Basho (Kiyosu City Haruhi Art Museum, Aichi) |
| 2000 | “Hiroyuki Aoyama-ten” (Akane Art Gallry, Tokyo, continued in 2002, 2005) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Something Precious: Hero (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2022 | Art Taipei 2022 (Taipei World Trade Center, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Taiwan, Through 2023) |
| 2020 | Yamagata Biennale 2020 “Shape of Mountains, Shape of Life” (Yamagata) A Single Ant Bite (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | TOHOKU CALLING 2019 (Sato Museum, Tokyo) ARTISLONG no Mahō (GALLERY ARTSLONG, Kyoto) The Red (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Michino oku Geijutsusai: Yamagata Biennale 2018 (Yamagata) ART Meeting: Tabito no Mori ni Asobu (Fukushima) |
| 2015 | Something special (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2019) |
| 2011 | Haneyasume (Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo) Find Your Favorite (Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Tenshi no Seichō (YOKOI FINE ART, Tokyo) ART TAIPEI (Taipei world trade center, Taiwan) IWAKI ART TRIENNALE (Art Space ELICONA and other, Fukushima) |
| 2009 | Yurameku Nichijō Art no Kousa-ten: Shinei Artist no Shiten (Gunma City Museum of Art, Fukushima) |
| 2008 | Kōkishin (YOKOI FINE ART, Tokyo) Asian Contemporary Art Spring Auction (Christie’s, Hong Kong) Fukushima Contemporary Art Biennale 2008 (Fukushima municipal culture center, Fukushima) |
| 2007 | Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo) YOKOI FINE ART Opening Exhibition “Chōsen” (YOKOI FINE ART, Tokyo) Phantasia (Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo） ART BEIJING (National Agricultural Exhibition Center, China) Asian Contemporary Art Autumn Auction (Christie’s, Hong Kong) |
| 2005 | Umareru Image (Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata) |
| 2003 | Descending Image 2003 (Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata) |
| 【Public Collections】 | |
| Kiyosu City Haruhi Art Museum (Aichi) Yamagata city (Yamagata) Machida city Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo) Kitakata City Museum of Art (Fukushima) |
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| 【Curation】 | |
| 2023 | TIME TRIP and MIX (Shirakawa city, Fukushima) |
| 2022 | Yamagata Biennale: Yama no Katachi Inochi no Katachi (Yamagata) |
| 2018 | Tanagura FACE (Fukushima) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2005 | Encouragement Award for the 4th Yume Hiroba Haruhi Painting Biennale |
| 2002 | Honorable mention for the 11th memorial of AOKI SHIGERU Art Biennale Grand Prized for the 54th AIZU Sōgō Bijutsu-ten |
Kengo TakahashiProfile
| Born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1982 Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2022 | Finished Doctorate at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts; specialized in metal casting |
| 2012 | Received master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts; specialized in metal casting |
| 2010 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, department of crafts |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2016 | Kengo Takahashi (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Special Exhibition “Visionaries: Making Another Perspective” (Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
| 2022 | PASSION!! (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) TOSHIYUKI KAJIOKA & KENGO TAKAHASHI (SEIZAN Gallery New York, New York) |
| 2021 | Special Exhibition “Contemporary Japanese Crafts: Reinterpretation, Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration” (Miyazaki Art Centre, Miyazaki; Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto) |
| 2020 | Special Exhibition “Contemporary Japanese Crafts: Reinterpretation, Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration” (Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, Tokyo) On This Shore (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2019 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Abeno Harukas Art Museum, Osaka) Bi no Yokan 2019: ∞directions (Takashimaya, Tokyo/ Osaka/ Nagoya/ Kyoto) The 48th Dento Kogei Nihon Kink-ten(Traditional Metalworking Exhibition) (Meiji Jingu, Tokyo) Gendai Kogei no Tenkai 2019 (Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum, Ishikawa) The illusion of Metal Casting (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu / Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art / The Suiboku Museum, Toyama) Japon-Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867-2018 (Musée des Arts Décoratif, Paris) Gin no Shizuku/Silver Drops: Break (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Amazing Craftsmanship! From Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Material Symphysis (University for the Creative Arts, Surrey UK) Gin no Shizuku/Silver Drops: Prelude (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) The Second New Fueled Crafts International Young Artisans Exhibition－Flame (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) Mito heno Gusho: The TEWAZA III (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Fushigi! Kyoi! Omoshiroi! (Saihodo Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2017) |
| 2015 | Nihon no Chokin: Imono no Katachi-ten (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama) The Melting Pot for Tomorrow (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka) |
| 2014 | Chūgoku cha kagami-ten (Chongqing, China) |
| 2013 | be green exhibition (Gallery SHINSEIDO, Tokyo) Cha Jing”–International Tea Culture Exchange Exhibition (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo/ Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China) |
| 2012 | Mitsukoshi Art Fair (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) sotten (Art Front Gallery, Tokyo) Katakatachi. (geidai art plaza, Tokyo) Soyokaze-ten (Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo) Imono no Mori (Ueno Matsuzakaya, Tokyo) Shibuya Style vol.6 (Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo) Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2016, 2018) |
| 2010 | Dōbutsu no Mori (Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi) Minami Nippon Art Exhibition (Rokumeikan, Kagoshima) The 5th Geidai Art Plaza Awards Exhibition (Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo, continued in 2011) Konsei Ⅱ (deco galeria, São Paulo Brazil) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2022 | Nomura Art Award for Thesis work (Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Tansuiou Award at the Satoh Artcraft Research & Scholarship Foundation |
| 2018 | Geidai Emerald Prize (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Rookie of the Year Award at the 46th Dento Kogei Nihon Kink-ten(Traditional Metalworking Exhibition) (Meiji Jingu, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | NHK Utsunomiya Station Chief Award at the 8th Sano Renaissance Chukin-ten (Sano Culture Center, Tochigi) |
| 2013 | Grand prize at the 7th Sano Renaissance Chukin-ten (Sano Culture Center, Tochigi) |
| 2012 | Metro Cultural Foundation Award at graduate exhibition of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Taito-ku Honorable Mention at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2008 | Haruji Naito Award (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) |
09/03/2018(fri) - 11/03/2018(sun)
11:00-20:00※closed at 17:00 only last day