Yuka Goto & Tomohiro Koizumi - Paintings

We are pleased to announce the opening of 2 Artists Show - Yuka Goto & Tomohiro Koizumi titled “It’s a Wonderful Life!”, starting on Saturday, April 21st, 2012.

As the following show of well-received “Planet Sounds” by Yuka Goto held last year, Hiromart Gallery presents 2 artists show by Yuka Goto and Tomohiro Koziumi who is known as a cartoonist and independent filmmaker. This is the debut painting show for Tomohiro Koizumi.

The show contains their acrylic paintings with the same motif, “it’s a Wonderful Life!”

It’s a Wonderful Life!

April 21 thru. May 27, 2012

Artist:                                                   Yuka Goto, Tomohiro Koizumi

Hours:                                                  1 to 7 pm, Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (or by appointment)

                                                                               *We’ll be OPEN on April 30th, Holiday

Artist Attendance:                                  Goto: April 21, May 20, 27    Koizumi: April 21, 22, May 5, 27

Opening Reception with the Artists:          Saturday April 21, 4 - 7 pm

Artist Statement on “It’s a Wonderful Life!”

Life has the blessings as a twinkling by the moment.

These eureka moments come when you hear the singing of birds, when you felt thirsty and drink water or

when you could paint pearl colored manicure very well.

All our feelings such as surprise, joy, pleasure and pain give us the richness to the life.

Listen carefully, you will hear the music in every color.
I want to paint the songs that brace each person’s heart.

Yuka Goto
2012

Society is extremely hard. Accomplish nothing in their life should be OK, why not? After all, it’s not possible that every one does admirable thing in their life. No marriage, No kids, No work, just enjoy their daily life and dying alone. Some people might think such life is not agreeable, but I want to tell for those people through my paintings, who on earth do you think you are?

Tomohiro Koizumi

2012

Artists

Yuka Goto

Born in Tokyo, in 1978.

Graduated from the Musashino Art University, Painting, in 2002.

Her “Manhole-no-nazo (The mystery of a manhole)” won AX Manga newcomer award and Minami Shinbo award in 2000. In 2002, her work is accepted for the choice. Her debut solo show held in 2002.

Since then she made a shutter mural on the Kichijoji Basara Books store and she is attending many projects such as HETAUMA & Underground summit Japan/USA, Colombia coffee V.A.Cup Exhibition, Cow Parade project, EPOS-card project and so on. Furthermore, in 2006, she made a painting for the album cover of OO Telesa “Kochira Rock N Roll Tengoku” and paintings for their animation music-video. The following year, she also made paintings for the animation music-video of podo’s debut album “Girl & Rule.”

In 2007, she made and released Zines with NYC-based artist Misaki Kawai: MIX JUICE -2007, Nijiiro Kousaten - 2008.

Currently she is writing the serial comic “Uchu-shoujyo Anita” from AX Seirinkogeisha. She is the author of Seigitai 1, Seigitai 2, Seigitai 3, and Seigitai 4 issued from Seirinkogeisha, and a painting book “Tetsudou Gashu” issued from Yoruhiro-pro.

Her first solo-show at Hiromart Gallery titled “Planet Sounds” was held in June 2011.

The Musashino Art University hosts the solo-show of works by Yuka Goto, opening June 10th, 2012. For more information, see the bottoms of this web-page.

Tomohiro Koizumi

Born in Niigata, in 1969. Graduated from the Senshu University. While a student, he studied oil paintings from a society of art study in the Senshu University.

In 1993, he received a Chiba Tetsuya grand prize award at Young Magazine and made his debut as a cartoonist. In the same year he also started a band activity and annually performed in overseas, such as Taiwan, U.K and Hong Kong, until 2002. When the tour was offered for the event “Japan 2001, his drawing class was also held at the Brighton Museum and Gallery in U.K.

He is also works as a independent filmmaker since 2000.

His representative comic “Seisyunn Kinzoku bat” (2005), “Life is dead” (2012), “Nagisa no mermaid” (2012) were made into films. For “Nagisa no mermaid”, he wrote a script with a director, Hideo Jojo.

Currently, he writes for magazines (AX Seirinkogeisha etc), and is a lecture of cartoon class, semimonthly at Ikebukuro Community College since the fall of 2011.

This 2 artists show “It’s a Wonderful Life!” is his debut painting show.

Upper left: “Watering”, Upper right: “Dialogue” Yuka Goto

Bottom left: “A man who plays a blue guitar”, Bottom right: “A man who became a Zombie” Tomohiro Koizumi

NEWS!

The Musashino Arts University hosts the solo-show of works by Yuka Goto, opening on May 10th through June 10th.
Hours: Weekday 10:00 – 18:00, Saturday 10:00 – 17:00
Closed on Sundays and Holidays except during Open Campus, June 9th and 10th.

Venue: FAL (Musashino Art University, the ground floor of the building number 2)

Please contact us for information and availability on the artworks: info(at)hiromartgallery.com

*For media inquiries and further information please contact us.