Yuka Goto (2 parts) - Paintings

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition of artworks by Yuka Goto, who is a Tokyo-based artist and cartoonist, and this is her first solo-show in two years.

The exhibition is composed of two parts (Celebration and Pleasure); each part contains her new series of three-dimensional paintings that will be on view for the first time, together with new works of flower/surreal paintings. 

Goto explores and break away from the traditional model, and express freely in these new series. The viewers will enjoy expanding their imagination through her new way of paintings.

Yuka Goto solo-show

The first part: Celebration July 1 thru. 19, 2015

Artist:                                       Yuka Goto

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

Artist Reception:                        Wednesday, July 1, 6 pm

The first part titled Celebration features new series of the stitched-canvas paintings and her popular paintings of lively flowers. All works are produced for this exhibition.

Artist Statement

For Celebration:

If you are through being with nature, you will hear the songs for celebration from there. Animals and flowers are lively sings and dance the moments. When I touch it, it makes me pleasant, as I want to join dancing. Then you’ll receive imagination. The gods from all over the world gathers, and the spirits who dwell in the life joins, shines, dances and sings. I get involved. The celebration of no boundaries gets started. I want to paint the world of celebration that something like a brought back to life.

Yuka Goto:

Born in Tokyo, in 1978. Graduated from the Musashino Art University, Painting, in 2002.

She won AX Manga newcomer award and Minami Shinbo award in 2000. In 2002, her painting is accepted for the choice prize. Her debut solo show was held in 2002. She made a shutter mural and is attending many projects such as HETAUMA & Underground summit Japan/USA, Colombia coffee V.A.Cup Exhibition, Cow Parade project and so on. In 2006, she made a painting for the album cover of OO Telesa and their animation music-video. The following year, she also made paintings for the animation music-video of podo’s debut album. In 2007, she made and released Zines with New York-based artist Misaki Kawai: MIX JUICE-2007, Nijiiro Kousaten-2008. 

In 2012, her solo-show was hosted at the Musashino Art University. 

She works as a cartoonist and currently she is writing the serial comic in a magazine AX. She is the author of comic book Seigitai (4 volumes), a painting book Tetsudou Gashu and a picture book Collection-san (writer: Hideo Furukawa, picture: Yuka Goto). Her solo-show with Hiromart Gallery was held in 2011 and 2013.

Image on Top and below top: Spirit of Tulips, acrylic on stitched canvas, 2015

Middle: Spirit of Trees, acrylic on stitched canvas, 2015

Bottom: Flowers in the garden, acrylic on canvas, 2015

　

  

  

 

　　　

To be continued to the second part: Pleasure on view from July 29 thru August 16, 2015. 

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

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