Karin Takiguchi, Yuka Goto - paintings

Hiromart Gallery is pleased to presents Glimmer, an exhibition of paintings by Karin Takiguchi and Yuka Goto.

Karin Takiguchi is an artist from Yamagata-prefecture and currently lives and works in Yamagata-city. This is her second exhibition with Hiromart Gallery following her favorably received Tokyo debut solo-exhibition “R1m – The world within a radius of 1 meter”. Takiguchi’s paintings appeals something nostalgia to viewers.

Tokyo based artist Yuka Goto is known as a painter and comic artist. Hiromart Gallery has been presenting her works (2d/3d paintings) through solo or 2-artists exhibition every year since 2011.

The exhibition “Glimmer” features water color paintings by Karin Takiguchi and acrylic paintings by Yuka Goto, the works are especially produced for this exhibition.

Glimmer

February 2 – March 11, 2018

Artist:                             Karin Takiguchi, Yuka Goto

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

Artist Reception:              Friday February 2, 6-8pm

Artist Statement on Glimmer:

I feel pleasant when I see the landscape of lights at houses while waking in a town. The stars above us shine our hearts. Sun shines tree leaves at morning and that gives us courage. Sunshine cheers us up and makes us want to get up. You feel lights from living in the moment. I see the lights in every thing. I want to paint a glimmer and want to expand it to infinity.

Yuka Goto, 2017

I was feeling worse since I fell sick, though it become a trigger of awareness of faith and engage to others, sparkles of my plants and rice-fishes, and to top it off, I aware that life is about creating by myself. I look for joy, happiness and believe to make a glimmer. I want to produce paintings that lighten up someone’s heart

Karin Takiguchi, 2017

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.

She made a shutter mural and has attended art projects such as HETAUMA & Underground summit Japan/USA, Colombia coffee V.A. Cup Exhibition, Cow Parade project. She made a painting for the album cover of OO Telesa and their animation music-video in 2006 and artworks for the animation music-video of podo’s debut album in 2007. She released Zines with New York-based artist Misaki Kawai in 2007.

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

She works as a painter and comic artist, currently she is writing the serial comic in a comic 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).

Hiromart Gallery hosted her solo-shows in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, 2-artists shows in 2012 and 2014.

Born in Tendo, Yamagata prefecture in 1986. Currently she lives and works in Yamagata city. She studied at the Musashino Art University Correspondence Course and left school after three years.

In 2012, her first solo-show was hosted at a gallery in Kaminoyama, Yamagata. In 2016, her solo show was hosted at the Sagae City Museum Of Art, as the young artist exhibition curated by the museum, and her works from 2004 were exhibited there.

In addition, Takiguchi made album cover arts for Abe Shunsuke, Dinner etc.

Hiromart Gallery hosed her solo-show in 2016.

Image on TOP Left: gift (marguerite marillat), Karin Takiguchi, water color and color pencil on paper

Image on TOP Right: 光の夜 Night of Light, Yuka Goto, acrylic on canvas

Below:

Self Portrait (alive), Karin Takiguchi, water color and color pencil on paper

光の庭 Garden of Light, Yuka Goto, acrylic on canvas

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