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Month: November 2022

Artists

R E M A

R E M A

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R E M A

1996 Born in Aichi
2021 Master’s Course in Visual media course at Graduate school of Kyoto University of the Arts

Since my early days, I have been creating works using self-images based on my external features, such as my makeup.
In recent years, the self-image that has been the subject of my work until now has been abstracted into an image of femininity and shadows – driven by premonition and dreaming – and expressed through the act of line and burning. The images applied to various materials appear as if they were already there, inviting the viewer into a new-primitive world.
From 2022, the two series will merge into a new form of expression.

In recent years, she joined group exhibitions including “KUA Annual 2021 irregular reports: a group of tortuous reports and signs of hope” (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2021).

Artists

Akihiro Hasegawa

Akihiro Hasegawa

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Akihiro Hasegawa

1997 Born in Mie
2020 Graduated from project logic research in department of design at Tokyo University of the Arts

Born in a temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism. Taking the Buddhist statues in the hall and the surrounding space as his original experience, he is searching for the possibility of Japanese-style depiction and the universality of human existence beyond it.

Exhibition

2017　Omotesando Spiral SICF 18
2017　Mitsubishi Estate × Tokyo University of the Arts GAM Award
2017　Mitsubishi Estate × Tokyo University of the Arts 2017 Live painting performance
2018　docomo promotion event dusty car
2018　Akiko Wada 50th ART HOBBY EXPO
2018　100BANCH Souvenir of Heisei
2018　Rugby World Cup　Marunoychi 15th street project
2018　Mitsubishi Estate × Tokyo University of the Arts
2019　Wall paint at National Muroto Youth Outdoor Learning Center in Kochi
2019　「MOV fesctival」Live painting performance　Shibuya hikarie
2019　Ringo Shina MV 「Gate Of Living」　Snake Tank design
2019　Shibuya Style vol.18
2020　POWERFUL WORLD
2020　Daikanyama T-site DEPARTURE 2020
2020年　「Genron Chaos *Finalist exhibition『Play room』」Genron Cafe（Gotanda, Tokyo）

Exhibition

Akihiro Hasegawa×Daichi Igarashi×R E M A solo exhibitions「SOLO SOLO SOLO vol.4」

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biscuit gallery is pleased to present three solo exhibitions “SOLO SOLO SOLO vol.4” by contemporary artists Akihiro Hasegawa, Daichi Igarashi and R E M A from November 24th through December 11th.

We held Vol.2 of this exhibition project “SOLO SOLO SOLO” in October and Vol.3 in early November. This Vol.4 will be the last exhibition of the series, which had planned 3 volumes in a row, and 3 artists below are featured in the show.

Akihiro Hasegawa (1F) solo exhibition “axiom”

Akihiro Hasegawa (1F) solo exhibition “axiom” main visual

Profile

1997 Born in Mie
2020 Graduated from project logic research in department of design at Tokyo University of the Arts

Akihiro Hasegawa: Price list

Daichi Igarashi (2F) solo exhibition “Sweet Spiral Garden”

Daichi Igarashi (2F) solo exhibition “Sweet Spiral Garden” main visual

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1996 Born in Tokyo
2022 Master’s Course Laboratory of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

Replacing materials, photographing and projecting on a monitor, and painting on canvas. The images that change form and are expressed depict the constancy of the subject through repetition of decadence and reconstruction.
Through a series of creation that embrace unpredictable events, such as the change of materials over time and the displacement that occurs when moving from one process to another, he contemplates the reality of painting in response to the impermanence of the environment.

Daichi Igarashi: Price list

R E M A (3F) solo exhibition “waking dream voice”

R E M A (3F) solo exhibition “waking dream voice” main visual

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R E M A : Price list

This exhibition project “SOLO SOLO SOLO” will be continued in the future.

Information

Akihiro Hasegawa×Daichi Igarashi×R E M A solo exhibitions
「SOLO SOLO SOLO Vol.4」

1F：Akihiro Hasegawa solo exhibition “axiom”
2F：Daichi Igarashi solo exhibition “Sweet Spiral Garden”
3F：R E M A solo exhibition “waking dream voice”

会場：biscuit gallery 1〜3F
会期：November 24th Thu 〜 December 11th Sun
時間：13：00〜19：00（Sat/Sun：12：00〜18：00）
Closed Monday through Wednesday
Admission free
Produced by biscuit gallery

【Event information】

We will have an opening party on November 24th from 16:00-19:00. Please come join us.

NEWS

biscuit gallery Curator Projects Vol.2 – Open application for a curator position

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biscuit gallery Curator Projects

biscuit gallery started a new project called “biscuit gallery Curator Projects” in September, 2022. In Vol.1, we welcomed a young curator Riho Matsue and she curated a duo show titled “notes of shadows” with Satoshi Kikuya and Kasumi Maeda.
The gallery was full of people to see the exhibition during the term and heard so many positive opinions about the show. We feel excited about big possibilities of development of art curation here in Japan.

The project will be continued and now the application for curator position is opened.

Please send us the information referred below via email:

Title：”Curator Projects ” Apply for curator position（*name*）
Material to submit：
１　Profile
２　Portfolio of the past exhibition curated by the applicant（If an applicant has experiences）
３　Proposal for Vol.2 exhibition
４　Support material *not required

Please send them in one PDF form (A4 size).

Email address to submit：info@biscuitgallery.com

【Details】

Content：Organizing and leading a curatorial exhibition using 3 floors of biscuit gallery

Number of position：１person（１pair）

Qualification：Any nationality, age, gender, qualification or experience, individual or group is welcome. If selected, the applicant must be able to take full responsibility for all the steps from preparation to installing/deinstalling.

Application will be closed on December 31st, 2022

How to select：Based on the result of material review and interview

About the project

1. Budget (Commission fee, transportation fee, installing fee, promotion fee etc) will be paid by the gallery *Amount of budget will be discussed

2. The space (3 floors) of the gallery, utility and other relevant needs will be supported by the gallery

3. biscuit gallery’s advisory board will support the exhibition

Exhibition term：Late 2023〜2024　※The scheduled will be decided after the discussion

biscuit gallery　floor map

We are looking forward to working with a new talented curator of next generation.

Exhibition

Midori Arai×Rika Minamitani×Kosuke Nishimura solo exhibitions “SOLO SOLO SOLO Vol.3”

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biscuit gallery is pleased to present three solo exhibitions “SOLO SOLO SOLO vol.3” by contemporary artists Midori Arai, Rika Minamitani and Kosuke Nishimura from November 3rd through 2oth.

This project “SOLO SOLO SOLO” started in April, 2022 featuring Takehiro Takao, Yukino Yamanaka and Rikako Inoue as its 1st volume. Following vol.2 held in October, this vol.3 and next exhibition vol.4 are scheduled to be held from November through December.

Using 3 floors of the gallery, we present 3 solo exhibitions by 3 different artists in each show.

The artists to be presented in Vol.3 are as follows:

Midori Arai (1F) solo exhibition “Synonyms for Blink”

Midori Arai (1F) solo exhibition “Synonyms for Blink” main visual

Profile
1992 Born in Ibaraki
2015 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University
2022 Kyoto University of the Arts Master’s Degree

In the traces of unconscious movement, the finiteness of the body and the infinity of the painting exist.
In this age of symbiosis, I question the nature of life and time.

Rika Minamitani (2F) solo exhibition “Brainwash”

Rika Minamitani (2F) solo exhibition “Brainwash” main visual

Profile
1998 Born in Kanagawa
2021 Graduated from Tama Art University Painting course
Currently studying in Master’s Course Laboratory of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

Kousuke Nishimura (3F) solo exhibition “Transform”

Kousuke Nishimura (3F) solo exhibition “Transform” main visual

Profile
1999 Born in Hyogo
2022 Started studying in Master’s Course Laboratory of Oil Painting Ⅵ, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

I paint by applying paint to a printed image and transferring it to another canvas. I overlap my own production with the society in which widely recognized images are reproduced and transformed into various forms in the process of consumption. Currently, I am also exploring pictorial expression that can be achieved through the act of transfer itself.

biscuit gallery continuously supports Japanese emerging artists in this project.

Information

Midori Arai×Rika Minamitani×Kosuke Nishimura solo exhibitions
「SOLO SOLO SOLO Vol.3」

1F：Midori Arai solo exhibition “Synonyms for Blink”
2F：Rika Minamitani solo exhibition “Brainwash”
3F：Kousuke Nishimura solo exhibition “Transform”

biscuit gallery 1〜3F
2022/11/3 Thu 〜 11/20 Sun
13：00〜19：00（Sat/Sun/Holiday：12：00〜18：00）
Closed Mon – Wed
Admission free
Produced by biscuit gallery

Artists

Satoshi Kikuya

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Satoshi Kikuya

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Satoshi Kikuya

1989 Born in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido
2011 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Course
2013 Completed Master’s program in Oil Painting, Department of Painting, Kanazawa College of Art

Exhibition

Major solo exhibition in recent years
2018 “Play a role” Sojiro (Itami, Hyogo)
2021 “Beautiful Animals” IN SITU (Nagoya, Aichi)
2022 “Moving Picture” Ishiguro Building Basement (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

Major group exhibitions in recent years
2017 “VOCA2017” The Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno, Tokyo
2019 “The Optic nerve and The Devices” CRISPY EGG Gallery, Fuchinobe, Kanagawa
Other
2019 “3331 Art Fair 2019 -Various Collectors’ Prizes-” 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Sotokanda, Tokyo)
2020 “Genron Chaos*Lounge New Art School 5th Final Selection Results Exhibition “Playroom”” Genron Cafe (Gotanda, Tokyo)

Artists

Kasumi Maeda

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Kasumi Maeda

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Kasumi Maeda

1991 Born in Tokyo
2017 Graduated from Musashino Art University sculpture course
2019 Master’s course in sculpture at the Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design

Exhibition

Major solo exhibition in recent years
2017 “Short Hands” (“I’d rather compare it with”, a series of solo exhibitions by Haruki Ohno, Kasumi Maeda, and Kazuki Oishi), mime Tokyo Zokei University of Fine Arts and Music
(a series of solo exhibitions by Yosei Ohno, Haruhami Maeda, and Kazutaka Oishi), mime Tokyo Zokei University

Major group exhibition in recent years
2019 “D.A.AURA Residency Open Studio”, D.A.Aura (Gwangju, Korea)
WALLA Opening Exhibition”, WALLA, Tokyo
Denchu Strut: Taking a Star,” Kodaira City Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Betsujin”, Geishuku 103, Ishikawa
Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2019″ The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
2020 “Book of Kirinuki” Zui-Un-An (Kyoto)
WALLAby/Warabi” Ginza Tsutaya, Tokyo
2021 “Possessing Manners”, Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F (Tokyo, Japan)
Polyphonic Process + Pressure” Hashikko, Tokyo
Performance
2022 “Putting down the soft cane”, WALLA (Tokyo, Japan)

Artists

Hinako Sugiyama

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Hinako Sugiyama

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Hinako Sugiyama

1997 Born in Tokyo
2022 Graduated from Oil Painting course, Department of Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts

2020.1 NHK TV drama series「Kirin ga Kuru」In charge of background design of the main visual

Exhibition

2021.7 Seibu Shibuya「Kengo Kito×Kaoru Usukubo　recommended artists exhibition」
2021.11 Seibu Shibuya「SHIBUYA STYLE vol.15」
2022.3 what cafe「CROSSROADS」
2022.5 Seibu Shibuya「nine colors XVI」
2022.8 Warehouse Terada「Blue Period exhibition」

Artists

Hidetaka Suzuki

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Hidetaka Suzuki

1986 Born in Hokkaido
2012 BFA in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University
2014 MFA in Oil Painting, Musashino Art University

Exhibition

Solo Exhibitions
2024
Two values / pokettales, Seoul
Solaris / PTT Space, Taipei

2023
“Hallucinations”, Edel Assanti, Online
ACKERMAN CLARKE, Chicago, USA

2022
“Entity”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo

2021
“Aberrating Surface”, WHYNOT. TOKYO, Tokyo
“Absence of both”, Second 2., Tokyo

2015
light house vol.10 “What you wanted to see was surely what I would like to see” (Planned by Seiji Amashige, Hidetaka Suzuki), switch point, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
2024
Ghost Letter / HIRO OKAMOTO, Tokyo
Opening Exhibition / Hunsand Space, Shijiazhuang
Objecting Reality / WOAW GALLERY, Hong Kong
Emotional Intelligence II / polina berlin gallery, New York
ECLECTIC! / Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, Gent

2023
“grid2”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“Opening Exhibition”, Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, Ghent, Belgium

2022
“WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT.TOKYO EXHIBITION”, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
“The Rise of Inside”, Artsy, Curated by Eve Leibe gallery, ARTSIN SQUARE, Online
“The Space Between”, LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
“CROSSROADS”, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition “grid”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo

2021
“EMERGENCE”, RISE ART Soho gallery, London
“TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING”, LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
“estate”, ZEIT-FOTO kunitachi, Tokyo

2018
“ookk/puzz-le”, FARO Kagurazaka, Tokyo
“ASSEMBLY – HIDTAKA SUZUKI + YUKI HAYASHI –”, AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, Tokyo

2017
startbahn presents “Fujisantenβ”, AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, Tokyo

2016
“Morning Star #01”, NANZUKA, Tokyo

2014
“Musashino Art University Graduate School Degree Show 2014”, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
“genuine | original”, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

2013
“Shell Art Award Exhibition”, The National Art Center, Tokyo

2012
“Musashino Art University Degree Show 2012”, Musashino Art University, Tokyo

2011
“SapporoMirai 10th Exhibition”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido

2009
“GEISAI#13”, Kaikai Kiki studio Miyoshi, Tokyo

Art Fairs
Art Fair Tokyo 2023 – biscuit gallery Group Exhibition
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) 2022 – ACKERMAN CLARK Group Exhibition

Awards

2021 ArtConnect’s Artists to Watch ’21
2013 Shell Art Award
2009 Golden Acrylics prizes, GESIAI#13

Concept

He continues to create paintings based on the theme of fiction and reality. The reality we usually experience, and the fiction we imagine and create. He blurs the boundaries that seem to separate the two worlds, and asking the viewer what it is that we truly see.

Artists

Kato

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Kato

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Kato

2021 Graduated from Oil Painting course, Department of Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
2023　Master’s Course Laboratory of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

Exhibition

2021 Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi

Awards

Pre grand prix ( Tokyo University of the Arts Art Plaza Cat exhibition)
Salon de printemp award given by the mayor of Daito-ku (Graduation art project)
Tokyo University of the Arts – Kaichi Ohashi Memorial Award Scholarship certified

Overviews

He paints mainly abstract works while considering what to paint and what not to paint. He is also interested in the relationship between painting and physical movement, as well as “meaning” and “choice”.