Month: September 2023

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biscuit gallery will be participating at ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023 from Friday, September 22 to Sunday, September 24, 2023.

Sawako Nasu will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Unlimited section (Booth S06). The presentation will primarily focus on her new series of works.

biscuit gallery will also present Nasu’s portraiture work and her moonlight series at The Wall section (Booth W09).

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Sawako Nasu

1996　Born in Tokyo
2021　BFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
2023　MFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts

Recipient of Tokyo University of the Arts – Kaichi Ohashi Memorial Award Scholarship

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【Information】

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023
Unlimited / The Wall Sections
Dates: September 21 ― September 24, 2023

biscuit gallery
Unlimited – Booth S06
The Wall – Booth W09

VIP View  
9/21 (Thursday) 16:00 – 20:00
9/22 (Friday) 11:00 – 14:00

Public View  
9/22 (Friday) 14:00 – 19:00
9/23 (Saturday) 11:00 – 19:00
9/24 (Sunday) 11:00 – 17:00

Location: Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall B
2-1 Okihamamachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0031
Website: https://artfair.asia/

 

 

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biscuit gallery is now focusing our efforts on selling works on our online site.

biscuit gallery online shop
https://shop.biscuitgallery.com/

To mark the start of this project, a special campaign will be held for a limited time from September 1 (Fri.) to September 30 (Sat.), 2023. During this period, all buyers will receive an original BISCUIT GALLERY shopper as a gift.

biscuit gallery’s original shopper is a custom-made item for the gallery and was produced with specifications that make it convenient for transporting artworks. The shopper is made of durable, waterproof polyethylene material. It is designed to be carried either by hand or over the shoulder with two types of carrying straps.

*We will present you with one large or small item in the size of your choice.

biscuit gallery Original Shopper (Large)
Dimensions: Heigh 76cm / Width 88cm / Depth 20cm
*Fits two boxes containing works of ~91.0×72.7 cm

biscuit gallery Original Shopper (Small)
Dimensions: Height 49cm / Width 64cm / Depth 19cm
*Fits two boxes containing works of 45.5×38 cm

The number of works we will make available online will gradually increase continuing from this event.

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biscuit gallery online shop

URL：https://shop.biscuitgallery.com/

Campaign Period:  September 1 (Fri.) – 30 (Sat.), 2023
Campaign Details: 1 original shopper bag for every work purchased
Shipping Fee: Pay on delivery
International shipping possible
Contact: info@biscuitgallery.com

 

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biscuit gallery (Shibuya, Tokyo) is pleased to announce a solo exhibition “Bird and Mirror” by Hidetaka Suzuki, on view from September 14 (Thursday).

This will be the second solo show by Suzuki at biscuit gallery, this time joined by Ryoko Furukawa to form a double set of solo exhibitions. Please look forward to the new works of Hidetaka Suzuki, who has been active both domestically and internationally.

Along with Ryoko Furukawa, we will be holding a talk event with artist Ryohei Kan as a guest. 

Please see below for details.

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Artist Profile

Hidetaka Suzuki

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

Suzuki 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.

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Hidetaka Suzuki – Solo Exhibition
「Bird and Mirror」

Location: biscuit gallery 1F and 3F
Thursday, September 14 – Sunday, October 1, 2023
Hours: 13:00 – 19:00　*Closed Monday – Wednesday
Free Admission
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【Event Information】
Hidetaka Suzuki and Ryoko Furukawa Talk Event
Guest: Ryohei Kan

Date: Saturday, September 16, 2013
Time: 15:00-16:00
Location: biscuit gallery
Free Admission
*Registration for the event will be available shortly

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Ryohei Kan

Born in Ehime Prefecture, in 1983. Artist. Attended a post-doctorate course and was granted a doctorate degree in fine arts from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2016. Based on his thoughts on the topic of “void,” he has been creating artworks and art projects while dealing with various media, and presenting them in Japan and abroad. He is a lecturer at Hiroshima City University Faculty of Art and the general director of Setouchi L-Art Project (SLAP).
Website : https://ryoheikan.com

 

biscuit gallery (Shibuya, Tokyo) is pleased to announce a solo exhibition “Poor Jane Brown Gave a speech to the Nation” by Ryoko Furukawa, on view from September 14 (Thursday).

This marks Ryoko Furukawa’s first solo exhibition at biscuit gallery, and will show at the same time as Hidetaka Suzuki to form a double set of solo exhibitions. Active in the emerging contemporary art scene, Ryoko Furukawa will show her latest works.

Along with Hidetaka Suzuki, we will be holding a talk event with artist Ryohei Kan as a guest. 

Please see below for details.

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Artist Profile

Ryoko Furukawa

1994　Born in Hyogo, Japan
2020　BFA in Oil Painting, Hiroshima City University
2022　MFA in Fine Arts, Hiroshima City University

Ryoko Furukawa creates paintings based on images associated with words, as a matter of principle. The following items are her rules.

(1) A text written by a third party is cut up.
(2) The creator reconstructs the text of item (1).
(3) The creator produces a painting using only the text in (2) as a clue.

Furukawa cuts up an English vocabulary book used during an examination period, and reconstructs the sentences into a painting.

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Information

Ryoko Furukawa – Solo Exhibition
“Poor Jane Brown Gave a speech to the Nation”

Location: biscuit gallery 1F and 2F
Thursday, September 14 – Sunday, October 1, 2023
Hours: 13:00 – 19:00　*Closed Monday – Wednesday
Free Admission
Produced by biscuit gallery

【Event Information】
Hidetaka Suzuki and Ryoko Furukawa Talk Event
Guest: Ryohei Kan

Date: Saturday, September 16, 2013
Time: 15:00-16:00
Location: biscuit gallery
Free Admission
*Registration for the event will be available shortly

Guest Profile

Ryohei Kan

Born in Ehime Prefecture, in 1983. Artist. Attended a post-doctorate course and was granted a doctorate degree in fine arts from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2016. Based on his thoughts on the topic of “void,” he has been creating artworks and art projects while dealing with various media, and presenting them in Japan and abroad. He is a lecturer at Hiroshima City University Faculty of Art and the general director of Setouchi L-Art Project (SLAP).
Website : https://ryoheikan.com

 

 

Ai Kumehara

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Ai Kumehara

1989　Born in Saitama
2015　MFA in Japanese Painting, Tama Art University 

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2021
“Comfortable Boundaries”, Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO, Tokyo
“Comfortable Boundaries”, Hertz Art Lab, Tokyo

2020
“Comfortable Boundaries”, Itsuki Art Gallery, Tokyo
“The Sign of Beyond”, Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark

2018
“Foamed Garden”, Ueno Royal Museum Gallery, Tokyo

​Group Exhibitions
2023
biscuit gallery 2nd anniversary exhibition “grid2”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo

2022
“ONE ART TAIPEI”, The Sherwood Taipei, Taiwan
“Collection of rainbows”, Gallery Chokodo, Gifu

2021
“TECHNICOLORS”, Space O, Tokyo
“CIRCLE”, Itsuki Art Gallery, Tokyo

2019
“Twelfth Lunar Month”, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
“Toy Box”, Gallery Chokodo, Gifu

2018
“FIELD OF NOW”, GINZA YOKYO HALL, Tokyo

2017
“NEXT ART”, MATSUYA GINZA DEPARTMENT STORE, Tokyo
“Achievement Exhibition”, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
“Exhibition of Young Japanese and Chinese Artists”, Yunjian Gallery, Shanghai, China

2016
“The telling flower”, FEI ART MUSEUM, Yokohama
“2016 Byobo Exhibition”, TOKYO GINZA ART MUSEUM, Tokyo

Awards

2016 34th “Ueno Royal Museum Award” First prize
2015 26th “Garyuzakura Award” Grand prize
2013 “ALBION AWARDS 2013” First prize
          13th “Satou Taisei Award” Encouragement prize

Public Collections

Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
Sato Sakura Museum, Tokyo
Nichinancho Museum, Tottori
Yunjian Gallery, Shanghai, China

Concept

After creating a sketch with highly transparent paints, she applies thin Japanese paper over the entire screen and colors it with rock paints. Once the screen is reset to translucent, the boundaries of colors and shapes are blurred, and the depicted objects are abstracted. The artist depicts animals on the screen as “something suggestive” based on his experience of confronting animals that suddenly appeared in the places where he stayed where people had disappeared due to the lockdown caused by the coronavirus.

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Ryoko Furukawa

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Ryoko Furukawa

1994　Born in Hyogo, Japan
2020　BFA in Oil Painting, Hiroshima City University
2022　MFA in Oil Painting, Hiroshima City University

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2023　
“Pacific is made of silver”, HIROSE COLLECTION, Hiroshima

2022　
“mawaruhane-wo-kiru/haru”, MONO.LOGUES, Tokyo

2021　
“About Mr. and Mrs. X I Know”, gallery RYO, Tokyo
“Cowboy without Memory is in the Garden”, gallery G, Hiroshima

2020
“Strangers in a strange place”, Hiroshima art center, Hiroshima

2019
“Faceless ghost”, Book and liberty, Hiroshima
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Group Exhibitions 
2023
biscuit gallery second anniversary exhibition “grid2” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“Expression of Contemporary Artists”, Soil Museum SHIDO, Hyogo
“kɯβzɨβɾe^ collapse”, Decameron, Tokyo

2022　
“SHIBUYA STYLE vol.16”, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo
“Itʼs Gonna Be Awesome!!! Part 2”, YOD TOKYO, Tokyo
biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition “grid”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“Between one and another”, ARTDYNE, Tokyo

2021
“The 30th Annual Scholarship Recipient Art Exhibition”, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
“SLANGS”, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo　

2020
“Let’s present”, Gallery G, Hiroshima

2019
“Forest without a figure”, HIROSHIMA ART CENTER, Hiroshima
“THE PORTRAIT within 1km”, Atmosphere, Tokyo

Art Fairs
Art Fair Tokyo 2023
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2022
3331 ART FAIR 2021

Awards

2022
Hiroshima city University Graduation Doctoral Program Final Exhibition, Oil Painting Major Prize
2021
PIGMENT Prize, The 30th Scholarship Exhibition
2020
Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation 

Concept

I create paintings based on images associated with words, and as a rule, the following items are my rules. (1) I cut up the text written by a third party. (2) The creator reconstructs the text in (1). (3) The artist creates a painting using only the text in (2) as a clue. The artist cuts up words found around her, such as the instruction manual for the fan she uses at home and the piano instruction book she used in her childhood, and creates paintings from the reconstructed sentences.

https://www.ryokofurukawa.com

https://www.instagram.com/ryoko_furukawa_/

Fukumi Nakazawa

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1996   Born in Kochi
2015   BFA in Oil Painting, Kyoto University of the Arts
2017   Studied abroad at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2020  MA in Animation, Estonian Academy of Arts

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Saturating in Neutrality” galerie16, Kyoto
“Deforming with Gusto” galleryE, Kochi
2018
“Deforming with Gusto” Inokumatei, Kyoto
2016
“Omae to Dareka” Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto

Group Exhibitions
2023
“LIFE x ART on paper works” Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2020
“invisibleworld” +1art, Osaka
2019
“Little us  Who are we?” 1+ art, Osaka
“Little Cloud” Kaminocho Kaikan, Okayama
“Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2019” Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo
“Spaceship Earth” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
“Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate Exhibition” Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
2017
“Tschau Ragazzi” Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna
“one room Nomad’s present place”,Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
2016
“25th TOSA Art Academy Exhibition” Kochi-city Culture Plaza Cul-port, Kochi
“Encounter” Shokudo Ruins, Kyoto
2015
“Dokidoki” cumonogallery, Kyoto

Awards

2020 Kuma Foundation Scholar
2019 Kochi Prefectural Exhibition and the Encouragement Prize from the Prefectural Art Promotion Society, Special Mention
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2019, Shigeo Goto Award
2019 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition, Department of Fine and Applied Arts Award
2018 International Takifuji Art Award, Excellence Award

Concept

Fukumi Nakazawa’s work explores a sense of crisis over the dehumanization caused by the development of technology. Informed by her research of dance, anatomy, tools, and ergonomics, the artist’s brush and ink drawings are layered in a stop-motion manner to depict human figures transforming into artificial and otherworldly beings. Each metamorphosis, documented on stacks of illustrated Japanese paper, is eventually pasted together to form a rectangular object, a sculpture forever sealed.