Day: January 5, 2024

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Keita Motooka

Keita Motooka

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Keita Motooka

1999　Born in Hiroshima
2022　BFA in Sculpture, Musashino Art University
2022-to present　MFA in Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts 

Selected Exhibitions

2021
The Miyawaka International Triennale（July, 2021〜May, 2024）
Group show「Selection」GALLERY ART POINT
Passing by the street (Art Viewing Nishi Tama)
2022
Solo exhibition “non-zero” (Musashino Art University, Tokyo) 
Duo show “Sculpture” Kôta Echizen-ya×Keita Motooka　(Alt _Medium)
「Our monsters」vol.3 Ippei Yonezawa×Misaki Motofuji×Keita Motooka　(Double Tall-Art &Espresso Bar)
Solo exhibitions “Speech Baloon#” residecy exhibition　Former Kanji Ueda atelier
ART AWARD TOKYO MARUNOUCHI 2022 
Group show “Directions of Choices” (GALLERIE SOL)
Solo exhibition “View in the distance” (Gallery Motomachi)
SHIBUYA STYLE vol.16 (Seibu, Shibuya)
Group show “Sculpture and House”　Former Hirakushi Denchū atelier
2023
EASTEAST _TOKYO 2023 

Awards

2021 “The Miyawaka International Triennale TRAiART” first prize　
2022年「Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2022」 Tomoko Yabumae award

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Hiroyuki Mori

Hiroyuki Mori

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Hiroyuki Mori

May, 1982　Born in Fukuoka
March, 2009　MFA in Art department at Hiroshima City University Graduate School

Concept

Mori mainly uses wrestling as a motif and works with Japanese painting techniques. By using traditional Japanese painting styles and techniques, he attempts to reveal the “stylistic beauty” of the motifs. In addition, wrestlers cultivate a strong body and mind through rigorous daily training. There is a sense of greatness to the figure that even makes one wonder if something sacred resides in it, and by highlighting the magnitude of the figure’s existence, he hopes that it will become a kind of “lucky charm” that will accept the pain and suffering of those who see it.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2019 “MUCHA LIBRE”（HASHI GALLERY・Mexico）
2019 “The German Suplex”（Iwata Syouten gallery, Mie）
2022 “プロレス詣 (Wrestling Pilgrimage)”（OVER ALLs store, Tokyo）
2022 “Grateful Days”（Iwata Syouten gallery, Mie）

​Group Exhibitions
2018 “Beauty of Techniques”（JILL D’ART GALLERY, Aichi）
2018 “ART ASIA 2018″（KINTEX, Korea）
2019 “ART FAIR ASIA / FUKUOKA”（The Okura Fukuoka）
2019 “Christmas exhibition”（s+arts, Tokyo）
2020 “Step Over Art Breaker&（The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo）　
2022 “Royal Jumble”（Shōonji Temple, Tokyo）
2022 “Foreshadowing”（Eslite Gallery, Taiwan）
2022 “ART! ART! OSAKA”（Daimaru Umeda, Osaka）
2022 “ANIMAMIX”（Eslite Gallery, Taiwan）

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