Lurf Museum will be holding a group exhibition, "CONCERTO," focusing on six young, talented artists with unique personalities and expressions. This exhibition will bring together a total of 24 works, mainly new works created by each artist specifically for this exhibition. Silkscreens will also be available for purchase.
Dates
July 8, 2023 (Sat) - August 7, 2023 (Mon)
Opening hours
11:00-19:00 Irregular holidays Organized by | Lurf Museum
Planning and curation | Kentaro Takahashi (SUNNYES Co., Ltd.)
[Exhibition details]
This new group exhibition focuses on six young artists who, while facing themselves, are passionate about pure art and possess unique expressions and worlds. A total of 24 works will be on display, with a focus on new works created by each artist specifically for this exhibition.
Along with the beauty and energy of the works, please feel the "life" and "soul" that breathes through them all, and experience the "concerto" played by the "soloists," who usually perform individually, in a combination of cooperation and contrast.
[Participating Artist Profiles]
Masayuki Arai |
Born in the United States in 1984.
In 2011, he completed his graduate studies in oil painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts.
Starting from photographs collected on the internet, he creates a series of paintings that imagine the scenery outside the frame that is not shown in the photographs.
The multi-layered pictorial space created by dripping paint suggests the state of subjectivity that is established by the presence of others, and its unstable changes.
His major exhibitions include "Like Paintings" (Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano/Switzerland, 2023), "Like a Painting" (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Art Salon, Tokyo, 2022), "Distorted Horizon" (STANDING PINE, Nagoya/Aichi, 2019), "VOCA Exhibition 2014: Prospects for Contemporary Art - New Artists of Plane" (Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, 2014), and "Aichi Triennale 2013" (Nayabashi Area: Toyo Warehouse, Nagoya/Aichi, 2013). He is a recipient of the 35th Holbein Scholarship (2022).
Instagram( @masayuki_arai_408 )
Chifu Onishi
Born in Osaka in 2003
2021 Taro Okamoto Award
Loompa Loompa Solo Exhibition 2021
2021 Admission to Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Oil Painting
2021 Bumpodo Solo Exhibition (Bohemians Guild)
2021 Art Fair Tokyo Solo Exhibition (Bohemians Guild)
2022 Solo Exhibition at Ginza Six Tsutaya Bookstore
2022 Bohemians Guild Cage Solo Exhibition
2023 Kuma Foundation 7th Class Recruitment
Instagram( @chifuzokei )
Mariko Kitajima |
Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Painting major in 2014.
Who are you?
Kitajima's works are directed not only at himself, but also at the "self" that is awakened within the viewer. In 2014, he won the ZOKEI Award at the Tokyo Zokei University graduation exhibition "ZOKEI Exhibition," and in 2014 he won the Kuramoto Mitsuru Award at the Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2014.
Instagram( @mariko_kitaj )
Mai Kurotaki
Born in Hokkaido in 1995.
By deliberately dividing the time when a tree grows and reaches for the sky, he carves the shape of a human being, creating wood carvings that stack up again in a state of misalignment and agreement.
He is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2021, he received the Musashino Art University Excellence Award, was selected for the 5th Kuma Foundation Creator Scholarship, was selected for the CAF Award in 2022, and received the Mitsubishi Estate Award from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2023.
Instagram( @kurotaki.mai )
Hinako Sugiyama |
Born in Tokyo in 1997.
Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018, majoring in oil painting.
2020 NHK Taiga Drama "Kirin ga Kuru" main visual background design
[Major exhibitions]
2021 "Kengo Kito x Kaori Usukubo Recommended Artist Exhibition" Seibu Shibuya
2021 "SHIBUYA STYLE vol.15" Seibu Shibuya Store
2022 "Hypericum" solo exhibition at biscuit gallery (Tokyo)
2023 "Nine colors XVII" Seibu Shibuya 55th Anniversary Main Visual Seibu Shibuya
Instagram( @ghq_629 )
Kotao Tomozawa | Kotao Tomozawa
Born in Bordeaux, France in 1999.
He studied oil painting at the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and won the Kume Award in 2019 and the Ueno Geiyu Award in 2021.
Recent solo exhibitions include "INSPIRER" (Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo, 2022), "SPIRALE" (PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, 2022), "Monochrome" (FOAM CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo, 2022), "caché" (tagboat, Tokyo, 2021), and "Pomme d'amour" (mograg gallery, Tokyo, 2020).
He is currently studying at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Instagram ( @tkotao @chan_kotao )
[Silkscreen sales information]
Neo-silkscreen prints by four artists, Onishi Kayano, Kitajima Mariko, Sugiyama Hinako, and Tomozawa Kotao, will be sold by lottery at the venue.
https://lurfmuseum.art/blogs/news/0049
[About the exhibited works]
For some works, applications will be accepted for lottery sales at the venue.
For more information about the works eligible for the lottery sale and other details, please contact the venue directly.
*Please note that we cannot respond to inquiries by email or phone regarding applications on the website, designs, or prices.
Lottery application location
Reception on the 2nd floor of the Lurf Museum
Lottery application period: July 8th (Saturday) to July 23rd (Sunday) Time: 11:00-19:00
●Announcement of the winners: After a strict lottery, the winners will be notified by email (contact@lurf.art) from Lurf MUSEUM by Thursday, July 27th.
*Please note that we will not contact applicants who are not selected.
*Delivery is limited to domestic destinations, excluding remote islands. We cannot ship overseas.
[Introduction of the curators of the group exhibition "CONCERTO"]
Kentaro Takahashi
Representative of SUNNYES Co., Ltd. (IG @kentarosan65 )
Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1982. Graduated from Musashino Art University in 2006.
In the same year, he joined Parco Co., Ltd. For about 10 years, he produced numerous exhibitions as director of Parco Museum.
In 2022, he became independent and founded SUNNYES Co., Ltd. He is involved in the curation of solo and group exhibitions, artist management, event direction, and more, focusing on contemporary art.
※The correct pronunciation of "taka" is "hashigo daka".