Hiro Kurata
Hiro Kurata was born in Osaka Japan, and grew up in Tokyo and Chicago. His main focus is in creating surrealistic moment through his paintings,using motif of sports and chairs. Destruction and strength of the baseball bat, stability and gentleness of the armrest chair. "Calm days make me sleep and wild days are too chaotic. Wake up and sleep, to soothe and then again to derail". Creation is a progress and he believes that true creation will contribute to the human society in an evolutionary way.
Education
2004
B.F.A., Parsons School of Design, New York, NY - in Illustration
Awards
2003
Chosen for the "Society of Illustrators Annual Scholarship Competition"
Official Artist Website
www.shiloku.com
Works
Sunday Date
by Hiro Kurata
$1,800
painting
King Sadaharu
by Hiro Kurata
$1,200
painting
Krooklyn
by Hiro Kurata
$1,200
painting
Theory of being Cool
by Hiro Kurata
$1,500
painting
Exhibition
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- Installation view at Gallery Point, Tokyo 2008
- Installation view at Gallery Point, Tokyo 2008
- Installation view at Gallery Scene, Tokyo 2007
- Installation view at Gallery Scene, Tokyo 2007
Solo Exhibition
2008
"Heroic", Gallery Point, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"Shiloku 46", Galerie Mille D'air, Berlin, Germany
2005
"Illustrations & Paintings / Works of 2003-2005", Hanae Mori Open Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Seleceted Group Exhibition
2009
"Group Exhibition", Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Scribble.08 Exhibition" Wonderhaus, San Diego, CA
"Dime Bag 3" Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
"the New York Connection", Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan
"Hiro Kurata and Tommii Lim" Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition 2", David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2008
"Panorama 3", Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
"the Wonder", Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"101 Tokyo Art Fair", Gallery Point, Tokyo, Japan
2007
"Hiro Kurata x Inoue Jun", Gallery Scene, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"10x10", BBS, Tokyo
2005
"GAS as Interface Presents / Traveling GAS Shop", Shibuya, Tokyo
"Dolce Vita2", Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
"Studio Pineal", IID gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
"Signs of Life" Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
2003
"Inter School Art Show" Cooper Union, New York, NY
"Annual Scholarship Exhibition" The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
"Assembly" Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
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Announcement
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- [Interview]
- Ando draw his works not by painting, but by dyeing cloth using a traditional dyeing technique called "ro-ketsu-zome". Ando connects his emotion with his physical experience and expresses it in his work. He thinks emotion is like a deep vast water space changing its color and shape flexibly.
- >>more..
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Hiro Kurata was born in Osaka Japan, and grew up in Tokyo and Chicago. His main focus is in creating surrealistic moment through his paintings,using motif of sports and chairs. Destruction and strength of the baseball bat, stability and gentleness of the armrest chair. "Calm days make me sleep and wild days are too chaotic. Wake up and sleep, to soothe and then again to derail". Creation is a progress and he believes that true creation will contribute to the human society in an evolutionary way. Education
Awards
Official Artist Website www.shiloku.com |
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Works
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Exhibition
- click images to enlarge
- Installation view at Gallery Point, Tokyo 2008
- Installation view at Gallery Point, Tokyo 2008
- Installation view at Gallery Scene, Tokyo 2007
- Installation view at Gallery Scene, Tokyo 2007
Solo Exhibition
| 2008 | "Heroic", Gallery Point, Tokyo, Japan | ||
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| 2006 | "Shiloku 46", Galerie Mille D'air, Berlin, Germany | ||
| 2005 | "Illustrations & Paintings / Works of 2003-2005", Hanae Mori Open Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
Seleceted Group Exhibition
| 2009 | "Group Exhibition", Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA "Scribble.08 Exhibition" Wonderhaus, San Diego, CA "Dime Bag 3" Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY "the New York Connection", Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan "Hiro Kurata and Tommii Lim" Ad Hoc Art, Brooklyn, NY Group Exhibition 2", David B Smith Gallery, Denver, CO |
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| 2008 | "Panorama 3", Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY "the Wonder", Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "101 Tokyo Art Fair", Gallery Point, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2007 | "Hiro Kurata x Inoue Jun", Gallery Scene, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 2006 | "10x10", BBS, Tokyo | ||
| 2005 | "GAS as Interface Presents / Traveling GAS Shop", Shibuya, Tokyo
"Dolce Vita2", Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France "Studio Pineal", IID gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2004 | "Signs of Life" Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY | ||
| 2003 | "Inter School Art Show" Cooper Union, New York, NY "Annual Scholarship Exhibition" The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY "Assembly" Front Room, Brooklyn, NY |
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- Takashi Homma
- Kei Imazu
- Hiro Kurata
- Tomokazu Matsuyama
- Yasumasa Morimura
- Daido Moriyama
- Kyoko Nagashima
- Yoko Ono
- Paramodel
- Katsuhiro Saiki
- Heartbeat Sasaki
- Toshio Shibata
- Tetsuya Tamanoi
- Keiichi Tanaami
- Kazuhito Tanaka
- Kosuke Tsumura
- Yutaka Watanabe
- Ai Yamaguchi
- Soji Yamakawa
- Kenji Yanobe
- Yuichi Yokoyama
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Exhibition |
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Interview |
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Press |
- Every Stroller Can Change the World at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Feb. 07, 2014
- [Exhibition]
- Five Japanese photographers are taking photography back to the street in the twelfth annual 'Contemporary Japanese Photography' exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum.
- Recomposing masterpieces: Interview with Kei Imazu
- Feb. 05, 2014
- [Interview]
- Kei Imazu is a promising artist who uses her impressive technique to formulate new imageries. In her exhibition "Puzzle" at Yamamoto Gendai, she chose old master pieces such as Delacroix's paintings as a base component and covered them with many kinds of motifs cut out from photos which she took after the 3.11 Tohoku disaster.
- Heartbeat is the beginning: Interview with Heartbeat Sasaki
- Dec. 10, 2013
- [Interview]
- "It all starts with the heartbeat. The first sign of our existence is the beatin...
- Interview with Akiko Kinugawa, "There are, there aren't" at Art Center Ongoing
- Sep. 26, 2013
- [Interview]
- Akiko Kinugawa paints four things: dogs, cats, humans and something that's betwe...
- Experience Photography: Interview with Ivan Vartanian about Goliga
- Aug. 22, 2013
- [Interview]
- Ivan Vartanian is the founder/owner of GOLIGA, a publisher of photography books and producer of beautiful limited-editions. Under the GOLIGA label, he also organizes exciting events. Goliga events foster collaborations between photographers and participants to create a book, a photograph, or some type of experience particular to that moment.
- Dyeing emotions with traditional techniques: Interview with Ryuichiro Ando
- Aug. 07, 2013
- [Interview]
- Ando draw his works not by painting, but by dyeing cloth using a traditional dyeing technique called "ro-ketsu-zome". Ando connects his emotion with his physical experience and expresses it in his work. He thinks emotion is like a deep vast water space changing its color and shape flexibly.
- >>more..
You can purchase a work through the secure payment service PayPal from all over the world. Under normal circumstances your purchase will reach you in 2-3 weeks. Further details check FAQ: Payment>>