Masanao Hirayama

	Born in 1976 Kobe, Japan. Masanao Hirayama is an artist who works on drawing and performance art. His works are filled with black lines which is quite simple but stimulates our consciousness or recognition. Hirayama says that he is not depicting a specific object but let the viewers see what they want to in his work. Although his lines look like drawn with his intuition, he actually draws the same image over and over until he can eliminate his intention in his work and he becomes unconscious. That must be the reason why his work evokes our mind and it is somewhat funny at the same time.

Born in 1976 Kobe, Japan. Masanao Hirayama is an artist who works on drawing and performance art. His works are filled with black lines which is quite simple but stimulates our consciousness or recognition. Hirayama says that he is not depicting a specific object but let the viewers see what they want to in his work. Although his lines look like drawn with his intuition, he actually draws the same image over and over until he can eliminate his intention in his work and he becomes unconscious. That must be the reason why his work evokes our mind and it is somewhat funny at the same time.

Education
1999: B.A,. Takarazuka University of Art and Design, Japan

Collection: FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier France

Artist website: www.himaa.cc

Exhibition images

Works


3671
by Masanao Hirayama
$320
drawing


4296
by Masanao Hirayama
$430
drawing


4590
by Masanao Hirayama
$320
drawing


4664
by Masanao Hirayama
$430
drawing

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	Interview with Keisuke Kondo & Masanao Hirayama Feb. 24, 2014 [Interview] Kondo is a young painter who uses traditional Japanese techniques and restructures it with modern motifs. On the other hand, Hirayama draws intuitional lines with a black marker pen on paper. His drawings are in between objects and icons. Their styles are totally different but exhibited in one gallery space under the exhibition titled "Wood board, Paper & Mobile phones" at MA2 Gallery.Read More >>

Interview with Keisuke Kondo & Masanao Hirayama: Feb. 24, 2014; [Interview]; Kondo is a young painter who uses traditional Japanese techniques and restructures it with modern motifs. On the other hand, Hirayama draws intuitional lines with a black marker pen on paper. His drawings are in between objects and icons. Their styles are totally different but exhibited in one gallery space under the exhibition titled "Wood board, Paper & Mobile phones" at MA2 Gallery.Read More >>