Kiyo Hasegawa | Artist
Landscape is an open, vulnerable canvas for external factors: earthquakes, pollution, tsunamis, fire. Different climates reform and reshape nature almost every day. Those changes often affect and influence people’s perception towards their own actions and way of living and how they interlink together. Berger (1972) states ‘We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves. Our vision is continually active, continually moving, continually holding things in a circle around itself, constituting what is present to us as we are.’
The artist Kiyo Hasegawa represents the landscape of her mind through her abstract depictions. She is fascinated with the unique wet atmosphere often seen and felt in Japanese landscape. Just as Japanese people are adept at adjusting to suit a social situation, Kiyo believes that they also intuitively understand and sensitively interact with nature. Her approach is to depict the landscape not as it naturally occurs, but as it exists in people’s inner spirit. Through this approach, she connects the internal and the literal landscape in her painting, drawing the viewer within.
Biography
1984 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2009 BFA in Japanese Paintings / Tama Art university
2009 Exchange program in Fine Arts / Aalto University
2011 MFA in Japanese Paintings / Tama Art university
2011 Assistant of Japanese Painting Department, Tama Art University (-2015)
2021- Part-time lecturer, Tama Art University
Awards
2007 Reicof Art Award 2007 Encouragement Prize
2008 7th “Sesshu-no-sato” Soja Sumi Painting Award
2013 Grant awarded by The Great Britain Sasagawa Foundation (“KEHAI” ICN SPACE)
2017 Nominated for the 9th Koji Kinutani Prize
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Within Beauty” Aralis Gallery Helsinki, Finland
2011 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
2012 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Galleria grafica bis, Tokyo
2013 “KEHAI” ICN SPACE, London, UK
2013 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Galleria grafica bis, Tokyo
2013 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Galleria grafica bis, Tokyo
2014 “To the shrine grove” Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo
2015 “Memories of ice” Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo
2015 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Ichiharu Gallery, Kyoto
2016 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Toho Art, Tokyo
2019 “Kiyo Hasegawa Exhibition” Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2008 “flow” Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo
2010 “Rashinban Selection 2010” Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
2010 “NIHONGA-HANGA Exhibition” Sato Art Museum, Tokyo
2013 “I was you. You will be me.” Akibatamabi21, Tokyo
2013 “On paper 2013 -Paper and Nature-” Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo
2015 “Ume-niwa-ten” Ichiharu Gallery, Kyoto
2016 “META -real-” Kanagawa Prefectual Gallery, Kanagawa
2016 “Art Fair Tokyo” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2016 “Sora-no-iro, Chi-no-iro” Ichiharu Gallery, Kyoto
2017 “New works by emerging artists” Ichiharu Gallery, Kyoto
2018 “La Primavera” Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018 “Painting with Sumi” Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
2018 “Inspiring Tunisia” Co-hosted by the Rupublic of Tunisia Embassy and Chiyoda Ward Office, Tokyo
2018 “Rose Festa” Yokohama Takashimaya Art Gallery, Kanagawa
2018 “Blue Collection” Tokyu Tama-plaza, Kanagawa
2018 “Rou Shi -The road leading to Tao-” Ichiharu Gallery, Kyoto
2019 “La Primavera” Osaka Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka
2019 “Nihonga Now” Masterpiece London 2019, London, UK '22
2019 “Art Miami” The Art Miami Pavilion, USA
2020 “TEFAF Maastricht” MECC Maastricht Forum, Netherlands '22
2020 “OPENING CEREMONY” A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo
2020 “WEST BUND Art & Design” West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China '21 '22
2021 “Art Fair Tokyo” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo '22
2021 “NIHONGA RENAISSANCE” A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo
2021 “ART021” Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
2021 “Untitled Art Miami Beach” Miami, USA
2022 “A Lighthouse called Kanata NewYork Pop-up” High Line Nine Gallery, USA
2022 “Seattle Art Fair” Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, USA
2022 “The Future Eternal” A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo
Collection
Luciano Benetton Collection
Palace Hotel Tokyo
Interviews
2022 The New York Times
2020 The Japan Periodical
2017 METAL Magazine