SQUARE EXHIBITION

Hikaru Ishiguro　＠i49l0

Born in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture in 2002. 

Currently enrolled in the Japanese Painting program of the Master's Course in Specialty in Culture and the Arts at Tohoku University of Art & Design. Connected to an important inner story that should be handed down from ancient times, she paints with her hands, with her thoughts, and with the work of mourning.

Selected Exhibitions

First solo exhibition “witch craft” (haco -art brewing gallery-, Yanaka, Tokyo, 2024)

Group exhibition “Amadare 2024: Hikaru Ishiguro, Tenma Ogisuzo, and Satoshi Toda” (Gallery Suiran, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, 2024)

Group Exhibition “Emerging Echoes: Presenting Realism” (GalleryCOLORBEAT, aaploit/Seoul, Korea, 2024)

Major Awards

2023.9  Selected for the 44th International Takifuji Art Award of the Japan Transportation Culture Association as a Tohoku University of Art & Design Representative and awarded the Excellence Prize 

2024.2  Selected by the Tokyo Branch and awarded the Art Department Prize at the Tohoku University of Art & Design Graduation Research & Project Exhibition

2024.5  Awarded the Art and Culture Encouragement Prize by Yonezawa City Art and Culture Association

Ayana Ichikura  @1kurabagudayo   

2001 Born in Ibaraki, Japan to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father.

2024 Enrolled in Tokyo University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course

Mainly creates oil painting. Psychoanalysis, Buddhism, sexuality, and self-acceptance are at the core of her work. Recently, she has been depicting personal feelings and relationships between others and herself that emerge in her daily life through her original motif, a robot whose face is a mirror.

Selected Exhibitions

Two-person Exhibition “Juantay Surfers” (Gallery33, Tokyo, 2022) 

Group Exhibition “PUNi vol.1” (Design Festa Gallery Harajuku, Tokyo, 2024)

Solo Exhibition “MORALITY SLAVE” (haco gallery, Tokyo, 2024)

IAN INOUE AHERN　@iiainchrist

Born in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1998 and raised in Philadelphia, USA.

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting in 2021.

Active as an oil painter and neo-gospel musician based in Tokyo.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Two-person exhibition with Kazuki Kono, Dresser (GALERIE SIMON, Tokyo, 2019)

Selected Solo Exhibitions  

Constellation (art brewing gallery -haco, Tokyo, 2021)

COMPASSION (art brewing gallery -haco, Tokyo, 2022)

Tabernacle of the Presence - Christ is with us - (Machida Free Methodist Church, Tokyo, 2024)

Kota Omori　@shimotuke_427

1999 Born in Tochigi Prefecture

2020.4  Entered Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting

2022.8  Selected as a Holbein Official Golden Student Supporter

2024.4  Entered the Graduate School of Musashino Art University

Selected Awards

2021.2  Selected for the ARTIST NEW GATE

2022.2  Awarded the 2nd ARTIST NEW GATE Gallery Seek Prize

Akiha Ogata　@ying_akh

2003 Born in Tokyo, Japan

2022 Entered Musashino Art University Correspondence Course, Department of Painting, Painting Course

Selected Exhibitions

“Eyes: Meet” （haco -art brewing gallery-, 東京,2024）

Ko Kikuchi  @ko_kikuchi_works

1994 Born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo

2015 Withdraws from Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Department of Education

2020 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

2023 Completed Master's Program in Art Education, Department of Art Education, Special Graduate Course of Tokyo University of the Arts

2023 Entered Doctoral Program in Education, Graduate Program of Education, Rikkyo University Graduate School of Arts

Currently lives and works in Tokyo

Selected Solo Exhibitions

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(GALLERY B. TOKYO, 2019)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(Room_412, 2020)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(GALLERY B. TOKYO, 2021)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(TRiCERA MUSEUM, 2021)

「共生への賛歌」(GALLERY MITAKE, 2022)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(9s gallery, 2022)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(Artglorieux, 2023)

「工作の域を出ない」(ターナーギャラリー, 2023)

「KO KIKUCHI EXHIBITION」(haco - art brewing gallery -, 2023)

「SPECTRUM」(ART FOR THOUGHT, 2024)

Major Awards

Accepted for “ACRYL GOUACHE BIENNALE”

“TURNER AWARD 2021” Grand Prize

“Mirai-ten (Future Exhibition)” Nichido Employee Voting Award

Accepted for “WATOWA ART AWARD 2022”

Accepted for the “1st Corporate Art Aid Kyoto”

Accepted for the 2nd Corporate Art Aid Kyoto”

Kazuki Kono @kazuki_kono03

2022- Graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

Currently runs a gallery called “haco -art brewing gallery-” near the Tokyo University of Arts.

There’s an affiliated café called “kitchen haco” in Nezu.

He works mainly as a curator, installer, and photographer, and is often involved in gallery management.

In the past, he published a book on the technique of portrait drawing by Seibundo Shinkosha.

Selected Solo Exhibitions 

“Floating” (Gallery haco, Tokyo, 2021)

“Face”  (Nezu Lucky Curry, Tokyo, 2021) 

“KONO KAZUKI SOLO EXHIBITION” (Galerie Shimon, Tokyo)

Selected Group Exhibitions 

“Dresser” (Galerie Shimon, Tokyo, 2019)

“GEIDAI students, go for it!” (Nezu Lucky Curry, Tokyo, 2020)

“Dialogue” (Gallery haco, Tokyo, 2021)

“point” (Gallery haco, Tokyo, 2021)

“Exhibition of paintings drawn by GEIDAI students as children” (Nezu Lucky Curry, Tokyo, 2023)

Publications

“Techniques of Portrait Drawing: Expressing Human Form, Depth, and Presence, learning through High-Quality Examples” (Seibundo Shinkosha, 2019)

“Techniques of Portrait Drawing: Expressing Human Form, Depth, and Presence, learning through High-Quality Examples” (Traditional Chinese edition, 楓葉社文化, 2020)

Illustration in “Kettle magazine VOL.56”, Christopher Nolan special (p30-35, Ohta Books, 2020)

“Techniques of Portrait Drawing: Expressing Human Form, Depth, and Presence, learning through High-Quality Examples” (Korean edition, Ejong Publishing, 2021)

Cooperation in drawing for “Art 1: Wanting to Create and See More”, 2022 edition for high school art textbook (2022)

Suzuka Shinomiya　@suzukashinomiya

2022.4  Entered Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course

Selected Exhibitions / Awards

2022.9  Awarded the Grand Prize at the Gallery Binosha Student Selection Exhibition

2023.8  Solo exhibition “scow” (Tokyo Hello bee, Gallery Binosya, Gallery KINGYO, haco - art brewing gallery -)

2023.9  ART Students STARS vol.2      

2023.11  Solo exhibition “DOU (0X∞...Tsukasa)” (aL Bace, Tokyo)

Yuki Shiraishi　　X: @ukishiro0014    

1999 Born in Kagoshima, Japan

2021 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

2024 Completed master’s program at Tokyo University of the Arts, Division of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Techniques and Materials Research Laboratory II

Selected Exhibitions

Environmental art exhibition (Environmental Fureai-kan Himawari, 2021)

VisibleRay (haco, 2022)

Corporate Art Aid Kyoto (Kyoto City Museum of Art Annex, 2024)

Major Awards

Sato Ichiro Prize (Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduation Works Exhibition, 2024)

ZUIAROW  @xili_zuiarow_ilix

Born in Iwate Prefecture in 2002.

Currently a 4th year student at Tama Art University.

Loves drawing dragons since she was a child.

The focus is on Japan's ancient and somewhat familiar traditions, such as ukiyo-e prints and local toys, as well as Japan's unique subculture, especially in Harajuku.

Currently active in various styles beyond the framework of painting, including digital illustration, solid body and 3-dimensional computer graphics.

Selected Exhibitions

The 1st Ogijima Public Exhibition (Ogijima Warehouse, 2022)

Small Solo Exhibition “Mini-ryugu” (Design Festa Gallery WEST, 2023)

Group Exhibition Nagare (Art brewing gallery haco, 2024)

Asuka Suzuki  @us___sz

2004 Born in Shijonawate City, Osaka, raised in Ota-ku, Tokyo

Currently enrolled in Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting

Kengo Nagayama  @kengo.nagayama    

1994 Born in Tokyo, Japan　

2019 Entered Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting　

2023 Graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

2023 Becomes a member of the studio kelcova

Selected Solo Exhibitions

“Eyes Wide Shut”  (Gallery Binosha, Tokyo, 2021)

Selected Group Exhibitions

“Non-title” (TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, 2022)

“SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2023” (studio kelcova, Tokyo, 2023)

Naaron @_naaron_

Born in Tokyo in 1997 and raised in Koto-ku, Tokyo.

He enrolled in art high school and college, and studied sculpture and oil painting.

Back then, he was influenced by John Lennon, whom he admired most in the world for his expressive power with a strong philosophical message, and began to want to express himself in some way.

He was fascinated by the unique and illigal view of the world of street art/performances through his hobby of skateboarding, and found that graffiti and other forms of free expression without boundaries had a strong message, which he found common ground with and fell in love with the world of art.

After graduation, he worked freelance mainly in Tokyo.

Seeking expression that only he can create, he specializes in all-around contemporary art expression that is not bound by any framework, centered on oil paintings, and in which the artist is the main focus rather than the work itself.

He is a heretic who straddles the worlds of street culture of skateboarding and contemporary art.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

『Until it becomes Naaron…』(Space Orbit, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, 2020)

Naaron...Solo Exhibition.『Day After Day.』(Fukagawa Garage, Monzen-nakacho, Tokyo, 2021)

Naaron...Solo Exhibition.『We all shine on...』(Pager Tokyo, Jimbocho, Tokyo, 2022)

Naaron...Solo Exhibition.『Real Love』(Space Orbit, Sangenjaya, Tokyo, 2023)

『Naaron...』(The Crema Club, Yutenji, Tokyo, 2023)

Naaron Exhibition (Title: TBC) (Tsukiji Hongwanji, Tokyo, 2024)

Haruto Hayakawa  ＠haruto_hayakawa

2001  Born in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture

2022  Graduated from Junior College of Kiryu University and transferred to Musashino Art University

2024  Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Painting, Major in Oil Painting

2024  Enrolled in Musashino Art University, Graduate School of Art and Design, Oil Painting Course

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Haruto Hayakawa solo exhibition “Seeing wrinkles” (-SAIMON-, Ashikaga, Tochigi, 2020)

Haruto Hayakawa solo exhibition (PENSEE GALLERY/ Kiryu, Gunma, 2021)

Haruto Hayakawa solo exhibition (Gallery b.Tokyo, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 2024)

Major Awards, etc.

National High School Photography Championships (Syashin Koushien), Excellence Prize (2019)

Course A Prize in the 3rd Year Student Contest, Department of Oil Painting, Musashino Art University, Tokyo (2022)

Grant for training of realistic painters from Hanau Art Foundation (Hoki Museum, 2022)

Miyu Higuchi　　@oilh_andm　　

Born in Tokyo, Japan. 

2023 Graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Oil Painting

Selected Exhibitions / Awards

Selected for the World Painting Award (2023) 

Solo Exhibition “and some disturbing paintings” (Nihonbashi N11 gallery, 2023)

Group Exhibition “ART STUDENTS STERS vol.2” (+ART GALLERY, 2023)

Group Exhibition “OR” (HELLO GALLERY TOKYO, 2024) 

Solo Exhibition “who are you / twilight” (Nihonbashi N11 gallery, 2024)

KATHERINE FRANKEN  @katherinefranken.tokyo     

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 2003, half Dutch, half Japanese. Currently a student at Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting.

The stories and thoughts in my works are imagined by fusing unrealistic scenarios with the visuals, sensations, and emotions that lie dormant in my past and childhood memories, and I deliver them as a unique “my world” with girls through painting and production.

I hope my works will help you to remember the precious memories hidden in your mind.

Selected Exhibitions

Group/Multinational Exhibition “Cultural BYo...ne!” (Nakamachi house, 2022)

Group Exhibition “SHIKAKU workshop” (3331artschiyoda, 2023)

Solo Exhibition “KATHERINE FRANKEN SOLO EXHIBITION AT BONTA ITALIA” (Bonta Italia Daikanyama, 2023)

Solo Exhibition “inside blue.” (Gallery b. Tokyo, 2024)

Group Exhibition “PUNi vol.1” (Design Festa Gallery, 2024)

Solo Exhibition “tulip.” (Bonta Italia Daikanyama, 2024)

Group Exhibition “ART SESSION by Ginza Tsutaya” (Ginza Tsutaya, 2024)

Mahiro Hogari @hogari_mahiro

2004 Born in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture

Currently enrolled in Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting Course

Selected Exhibitions

Two-person exhibition “Brain Buster”  (haco-art brewing gallery-, Yanaka, Tokyo)

Mayu MASUKO　@mayu_masuko

1996 Born in Tokyo, Japan

2019 Graduated from Tokyo University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

2024 Completed Doctoral Program in Artistic Anatomy, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of Arts

Currently, assistant professor at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Art and Education, part-time lecturer at J. F. Oberlin University, etc.

Selected Exhibitions / Awards

Awarded Excellence Prize, Student Division, 3rd Art Olympia (2019)

Solo Exhibition “Fading Blood and Unchanging Light” (Gallery Binosha, Nezu, Tokyo, 2020)

Selected for the Shell Art Award 2020 

Selected (First Prize Candidate) for the Open Tomorrow Painting, The 41st Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition (2023)

Solo Exhibition “When the water stagnates” (Furyu Gallery, Sendagi, Tokyo, 2023)

Awarded Ikuo Hirayama Scholarship (2023)

“A Pictorial Study of Moss Plants” was published in Bryophyte Research, Vol. 12, No. 12 (2023)

Solo Exhibition “Glass Color at My Feet” at (gallery HANA, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, 2024)

Awarded Asakaze Prize (2024)

Senri Miyoshi @senri_miyosh

Born 2004 in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, raised in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.

Currently enrolled in the Department of Oil Painting at Musashino Art University.

Souichiro Yoshida  @SOUIC_HIR

Sep 22, 2000 Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan