Born in 1963, Shizuoka Japan. Kyotaro Hakamata is a sculptor well known for his colorful striped sculptures. Stripes are visually strong so that they destroy your sight. Your recognition will be disturbed by the stripes to perceive the sculpture’s shape and its texture. Another feature of Hakamata’s works is duplication. The same motifs are often created in different sizes or one ready-made product is cut and built into two sculptures which are exactly in the same shape of the original product. Duplication is quietly asking us of what is real and what is not whether there is a boundary within the two. His sculptures and installation unseal your subconsciousness.
| Education | |
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| 1994-95 | Studied in Philadelphia Under Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists |
| 1987 | Faculty of Sculpture in Musashino Art Univesity |
| Awards | |
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| 2012 | The 24th Takashimaya Art Award ,Takashimaya Culture Foundation |
| 2012 | The Shizuoka Prefectural Award of Cultural Advancement |
| 1996 | The Most Promissing Young Talent in Fine Art Division, The Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award (Studied and Stayed in China, Tibet, Nepal, etc.) |
Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi
Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Shiseido Art House, Shizuoka
Faret Tachikawa, Tokyo
Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu, Tokyo
Conrad Tokyo, Tokyo
Royal Park Hotel The Kyoto ,Kyoto
Exhibition Images
Installation view of ‘Shizuoka Project 1. Kyotaro Hakamata solo exhibition’ 2011, Courtesy of Shizuoka City Museum of ART, Photo by Ken Kato
Exhibition view of ‘People in a Skit’ MA2Gallery, 2012
Exhibition view of ‘People in a Skit’ MA2Gallery, 2012
Exhibition view of ‘Tsubaki-Kai 2007 Trans-Figurative’ 2007, Courtesy of Shiseido Gallery, Photo by Tadasu Yamamoto
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Interview with Kyotarou Hakamata, “People in a Skit” at MA2 gallery
Feb. 13, 2013
Kyotaro Hakamata is an artist known for his colorful striped sculptures. His work stimulates our imagination….2013-02-130
