Yuichi Hirako
Works by Artist
Available Works
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Yuichi Hirako, Familiar Sight, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 400 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Hamlet 1, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 132 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Hamlet 2, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 132 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Yggdrasil 1, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 132 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Man 4, 2012, Plaster, wood and lacque, 58 x 22 x 15 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Apple Hunt, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 53 x 46 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Man 4, 2012, Plaster, wood and lacque, 54 x 17 x 14 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Green Ax 3, 2012, Plaster, wood and metal, 100 x 18 x 6 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Green Ax 2, 2012, Plaster, wood and metal, 100 x 18 x 18 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Portrait 8, 2012, Ink on paper, Framed 31 x 22 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Portrait 10, 2012, Ink on paper, Framed 31 x 22 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Portrait 9, 2012, Ink on paper, Framed 31 x 22 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Trim, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 130 x 162 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Tree House, 2012 , Acrylic on canvas 162 x 132 cm
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Boy 20, 2012, Mixed media, 45 x 16 x 16 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Boy 9, 2012, Mixed media, 27 x 40 x 56 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Sleeping In The Pine Forest, January 20 - February 25 2012, Installation view, Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Yuichi Hirako, Sleeping In The Pine Forest, January 20 - February 25 2012, Installation view, Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Yuichi Hirako, Sleeping In The Pine Forest, January 20 - February 25 2012, Installation view, Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Mediocrity Is No Crime, Louise Hindsgavl, 28.03-19.04.2014, Installation view, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Boy 2, 2011, , Mixed media, 20x20x45 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Boy 3, 2011, , Mixed media, 35x25x32 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Pointed, 2010, , Acrylic on canvas, 162x130 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Ship, 2010, Acrylic on canvas 130x162 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Instruction, 2011, , Acrylic on canvas, 160x160 cm.
Echo, 20.04.-11.04.2013, Installation view, Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Solidago Virgaurea, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 60x73 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Resin 25, 2014, Crayon on paper, 30x21 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Anniversary, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 162x130 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Memory of Timber, 2011, , Mixed media, 45x35x35 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Afternoon, 2011, Acrylic on canvas 200x190 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Flowerpot, 2011, Acrylic on canvas 150x150 cm.
Yuichi Hirako, Memories of My Garden / Solidago Virgaurea, 2011 , Acrylic on canvas, 73x60 cm.YUICHI HIRAKO
Yuichi Hirako is interested in the human relationship with nature and the forest as a special place. Although many of us surround ourselves with plants every day, eg. house plants and in parks, there is an apparent division between us and the other living beings – that is the plants. Some Japanese see the forest as a sacred place. On the contrary in Western folklore, the forest is often portrayed as being uncivilized and barbaric.
Hirako strives in his work to break the boundaries between humans and nature. His paintings and sculptures depict people with plant-like heads placed in forests. In his largest painting “Memories of My Garden/Lake Side” plants, people, houses and a car are weaved helplessly together. In other expressive paintings we encounter a green forest-creature, which gives fuel to our experience of fantasy and adventure. Whether the forest is a good or unpleasant place is entirely up to the viewer. In other words; in the work of Hirako nature and culture collide, and we are left in a primitive state.
Yuichi Hirako (b. 1982 in Okayama, Japan) graduated in 2005 from Wimbledon College of Art in London. He lives and works in Tokyo, and he has participated in several group- and solo shows. To name a few the artist has exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, Aichi Arts Center, The Museum of Kyoto, etc. In 2012 the artist will present solo shows at INAX Gallery, GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku and Tokyo Wonder Site Art Cafe kurage in Tokyo.
EDUCATION:
2006:
B.F.A., Wimbledon College of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art : Painting
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 (forthcoming) Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama, JP
2025 Beyond the Ideal Landscape, Keelung Museum of Art, Keelung City, TW Number of Trees, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
2024 Ideal Landscape, Nagi MOCA, Okayama, JP New Home, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KR
2023 Journey, Space K, Seoul, KR
2023 Frieze Sculpture, The Regent’s Park, London, UK The Nature, The Modern Institute, Aird’s Lane Bricks Space, Glasgow, UK
2022 Inheritance, Metamorphosis, Rebirth, Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo, JP Footprints, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, JP
2021 Mount Mariana, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KR GIFT, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, JP
2020 Growth Rings, Warehouse Gallery, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
2014 The Bark of Mind, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 INAX Gallery, Tokyo
2012 GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku, Tokyo
2012 Tokyo Wonder Site Art Cafe kurage, Tokyo
2012 The Wooden Clapper, The Drawing Room, Manila, The Philippines
2012 Selected Forest, Satellite, Okayama, Japan
2012 Advanced Plants, WALL/H.P.FRANCE, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Memories of My Garden : Hidden Forest, INAX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Memories of My Garden : Mistletoe, Tokyo Wonder Site Art Cafe kurage, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Sleeping in the Pine Forest, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 “Yuichi Hirako : Memories of My Garden”. GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku, Tokyo
2011 “Tokyo Wonder Wall 2011 at Tocho,” Skywalk Exhibition Space at Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo
2011 “Memories of My Garden : Song”. Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
2011 “Yuichi Hirako Art Works”. SATELLITE, Okayama
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2014 XMAS’14, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 SUMMERTIME 14, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 XMAS’13, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 SUMMERTIME 13, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 “Sleeping In The Pine Forest”, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, DK
2012 XMAS’12, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012SUMMERTIME 12, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 Back to the Nature, Fuma Contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Mr,I Prize, Okayama Tenjinyama Plaza, Okayama, Japan
2011 XAS’11, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 D Art Biennale Art Award 2011, Y++ Gallery Triwizart, Beijing, China
2011 D Art Biennale, Daitec, Aichi, Japan
2011 Arts Challenge 2011, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan
2011Regenerate- Part.1, GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku, Tokyo, Japan
2010 “The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2010” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma
2010 “Tokyo Wonder Wall 2010” Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2010 “Art Fair Kyoto” Hotel Monterey Kyoto, Kyoto
2009 “Amuse Art Jam 09” The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2009 “Shell Art Award 2009” Daikanyama Hill Side Forum, Tokyo
2009 “TOKYO WONDER SEEDS 2009” WONDER SITE Sibuya, Tokyo
2008 “GEISAI 11” Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
2007 “Amuse Art Jam 06” The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2006 “Stepsiblings” Temporary Contemporary, London, UK
2006 “Cocktail” Nolia’s Gallery, London, UK
2006 “Free Range” G3 Gallery, London, UK
2005 “05Degree show,” Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
SELECTED AWARDS RESIDENCIES AND OTHERS
2012-2013: Permanent Exhibition, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
2011: D Art Biennale, Outstanding Performance Award
2011: Arts Challenge 2011, Finalist Nominated
2010: The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2010, Finalist Nominated
2010: Tokyo Wonder Wall 2010, Tokyo Wonder Wall
