HAKUSEKI  IWAI                                   岩井博石

WORKs

INSTALLATION

CURVING WORK

OIL PAINTING

HAKUSEKI IWAI(LEFT) & KATSU ISHIDA

 


concept

IWAI HAKUSEKI

Born in 1965, Osaka

 

He started to learn western paintings in 1985. From 1985 he learned Japanese calligraphy and sculptures, since then, he submitted his paintings and sculptures to exhibitions and contests. His sculptures are submitted to foreign countries mainly and in 1987 won the great prize from the global art exhibition held in the UK. In 2003, his monument was exhibited in the Japan-China Friendship Calligraphy Monument Museum in Guilin. In 2004 his sculpture artworks (named;山花水鳥皆知己) housed the British Museum in London. From 2017, he showed 'serration' artworks at the systema gallery. 'Serration' means he sculptures on a thin wooden board with a carving knife, like painting a campus with a writing brush. He curves his image in his mind without a rough sketch on the wooden board made from a 'katsura tree' (Japanese Judas tree) that is suitable for Minute sculpture. Therefore, there are no similar works. He puts mind to each one curve in order to create minute lines. His main artworks 'mother and infant', 'family', and 'couple' express 'philanthropy' in  curving which is universal action. Besides, 'flower' and 'Mt. Fuji' express Japanese symbols. He keeps curving in order to express his various thoughts.

この世に[ 生 ]を受けた全ての[ モノ]を安直な物語性を排し、 限られた色彩の中で、いかに画面に定着出来るかと苦闘の日々 です。「ひと」や身の回りで目にする「花」「大根」「かぼちゃ」 などのモチーフに命を宿らせるが如く画面に線を刻み込んでいく。 その[モノ]の存在を表出すべく制作しております。


history

 

1965 BORN IN OSAKA

 

PRIZED

 

1991  TOKYO CENTRAL MUSEUM  contest award

1992  HIMEJI  ART CONTEST award

1993  CHU ASAI CONTEST  award

1997  ALL KANSAI CONTEST prized KASAKU

1997  HOKURIKU CHINICHI contest prized KASAKU

1998  JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY CONTEST award

1999  KOKUTEN award

2004  ALL KANSAI ART CONTEST GRAND-PRIX

2005  ALL KANSAI ART CONTEST SECOND prozed

2007  ALL KANSAI  ART CONTEST yomiuri news paper prized

 

 

 

EXHIBITION

 

2009  SOLO(OSAKA CONTEMPORARY CENTER)

 

2014   SOLO (GALLERY SHIMADA)

2014   SOLO (GALLERY CREATE)

2015  SOLO (GALLERY SHIMADA)

2015  SOLO(GALLERY CREATE)

 

2016 AHAF fukuoka,japan

2016  ART EXPO OSAKA

2016  ART ON PAPER(SYSTEMA GALLERY)

 

2017 KOBE ART MARCHE ,kobe japan

2017 ARTMARKET BUDAPEST haungary

2017 AFFORDABLE ARTFAIR AMSTERDAM holland

 

2018 CURVE vs LAPPING(SYSTEMA GALLERY)

          HAKUSEKI IWAI & KOJI MINAMI

2018 ART NAGOYA  nagoya,japan

2018 1SQM exhibition SYSTEMAGALLERY OSAKA

2018 ARTNORDIC,copenhagen

2018 LUCCAARTFAIR、ITALY

2018 HAKUSEKIIWAI solo exhibition  SYSTEMA GALLERY

   OSAKA

2018 AFAF,fukuoka,japan

2018 KOBEART MARCHE,KOBE,JAPAN

2018 ART MARKET BUDAPEST

2018 YIA,PARIS,france

2018 SYSTEMA BIENNALE 2018

2018 ART RIGA、RIGA

 

2019  HYBRID,madrid,spain

2019  AFAF,fukuoka,japan

2019  ART EXPO 2019  SYSTEMA GALLERY OSAKA

2019  ART MARKET BUDAPEST,HUNGARY

2019  AFFORDABLE ART FAIR BATTERSEA,LONDON

2019  ROMA ART WEEK,ROMA

2019  THE OTHERS,TORINO,ITALY

 

HIS japanese stamp collected by british museum

 

国画会会員  日本美術家連盟会員

1965 大阪府生まれ

1991 東京セントラル美術館油絵大賞展 出品

1992 姫路市美術展 教育委員会賞

1993 浅井忠記念賞展 出品

1997 全関西美術展 佳作 (98 佳作)

1997 北陸中日美術展 佳作

1998 現代日本美術展 出品 (毎日新聞社主催)

1999 国展 出品(以後毎年出品)

2004 全関西美術展 第1席 (05 2席)

2004 関西国展 関西国画賞

2007 全関西美術展 読売新聞大阪本社賞

2008 国展 国画賞

2009 国展 新人賞 準会員推挙

2012 国展 準会員優作賞 会員推挙

 

 

 

 

2016 ART EXPO OSAKA 2016 (SYSTEMA GALLRY)

2016 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA

2016 (SYSTEMA GALLRY)

2016 ART on PAPER (SYSTEMA GALLRY)

 

個展歴

岩井 博石

1992 個展(グランドギャラリー    大阪) 1993 個展(グランドギャラリー    大阪) 1994 個展(グランドギャラリー    大阪)

個展 (ギャラリー自由空間    大阪)

1995 個展(グランドギャラリー    大阪) 2009 個展(大阪府立現代美術センター)

2014 個展(ギャラリー島田    神戸)

個展(ギャラリーcreate洛 京都)

2015 個展(ギャラリー島田    神戸)     個展(ギャラリーcreate洛  京都)