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私は大学で版画を学んだ後、実家にて陶芸家の父から陶芸を学びました。
焼成の偶然性を利用した窯変釉の作品について深く知っていく中で、その自由で広がりのある色合いや釉薬の流れに興味を持ちました。好んで制作していたのは一点物の陶板です。それがきっかけとなり、同じく一点物であるとともに、色と形の偶然性を用いて表現する、モノタイプによる版画制作を始めました。現在、東京都青梅市の版画工房「モノプレス」にてモノタイプを制作しています。
様々な色や形をのせた版を転写すること、焼成によって釉薬を化学変化させること、これらは意図的な方法ではありますが、自分の想像を超えた新たな世界を生み出す可能性も秘めています。この一期一会のような感覚を、この先も楽しみながら表現していきたいと感じています。
モノタイプ（monotype）
版画技法の一種。版に直接インクや絵の具で絵を描き、紙などに刷り上げて作る。イメージを紙へ転写するので版画技法であるが、複数枚刷ることができる版画とは違って、一つの版から一作品しか作れないため、モノタイプと言われている。
Profile
After learning printmaking at the University of Montana, I learned ceramics from my father, a master potter. The firing process has a serendipitous and unpredictable nature. As I learned this deeply I became interested in the enormous range of color and flow of the glaze.
Finding inspiration from the wall slabs which I worked on, I began to make monotypes. Monotypes, like the glazing and firing process, is a method of art making which benefits from serendipitous form and color.
Currently, I’m creating monotypes at my printmaking studio in Ome, Tokyo.
The method of transferring a monotype, as well as making the chemistry of a glaze through firing, are both intentional, but they have a possibility to create something new and beyond the imagination.
I cherish the sense of amazement I feel every time I find this serendipitous beauty and I will continue expressing with this joy.
Monotype
Monotype is a method of printmaking where printing ink or oil paint is applied directly to a matrix, usually acrylic, glass, or metal, and then transferred to a surface, usually paper.
Unlike other types of prints, due to the nature of the monotype process, only one print can be made from each artwork, so each monotype is a unique piece of art.
Biography
- 1977
- Born as the eldest son of the ceramist Kohsei Hara, Kumamoto, Japan.
Currently: lives and works in Ome Tokyo, Japan
- 1999~00
- Teaching assistant in printmaking at The University of Montana
- 2000
- Received B.A. in fine art with an emphasis in printmaking from The University of Montana, USA
- 2001
- Started studying ceramics under Kohsei Hara Uki, Kumamoto, Japan
Chronology
- 2001
- Donated woodcut print “The Place that I know” to Helena Airport, Montana, the USA from the Kumamoto prefectural government office
- 2002
- Printed monotypes, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Attended the Greenwich House Pottery workshop, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
- 2008
- Print collaboration with Japanese dancer. Stage Director. Kumamoto, Japan
- 2009
- The Wind of Kumamoto “Genkai hakkennden” : NHK Kumamoto TV show
- 2010
- “The Beat of The Earth” Woodcut print live performance collaboration with musicians (drum and didgeridoo). Aso Hakusuigo Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
Exhibition
- 2001
- “Dreaming of my Dream” Woodcut prints solo exhibition: Kumamoto Prefectural Art Museum Chibajo Branch, Kumamoto Japan
- 2002
- Group Exhibition: Gale Martin Fine art gallery, New York, NY
- 2005
- “Asia Density” monotypes and ceramics solo exhibition as a part of Japan-Hong Kong Year 2005 Fringe Club, Hong Kong
- 2009
- Displayed monotypes in the lobby of the ANA Kumamoto Hotel
- 2010
- “The Beat of the Earth” ceramics and prints solo exhibition: Aso Hakusuigo Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2012
- “Six Seasons” ceramics and prints solo exhibition：Adel House gallery, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2013
- “Walking in the Forest” ceramics and prints solo exhibition：Mokkoku-tei gallery, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2020
- “The prints of September” group prints exhibition：Gallery KINGYO, Sendagi Tokyo, Japan
- 2020
- “The mountain that I know” prints solo exhibition：Gallery KINGYO, Sendagi Tokyo, Japan
- 2021
- “Slow motion” prints solo exhibition：Gallery KINGYO, Sendagi Tokyo, Japan
- 2022
- “Deep sea chord” prints solo exhibition：Gallery HEPTAGON, Kamigyo-ku Kyoto, Japan
Awards
- 2002
- Awarded the “Young Craft Man” grant from Kyushu-Electric Power Company, Japanese Domestic and Foreign Study Program
20th Annual Juried show: Ceramic “Cherry blossom” Pleiades gallery New York, NY
- 2017
- 2017 Biennale Ome: Monotype “The Beginning of start” Ome Art Museum, Ome, Tokyo
