Hirabayashi Takahiro

1984　
Born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
2007　
Graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University
9th SETSURYOSHA-FIRENZE PRIZE EXHIBITION　Excellent prize
2008
THE DOKURITSU EXHIBITION New face award
2011
Completed from Tokyo University of the Arts


solo exhibition

2012,SURUGASAI Gallery,Ginza,Japan
2013,Gallery Seek,Kyobashi,Japan
2015,Gallery Seek,Kyobashi,Japan
2015, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, the U.S.
2016,Tobu Department Store, Ikebukuro,Japan
2017,Gallery Seek,Kyobashi,Japan


group exhibition

2011
"ULTRA004",Aoyama,Japan

2012
"ULTRA005",Aoyama,Japan

2013
Gallery Seek,Kyobashi,Japan
"ART FAIR TOKYO",Tokyo,Japan

2014
Suwa city museum of ART,Nagano,Japan
SETSURYOSHA Museum of Art,Niigata,Japan

2015
"young-art-taipei",Taiwan
Coery Helford Gallry,Art Collector Starter Kit,Los Angels

2016 年
“2016 plusultra the artfair”, Spiral Garden Gallery ,Tokyo, Japan

2017年
Corey Helford Gallery , Los Angels, the U.S.


I am interested in shrines and JOMON potteries. long years ago, JOMON potteries were made by acient human
who lives same place where I am. I feel not only storong life enaery but also advanced inteligence to symbolize
eveything. Although they were living in this world thousands years ago, they are not different from us.
When I researched about DOSOJIN(traveler's gardian deitiy), I knew the relations of it and JOMON culture. I came
to be interested in JOMON culture.
DOSOJIN are stone statues of spirits or gods, and standing every crossings and boudarys in my hometown.
I found a stone statue in a crossing, when everybody were sunk in a sad feeling by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Regardless of the shortage of everything, offerings (such as flowers and foods) were offered to it. People pray stone
statues for their safety, the prosperity of descendants and so on. Stone statues have been gazing at them for a long time.
I was impressed with the fact they are still emotional support for modern people.
I decided to make artworks like those.
The stone spirits are central existences of everything (human, animals, plans, natural phenomena, and so on
including invisible existence), because it is worshiped in crossings or boundarys.
And, because stone spirits are related to faith to stone bar in jomon era, they are central existence of time connection.
In other words, they are standing in the place where trails of every lives are accumulated.
I paint everyday, thinking about the way to paint to make artworks like stone spirits and JOMON potteries which I
described above.