ARTISTS
Haruka KANAMARU
About "ephemeral"
At the occasion of this solo show, I will present under the name "ephemeral" new pieces from the series "expand" started years ago and that I want to pursue as one of my life's work; by changing the material from resin to glass I want to emphasize with the primary opposition that will rule my exhibition in between "temporality" and "permanence".
The term "expand" refers to the action of spreading and drive to the idea of diffusion.
The petal represents the way the energy of the plant spread.
In the works entitled "ephemeral", petals are added to the element of water (aqua) that represents what is essential to life in order to express the beauty possessed by the plant during its short life.
PROFILE | |
1983 | Born in Kanagawa, Japan |
2006 | BA in International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University |
2011 | Started an artistic collaboration with another painter as "Mikadukimo" |
2012 | Graduated from Faculty of Art and Communication Evening Division at Tama Art University |
2014 | M.A. in Design at Tokyo University of the Arts |
2015 | Doctoral Program at Tokyo University of the Arts |
AWARD | |
2014 | Design N Award(Chinami Nakajima's prize) |
SOLO EXHIBITION | |
2011 | Solo Exhibition expand(C-DEPOT terminal, Tokyo) Solo Exhibition expand -deep breathing-(Pepper's Gallery, Tokyo) |
2015 | Haruka Kanamaru Solo Exhibition ephemeral(Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo) |
2017 | Haruka Kanamaru Solo Exhibition -colors-(NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI, Tokyo) |
GROUPE EXHIBITION | |
2011 | SICF12(Spiral Hall, Tokyo) ART CROSS PROJECT 2011 SUMMER(Pepper's Gallery, Tokyo) Forest of hints in GINZA(Cafe Vita, Tokyo) RANDY Art Hills 2011 vol.03 EXHIBITION C-DEPOT 2011 sattelite(RANDY, Tokyo) EXHIBITION C-DEPOT 2011 -gravity-(Spiral Garden, Tokyo) SONICART at SUMMER SONIC 11(QVC Marine Field & Makuhari Messe, Chiba) C-DEPOT square II @YOUNG ARTISTS JAPAN vol.4(Laforet Museum Roppongi, Tokyo) RANDY Art Hills 2011 vol.05 Animals lounge(RANDY, Tokyo) C-DEPOT circus line@TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2011(MEIJIJINGU GAIENMAE, Tokyo) RANDY Art Hills 2011 vol.06 RANDY's Xmas(RANDY, Tokyo) |
2012 | ART FIELD USHIMARU vol.1(Restaurant Ushimaru, Chiba) RANDY Art Hills 2012 vol.08 FLOWER(RANDY, Tokyo) Japanese Emerging Artists Exhibition in NY(WILLIAMSBURG ART & HISTORICAL CENTER, New York) ART FIELD USHIMARU vol.2(Restaurant Ushimaru, Chiba) SONICART at SUMMER SONIC 2012(QVC Marine Field & Makuhari Messe, Chiba) SONICART at SUMMER SONIC 2012 Road Show(BARNEYS NEW YORK, Kanagawa) EXHIBITION C-DEPOT 2012 TOKYO - YOKOHAMA(Spiral Garden,Tokyo / Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Kanagawa) C-DEPOT selection(SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) RANDY Art Hills 2012 vol.12 HARVEST(RANDY, Tokyo) Shibuya Style vol.7(SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) |
2013 | ART & VALENTINE(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) ART FIERD USHIMARU vol.4(Restaurant Ushimaru, Chiba) AAW Atami art exhibition Atami Art Week(CAFE RoCA・kichi+, Shizuoka) C-DEPOT square -8th New Ikebukuro Montparnasse west exit Machikado migratory Museum- ART FIERD USHIMARU vol.5(Restaurant Ushimaru, Chiba) RANDY ART HILLS vol.16 Glassy VISION(RANDY, Tokyo) SONICART at SUMMER SONIC 2013(QVC Marine Field & Makuhari Messe, Chiba) Midtown Design & Art Live (Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo) RANDY ART HILLS vol.17 C-DEPOT square(RANDY, Tokyo) TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013 TDW ART FAIR(MEIJIJINGU GAIENMAE, Tokyo) Shibuya Style vol. 7 (SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) Art to Heart Gift Art Exhibition(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) |
2014 | Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works(Museum of Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo) ART FAIR C-DEPOT -Shapes of HEART-(SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) -C-DEPOT NATIVE- J ART no IMA(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) EXHIBITION T C-DEPOT square -9th New Ikebukuro Montparnasse west exit Machikado migratory Museum- Katsuhiko Hibino produce soccer ball Art Exhibition(SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) Collage(hpgrp GALLERY Tokyo, Tokyo) Mitsukoshi x Tokyo University of Arts Summer Arts Festival 2014 - exhibition of next generation(NNIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI, Tokyo) JINS ART PROJECT Expand to the world(permanent exhibition at Iidabashi Grand Bloom 30F, Tokyo) 313 x 313 Dreaming ART(permanent exhibition at Royal Park Hotel Haneda, Tokyo) HANEDA ART CONNECTION vol.1Take Off(Royal Park Hotel Haneda, Tokyo) THE ART FAIR +PLUS-ULTRA 2014 GLASSY VISION(Spiral Garden, Tokyo) TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2014 CHINTAI presents Artist Container(MEIJIJINGU GAIENMAE, Tokyo) Shibuya Style vol. 8(SEIBU SHIBUYA, Tokyo) |
2015 | Power of the art to celebrate in Art 2015- Young artists's WA-(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) LOST ANIMALS II(Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo) Inuka Hachika(Hakkendo Gallery Opening Anniversary Show, Tokyo) ART FIELD USHIMARU vol.9(Restaurant Ushimaru, Chiba) VIEW OF NATURAL ART(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) Roppongi Art Night 2015 - Sakura Body Art(Tokyo Midtown B1F, Tokyo) Extra Cute Show(SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) TOKYO FM & FM OSAKA Holiday Special Sound for Children live paint(Futakotamagawa RISE, Tokyo) C-DEPOT Landmark(TOBU IKEBUKURO, Tokyo) New Ikebukuro Montparnasse Nishiguchi Kachikado migratory Museum Special IAG Mikazukimo live installation(Ikebukuro Metropolitan Plaza Building 1F free passage, Tokyo) 2015 Art Art Art.(MATSUZAKAYA NAGOYA, Nagoya) SONICART at SUMMER SONIC 2015(QVC Marine Field & Makuhari Messe, Chiba) Three people Exhibition graceful(GALERIE AZUR, Tokyo) HAGOITA Art Exhibition Go it! C-DEPOT x Shinjuku Takashimaya (SHINJUKU TAKASHIMAYA, Tokyo) |
2016 | Permanent exhibition at the entrance of apartment house(Itabashi, Tokyo) C-DEPOT selection-exhibition of solid body-(CHIBA SOGO, Chiba) ART FIERD USHIMARU vol.11(Restrant Ushimaru, Chiba) RANDY ART HILLS vol.33 -COLOR-(RANDY, Tokyo) Love the cool · Art world(Westpark / SHINJUKU ISETAN, Tokyo) New Ikebukuro Montparnasse Nishiguchi Machikado migratory Museu m Special IAG KUDOYAMA ART FESTIVAL(Kudoyama-cho, Wakayama) Colorful(SEIBU SOGO, Chiba) |
2017 | Our Atom Exhibition(Tokyo Art Theater 5th Gallery 1, Tokyo) |
ART FAIR | |
2014 | THE ART FAIR +PLUS-ULTRA 2014 GLASSY VISION(Spiral Garden, Tokyo) |
2015 | Cho kyoto artkyoto 2015(by Gallery Art Composition / The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto) |
2016 | ART OSAKA 2016(by Gallery Art Composition / Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka) |
2017 | ART OSAKA 2017(by Gallery Art Composition / Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka) |
LATEST
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2016.07.01(Fri) - 03(Sun)
@HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA -
2015.11.13 (Fri) - 12.04(Fri)
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2015.04.24(Fri) - 04.26(Sun)
@The Museum of Kyoto,CHION-SHA -
2015.01.16 (Fri.) - 02.14 (Sat.)