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Exhibitions
Hiroshi Nomura - Painter
2024/1/20 Sat - 2/18 Sun
January 20 – February 18, 2024
Thursday – Sunday: 1PM–6PM *On February 17 (Sat), closing at 5:30 PM due to event
Open by appointment on Monday – Wednesday
Thursday – Sunday: 1PM–6PM *On February 17 (Sat), closing at 5:30 PM due to event
Open by appointment on Monday – Wednesday
Opening Reception: 2024年1月20日（土）18:00-20:00
Introduction
Starting from January 20th to February 18th, 2024 POETIC SCAPE will be having Hiroshi Nomura’s 11th solo exhibition “Painter’‘. The exhibition will participate in the Partnership Program of Yebisu International Festival For Art and Alternative Visions 2024, which will be mainly held at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Nomura has published numerous photographic works since he majored in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2018, Nomura’s inspections with the medium of photography came to fruition as he released his comic book “CAMERAer - the people who became a camera” . The comic book leads you into the depths of photography and has received great response from readers - acknowledging it as “Photography Theory in Comics”.
After his solo exhibition “Merandi” (at POETIC SCAPE in 2020), Nomura refocused his efforts on creating paintings once more, while simultaneously working on “Painter”, which is considered to be the sequel to “CAMERAer.”
For this exhibition, Nomura will be presenting the works of the characters from the“Painting Theory in Comics” as props (objects used on the set of films or etc). The world bound up by the comic and the separate volume with reference illustrations will be reopened by this exhibition to resonate with the real world. It is an attempt to expand our new way of seeing painting.
Nomura has published numerous photographic works since he majored in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2018, Nomura’s inspections with the medium of photography came to fruition as he released his comic book “CAMERAer - the people who became a camera” . The comic book leads you into the depths of photography and has received great response from readers - acknowledging it as “Photography Theory in Comics”.
After his solo exhibition “Merandi” (at POETIC SCAPE in 2020), Nomura refocused his efforts on creating paintings once more, while simultaneously working on “Painter”, which is considered to be the sequel to “CAMERAer.”
For this exhibition, Nomura will be presenting the works of the characters from the“Painting Theory in Comics” as props (objects used on the set of films or etc). The world bound up by the comic and the separate volume with reference illustrations will be reopened by this exhibition to resonate with the real world. It is an attempt to expand our new way of seeing painting.
Event
Gallery Talk: Hiroshi Nomura in conversation with Minoru Shimizu (Art Critic)
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 18:00–19:30
POETIC SCAPE
¥1,000 (includes a small party after the talk) Reservation required / Capacity: 20 people
To reserve, please email: front-desk@poetic-scape.com with your name, number of participants, and phone number.
If you do not receive a reply within three days, please contact us by phone at 03-6479-6927.
POETIC SCAPE
¥1,000 (includes a small party after the talk) Reservation required / Capacity: 20 people
To reserve, please email: front-desk@poetic-scape.com with your name, number of participants, and phone number.
If you do not receive a reply within three days, please contact us by phone at 03-6479-6927.
Profile
- Hiroshi Nomura
Completed a graduate degree in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1995. Since his student years, he has continued to present works that cross media, with photography at the core of his practice.
In 2018, he published CAMERAer, a comic book exploring “theory of photography” through stories about photographs and cameras.
The 2019 exhibition “A Dark but Bright Room of CAMERAer” (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino), curated with Nomura as guest curator and featuring the Yokohama City collection of cameras and photographs, drew wide attention and subsequently traveled to the A4 Art Museum in Chengdu, China, later that year.
Major solo exhibitions include “THE GENESIS OF THE EXDORA WORLD” (Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1997), “Landmark Products Exhibition” (LOGOS GALLERY, Tokyo, 2008), and “Merandi” (POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo, 2020).
International exhibitions include PHOTOESPAÑA 2012 Asia Serendipity (Spain, 2012) and Belfast Photo Festival (Northern Ireland, 2019), among many others.
Notable publications include EYES (Akakasha, 2007) and Slash (N/T WORKS, 2010).
Awards include the 3rd (1992) and 5th (1993) New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Awards (Canon), and the 31st Society of Photography Award (2019).
In 2018, he published CAMERAer, a comic book exploring “theory of photography” through stories about photographs and cameras.
The 2019 exhibition “A Dark but Bright Room of CAMERAer” (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino), curated with Nomura as guest curator and featuring the Yokohama City collection of cameras and photographs, drew wide attention and subsequently traveled to the A4 Art Museum in Chengdu, China, later that year.
Major solo exhibitions include “THE GENESIS OF THE EXDORA WORLD” (Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1997), “Landmark Products Exhibition” (LOGOS GALLERY, Tokyo, 2008), and “Merandi” (POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo, 2020).
International exhibitions include PHOTOESPAÑA 2012 Asia Serendipity (Spain, 2012) and Belfast Photo Festival (Northern Ireland, 2019), among many others.
Notable publications include EYES (Akakasha, 2007) and Slash (N/T WORKS, 2010).
Awards include the 3rd (1992) and 5th (1993) New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Awards (Canon), and the 31st Society of Photography Award (2019).
