Profile
Hiroyo KOTANI was born in OSAKA,Japan.
In her childhood , she was greatly influenced by Cézanne and Braque
from getting experience through copying of famous arts at private painting school,
then started to make her original abstract paintings.
While learning graphic design at art college,she has created a piece of works of ink drawings, paintings and copperplate prints.
In 2004, she opened a cafe with a gallery,
where is the place for art exhibitions and performances of various artists and musicians.
小谷 廣代
大阪生まれ。幼い頃に通っていた画塾で,いろいろな画家の模写を学んだ中で、
セザンヌやブラックに影響されて、抽象的表現で平面の制作を始める。
その後、グラフィックデザインを学び、個展活動としては、銅版画、モノタイプ、墨のドローイング、ペインティングを制作。
2004年、ギャラリー併設のカフェをオープン。様々なアーティストやミュージシャンの表現の場所になっている。
Biography
1961 | Born in OSAKA |
'82 | Osaka college of Art graphic design |
2004 | Galerie-Café "chef-d'œuvre' open |
Solo Exhibition
1989 | Gallery Sninanobashi (Osaka) |
'90 | Gallery Kobayashi (Tokyo) |
'92 | Gallery Kobayashi (Tokyo) |
'95 | Gallery Kobayashi (Tokyo) |
'99 | Gallery Sninanobashi (Osaka) |
2000 | Gallery Self-so-Art (Osaka) |
| Espace 446 (Osaka) |
'01 | O-gallery-eyes (Osaka) |
'06 | chef-d'œuvre (Osaka) |
'07 | Gallery Yamaki Fine Art (Kobe) |
'10 | Gallery Yamaki Fine Art (Kobe) |
'15 | "DAZWISCHEN/in-betweem with Hiroyo KITAO-dancer- (Berlin) |
Group Exhibition
1990 | Gallery Sninanobashi 6 people (Osaka) |
2000 | AD&A Gallery Opning Festa (Osaka) |
'05 | "Copper" 3 people (Osaka) |
'06 | Book Art Exhibition (Osaka) |
| Pazzle Project (Osaka) |
'08 | "Rose" 8 pedple (Osaka) |
'09 | "a room" 3 people (Osaka) |
'11 | OGANIC RELATIONSHIPS with COSMIC WONDER (Osaka) |
| "to a garden" 3 people (Osaka) |
'14 | "Existence" 3 people (Osaka) |
CD design
2013 | "Existence" Shinichi ISOHATA / Yoshihide OTOMO |
2016 | "PUNK" Charles HAYWARD / Akira TOYONAGA |