5th Anniversary ExhibitionSUGITO Hiroshi *Title TBD
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SUGITO Hiroshi, untitled, 2025 Collection of the Artist ©︎Hiroshi Sugito Photo by Hiroshi Sugito
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SUGITO Hiroshi, color tree 2, 1994/2024 Collection of the Artist
©Hiroshi Sugito, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery Photo by Kenji Takahashi -
SUGITO Hiroshi, untitled, 2017 Collection of the Artist
©Hiroshi Sugito, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery Photo by Kenji Takahashi -
SUGITO Hiroshi, untitled, 2022 Collection of the Artist
©Hiroshi Sugito, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery Photo by Hiroshi Sugito
One of the leading painters in Japan today, Sugito Hiroshi (b. 1970) has been presenting work both at home and internationally since the 1990s. His paintings depict familiar objects and natural elements of the world in which we live—little houses and boats, fruit, trees, raindrops—in delicate yet rhythmical compositions notable also for their lines and geometric shapes, all rendered in vibrant hues.
The exhibition presents works by Sugito from the 1990s up to his latest projects, with a particular emphasis on painting. A bonus feature is the space of stunning resonance between art and brick structure specially created for the exhibition in collaboration with graphic designer Hattori Kazunari, architect of the museum’s visual identity.
Artists
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SUGITO Hiroshi
Born in Aichi in 1970, In 1992 graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting, Faculty of Arts, Aichi Prefectural College of Arts. He has exhibited extensively both in Japan and internationally since the 1990s.
His major solo exhibitions include “FOCUS” (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 2006), “prime and foundation” (Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan, 2015), “frame and refrain” (Musée Bernard Buffet, Shizuoka, Japan, 2015), ”particles and release” (Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan, 2016), and “Hiroshi Sugito module or lacuna” (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2017). He has also held many solo exhibitions overseas. He participated in “YOSHITOMO NARA + graf A to Z” （Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki, 2006) .
In 2018, he received the Minister of Education and Culture Award for Fine Arts.
Collaborator
HATTORI Kazunari
Hattori Kazunari was born in 1964. After working at advertising firm Light Publicity, he became a freelance graphic designer. Hattori’s portfolio includes advertisements for Kewpie Half, art direction for the magazines Ryuko Tsushin, Here and There, and Mayonaka, visual identity planning for the Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo and Niigata City Art Museum, and artwork for the rock band Quruli. Honors include the Mainichi Design Prize, the Kamekura Yusaku Design Award, the ADC Award, and the TDC Grand Prix.
Outline
- Date: 2025. 12.5 (FRI) - 2026. 5. 17 (SUN)
Closed: Tuesdays (except on Apr. 14, 21, 28 and May. 5), from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, May. 7.)
Opening hours: 9:30-17:00 (Dec. 1 to Feb. 28)
9:00-17:00 (Mar. 1 to May 17)
Last admission 30 minutes before closing
Venue: Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art - Organizer: Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
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Special Sponsor: Tsumie Culture Fund, Starts Corporation Inc.
Sponsor: OBAYASHI CORPORATION, NTT FACILITIES, INC.
Cooperation: Tomio Koyama Gallery
Under the patronage of: The To-o Nippo Press, THE DAILY TOHOKU SHIMBUN, THE MUTSU SHIMPO Press, Aomori Broadcasting Corporation, Aomori Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Asahi Broadcasting Aomori Co., Ltd., Aomori Fm Broadcasting, FM APPLE WAVE, Hirosaki City Board of Education
- Admission [tax included]:
Adults 1,500yen (1,400yen)
University & College Students 1,000yen (900yen)
* ( ) Price for a group over 20 people
*Hirosaki residents receive a 500 yen discount off the admission price listed above (not valid in conjunction with any other offers or promotions).
Free of charge for high school students and under;
international students in Hirosaki city; citizens of Hirosaki over 65, the disabled and one accompanying attendant