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Photo : My son and his friends Konishiki & Musashimaru. (Please click on the picture)
ARTIST STATEMENT
All people, through the unconscious activities of their daily lives, develop a conscious awareness of various colors, sounds, smells, and tastes.
Sensations that make very strong impressions remain indefinitely at the back of one’s mind, and subtle sensations are revived the instant that something beautiful is looked upon.
For example, “a nostalgic smell,” “a breeze heard in silence,” “a chill felt while floating on a sea wave,”… I hope that my photos will revive such sensations in those who look upon them, for I believe that these feelings will provide a sense of healing.
The theme of my work “LINO MAKANI” (Bright Breeze) is an expression of the “lights” “winds” and “colors” that touch my heart when looking at the sea, sky and plants of Hawaii. Common postcards do not truly reflect Hawaii. Hawaii possesses a much deeper beauty.
For this reason, I desire to continue in my quest to take photographs that search for this deeper beauty.
ARTIST PROFILE
1951 Born in Japan.
From the photos that I took during my travels in the U.S. mainland during
1980, I began to receive requests as a professional photographer.
I had the opportunity to photograph musicians and famous personalities.
【2004】
Began earnest production activity on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu.
【2005】
Held an exhibition in Yokohama, Japan entitled “Island's Dream” in collaboration with Hilo Kume, a painter of Hawaiian art.
Received special award at the “Fireworks Photography Contest” sponsored by the Kanagawa Newspaper.
Exhibited some big posters of my works at an event entitled “Keola Beamer in Chigasaki-kan”.
The contract of a permanent exhibition was concluded in the “Village gallery Maui”.
【2006】
Held an exhibition in Yokohama, “Island's Dream-II”, in Janualy.
Held a solo exhibition in Aoyama, Tokyo “LINO MAKANI”, in March and September.
Held 11 exhibitions in the Hawaiian events at famous department stores in Japan.
The corabo exhibition "Hawaiian Prants" with Sig Zane was held in Yokohama 'Galerie
Paris' in December.
The website "mo-hawaii.com" ..The offer as the wallpaper begins. This site is a maximum level Hawaii introduction site in Japan. (500,000 pages-view / a day)
【2007】
Held 3 exhibitions in the Hawaiian events at famous department stores in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Osaka.
Held 2 solo exhibitions in Shonan and Yokohama, “LINO MAKANI”, in August and December.
The works were decided to serialized to magazine "AGORA" equipped with inside the plane for first-class and business-class guests of JAL.
The website "Paradise of coloring" - ..in homepage of JAL.. The works are introduced on the page bimonthly.
【2008】
200-art-shops in Japan started the permanent exhibition sales of 20 kinds of works of limited posters and art postcards.
Fifteen works of large size pictures are exhibited in high-level Italian restaurant "Spada" in Waikiki.
The bags of the commodity of Takayama's original are sold with the catalog mail order magazine that JAL issued as a special program, and are very popular.
【Exhibition schedule in 2008】
Isetan department store Kichijoji branch; 23 April ～
Isetan department store Sagamihara branch; 7 May ～
Isetan department store Niigata branch; 21 May ～
Tobu department store Funabashi branch; 26 June ～
Tobu department store Ikebukuro branch; 3 July ～
Kintetsu department store Osaka-Abeno branch; 10 July ～
Maruhiro department store Kawagoe branch; 16 July ～
The corabo with JAL in "Yokohama Hawaii Festival"
(This is a Hawaiian event of the biggest in Japan.); 25 July ～
Isetan department store Matsudo branch; 6 August ～
Isetan department store Fuchu branch; 20 August ～
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