Hiromi Iuchi
-Iuchi pursues what is considered to be the original scenery, what is uniquely Japanese, and visualizes the energy of cosmos through her unique sensibility.
The paintings by Iuchi are both a meditation on her immediate natural surroundings, as well as an attempt to give shape to a myriad of possible worlds and viewpoints.
Solid, liquid and gaseous states clash in a whirlpool of opposing and attracting forces, we could be witness to the millisecond after the birth of a new universe, or on the other hand the final collapse of a giant black hole that has absorbed all that once surrounded it.
- Artist, Morgan Betz
If the challenge for an artist is to determine how universal the work they create can be, then Iuchi's body of work takes on that challenge head-on.
- Gallery Unseal Director, Hikaru Morioka
Hiromi Iuchi's paintings are a reflection of who she is; intense, yet attractive. Her art simultaneously mixes the qualities of both the urban and the indigenous.
- Nobuyoshi Araki
Artist Statement
My work is rooted in the philosophy of Zen and Esoteric Buddhism. Zen aims at clearing one’s mind completely, which is a philosophy of subtraction. Modern society on the other hand is a world of addition. It overflows with all sorts of objects and stimuli.
I paint the complex order of the world of addition, and the minimalism of the world of subtraction. Sometimes one by one and sometimes both at the same time on the canvas. Therefore my work can be divided into two categories. One is inclusive and detailed similar to “Mandala,” and the other is essential, similar to Zen Garden.
They harmonize with each other like breathing - inhaling and exhaling - to create a world of its own that triggers to awaken a state of meditation of the viewer.
While studying Fine Arts in London and New York, Iuchi traveled around the world and began her career as an artist. Iuchi has exhibited her work in Tokyo, Kagawa, NewYork, Paris, Milan, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Iuchi’s primarl works are paintings, however she also creates objects, performs, and involved in a wide range of activities, including commercial design in collaboration with companies and workshop.
Exhibition
2023
“Live Painting: The Sea Melting in the Sun” SANUKI ReMIX3, Takamatsu Castle Ruins, Kagawa
“Era of Air -The recipe to shine- Stone prescription to change fate, Original Art Exhibition” Hankyu Umeda, Osaka
“Stone prescription to change fate -Minerals, Sacred Material-“ Nasu Ashino Stone Museum, Tochigi, Japan / Solo exhibition
2022
“Contemporary Art Exhibition,” Inoue & Co., Kagawa, Japan / Ayako Rokkaku, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiromi Iuchi, and more.
2021
“Keep in Touch,” Feb Gallery, Tokyo, Japan / Akiko Ueda, Ed Tsuwaki, Forty Percent Against Rights, Hiromi Iuchi, and more.
“70th Auction,” i ART auction, Tokyo, Japan / Cover artist special exhibition
"AKATSUKI,” Inoue &Co., Kagawa, Japan / Solo exhibition
2017
“The IQOS Pathfinder Project,” participating in Milano Design Week, Italy / Quayola, Pinter &Tourron, Hiromi Iuchi and more.
”Tokyo to Milan,” IQOS store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan / Solo exhibition
IQOS store Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan / Solo exhibition
2016
“Mithuna,” Artist in Residence Program at Ryokkou Marute, Taichung, Taiwan / Solo exhibition
Exhibiting works at ISETAN Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2015
“Art Stand Exhibition,” T-Art Hall at TERRADA, Tokyo Japan / Morgan Betz, Hiromi Iuchi, and more.
“Amsterdam Drawing,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands
”Baby Face Planet,” Willem Baars Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Solo exhibition
2014
Exhibiting works at ISETAN Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2013
“Amsterdam Drawing,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“II TENKI,” Willem Baars Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/ Hiromi Iuchi, Hiroyuki Nisougi, Fuyuhiko Takata, and more.
”ATMAN,” Sottoprodotto, Kagawa, Japan / Solo exhibition
“The Summer Door,” ISETAN Girl Gallery at ISETAN Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan / Solo exhibition
2012
"Night Songs" at Waitingroom, Tokyo, Japan
“Tokyo modern natural,” En Billet Paris, Paris, France
“A La Mer” Umie, Kagawa, Japan / Solo exhibition
2010
"O Jun & YONSHIKI, Performance Art,” Youkobo art space, Tokyo, Japan / Mari Ota, Emi Ootaguro, Hiromi Iuchi, Moeko Sato
“Immemorial Foreseeing,” Fellini Gallery, Shanghai, China / Takashi Arai, Hiromi Iuchi, Masamitsu Katsu, and more.
“No Man’s Land,” Former French Embassy building, Tokyo, Japan / Nicolas Buffe, Claude Lévêque, Hiromi Iuchi and more.
2008
“Collaboration Exhibition [Fashion Plus],” The art complex center of Tokyo, Japan / Satoko Ozaki, Hiromi Iuchi, and more.
”Frantic Drawing,” Art Project Frantic, Tokyo, Japan
”Burrow/Release,” Art Project Frantic, Tokyo, Japan / Solo exhibition
”Deep Pop 2,” Ad Hoc Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
“Deep Pop,” Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2007
“Conflict of Pure Hearts, Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exchange” BankART, Yokohama, Japan
2006
“Coloring Series,” Presented by Someones Garden, Tokyo, Japan / Solo exhibition
2005
“Lost Loss Loss Lost,” Live painting performance, Cave Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
“I,” Cave Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2004
“Vision Festival,” Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
"Alice In Wonderland" at AG Gallery, New York, USA
2003
“Meditation Series,” Cave Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Design Project
- 2018Collaboration with Yamakoshi Group’s Paperable brand. Shell Masking tapes was released.
- 2017Collaboration with IQOS. Participated in “Milan to Tokyo Project,” Designed two sleeves, making Documentary.
- 2016Collaboration with IQOS. Designed Limited sleeves for IQOS.
- 2014Collaboration with Yamakoshi Group’s Paperable. Designed “The color of...[notebook.],” Flower, Emerald, Moon
- 2013Collaboration with Yamakoshi Group’s Paperable brand. Designed nine varieties of “Shell Memo Cards.”
- 2008Published the book of collected works of 2001 to to 2007, “70 percent fiction, 30percent Reality”
Education
- 2005Parsons School of Design, New York, USA.
- 2002Chelsea College of Arts, London, England.
- 2001Kanazawa International Design Institute, Kanazawa, Japan.
- 2000Kougei Takamatsu High School for Art and crafts, Takamatsu, Japan.
Born in 1981. Lives and works in Kagawa, Japan.