opening reception: August 4th (tue)7p-10p exhibition: August 5th(wed)-9th(sun) 12p-6p(appointment only)
Biography of HEIZO
Born in Hokkaido, Japan.
The theme of HEIZO's art is "SOGEN", which means "going back to the origin" in Japanese.
Every artwork of his is based on the original meaning of Kanji (Chinese character) which was developed by ancient Eastern-Asian. He uses not only paper and ink, but also all kinds of materials on the earth to create art.
HEIZO has previously exhibited at ARTEXPO in NY (2007), and has held a solo exhibition in Tokyo (2008). In 2002, he recieved Mainichi Sho Award and U-23 The Best Newcomer Artist Award.
1983 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
1991 Start learning Japanese-calligraphy "Sho"
2002 Mainichi Sho Award, U-23 the best newcomer artist award
2006 Tokyo Gakugei Univ. Bachelor od Japanese-calligraphy
2007 ARTEXPO NY
2008 First solo exhibition at Ginza ,Tokyo
The theme of my works is "SOGEN", which means go back to the origin in Japanese.
My every artwork is based on the original meaning of Kanji which was developed by ancient East-Asian, and not only create with paper and ink, but used every kinds of materials on the earth.