Shigeru HASEGAWA “ABSTRACT”

Hasegawa selects unrelated objects from everyday life as motifs, combining them on his canvas to produce a fresh new style of painting for which he is known. In Hasegawa’s paintings, ordinary objects readily accessible in everyday life such as apples, bananas, the leg of a chair, fabric, and ginger are morphed into an entirely different image through his prismatic brushstrokes. A mix between orthodox and modern styles, Hasegawa’s paintings are sure to lure his audience into his mysterious world. In this exhibition, void+ plans to showcase five to seven paintings created since 1997 including a few of his unpublished pieces.

Shigeru HASEGAWA
Born in Shiga prefecture, Japan in 1963, Hasegawa graduated from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts in 1986, where he majored in painting with special emphasis in oil painting. Hasegawa enrolled in the Meisterschuler Program of the Dusseledolf kunstakademie in Germany, and completed the program in 1992. From 1994, Hasegawa was affiliated with De Ateliers in Amsterdam, Holland where he studied and worked for two years before returning to Japan. In 2003, Hasegawa returned to Amsterdam, Holland; and returned again to Japan in 2004, where he currently resides in Kanagawa prefecture.

1994　De Ateliers, Amsterdam
1995　AKI-Ex Gallery, Tokyo
1996　SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
　　　“Workshop=Exhibition-The 50th Yamaguchi Art Exhibition”
　　　Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
1997　ON Gallery, Osaka
1998　MUSEUM HAUS KASUYA, Yokosuka
2002　Gallery MAKI, Tokyo
　　　Gallery NAF, Nagoya
2003　ON Gallery, Osaka
2005　Gallery Humanite, Tokyo
2006　appel, Tokyo
　　　Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2007　T&S gallery, Tokyo

1994　“Buning Brongers Prize”, Arti et Amicitie, Amsterdam
1998　“VOCA’98”, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
　　　“MORPHE’98”, former Aiga Elementary School Grounds, Mie
1999　“RULE”, T&S gallery, Tokyo
2000　“Itazu Litho-Grafik”, MUSEUM HAUS KASUYA, Yokosuka
2003　“Paintings-Independence and Coalition”, MUSEUM HAUS KASUYA, Yokosuka
　　　“ZONE: Clairvoyants in this threatening age”, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
2005　“11th Triennale-India”, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, LKA, New Delhi
2007　“Gusho no Mirai he”, Shimphonia Iwakuni, Yamaguchi