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KATSUMI HAYAKAWA: PAPER WORKS January 15 - February 14, 2015 McClain Gallery is pleased to present Paper Works, a solo exhibition of new pieces by Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa. This exhibition focuses on Hayakawa's architectural constructions made of paper, which continue his exploration of systems associated with technology and urban development. With a relationship to concrete poetry, these 3D works make visual connections between the complex and unseen substructure of the information age and the increasingly dense landscape of modern cities. Hayakawa's previous two solo exhibitions at McClain Gallery (2000, 2004) focused on his paintings, which could be described as "virtual abstractions." By extension, the paper works amplify spatial relationships between alternative realities and metropolitan spaces. This exhibition includes two ceiling-suspended installations that evoke a floating cityscape along with eight wall mounted paper construction pieces encased in plexiglass vitrines. Katsumi Hayakawa (b. 1970, Tochigi, Japan) currently lives and works in Tokyo. He previously studied at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo and the School of Visual Arts, New York. Hayakawa's works have been exhibited at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain; and Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan. Â
Katsumi Hayakawa See from the side 3, 2014 Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 8.75 x 50.25 x 11 inches (KH-160)
Katsumi Hayakawa Code no. 3, 2012 Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, acrylic mirror with blue film 21 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 4 inches (KH-165)
Katsumi Hayakawa Fata Morgana, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, glitter 25.5 x 119.5 x 51.5 inches (KH-155)
Katsumi Hayakawa Composition No. 17, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, metric paper, fake grass 35 x 49.5 x 4.5 inches (KH-157)
Katsumi Hayakawa Construction 3, 2012 Paper, ink jet printing, thread 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 6 inches (KH-164)
Katsumi Hayakawa Bonsai City, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, fake grass, acrylic elements 8 x 118 x 21.5 inches (KH-154)
Katsumi Hayakawa Color Element Unit, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic medium, plastic sheet (KH-156)
Katsumi Hayakawa Reflection, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, glue 71.5 x 36 x 5.25 inches (KH-159)
Katsumi Hayakawa Reflection C, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, RCS acrylic sheet 44.5 x 16 x 4.25 inches (KH-162)
Katsumi Hayakawa Cubed, 2014 Paper, ink jet printing, glue, acrylic mirror with blue film 18 x 44 x 4.5 inches (KH-158)
Katsumi Hayakawa See from the Side 1, 2014 Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 4.75 x 12 x 6 inches (KH-161)
Katsumi Hayakawa See from the side 2, 2014 Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 6 x 32.5 x 10.5 inches (KH-163)
Katsumi Hayakawa Born 1970 Tochigi, Japan Lives and works in Japan Education 1998 1992
M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York B.F.A., Nihon University, Japan
Solo Exhibitions 2015 Paper Works, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas 2014 Bonsai City and Fatamorgana, Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2013 Gravity-Anti-Gravity, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Void and Solid: a new way of world making, Yusto Giner Gallery, Marbella, Spain 2012 PHASE â…˘: Structure and Form, Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2011 New Horizones, Micheko Gallerie, Munich, Germany Urban Landscape, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 Magical realism in urban space, Galllery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Double: Vision, Gallery MoMo, Ryoguko, Japan 2008 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York 2007 Garson Fine Art, New York 2004 McClain Gallery, Houston 2001 Silverstein Gallery, New York 2000 Robert McClain & Co., Houston 1999 Silverstein Gallery, New York Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Art Taipei, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2012 International Paper Biennale, Rijswijk Museum, The Netherlands Golden Time, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas New Year Show, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2011 VERY FUN PARK, Taipei, Taiwan Art Stage Singapore, Singapore 2010 Art Tea Exhibition, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan +PLUS Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Fleeting, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston 2008 Sentient:Elements, McClain Gallery, Houston
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Super Phat, Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY Tease, Garson Fine Art, New York, New York Summer Group Show, Winston Wacther Fine Art, Seattle, Washington The 12th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California Art 212, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, New York Tokyo Wonder Seed, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan SVA, Asashi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Spiritual Hunger, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, New York In the Abstract, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas I Love New York, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas Additives...On Paper, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York New Models: Envisioning the Real in Abstraction, Curated by Christian Eckart, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, Texas Contemporary Wax, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, New York International Encaustic Work ‘97, Gallery R&F, New York, New York All Lead to Roam, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York Plaza Gallery, Fordham University, New York, New York Print Work ‘97, Barret House Galleries, New York, New York West Side Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York Machida International Museum of Prints, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Modern Arts, Tokyo, Japan Exhibition for Rising Artists in Japan, ISETAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Awards 2006 The Nomura Cultural Foundation 2005 Holbein Scholarship 1997 First Prize, International Encaustic Work ‘97, Judge - Stephen Haller Residency 2006-2007 Triangle Art Association Residency Program, Brooklyn, New York Perm anent Corporate Collections Louis Vuitton CAC Malaga, Spain American Embassy, Dubai Target The Royal Bank of Scotland Entergy-Koch Vincent & Elkins Law Firm
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