[ONLINE GALLERY] The second phase of the Online Gallery, "Garden of Hope" exhibition, has begun.

HERALBONY ONLINE GALLERY will be holding the "Garden of Hope" exhibition from August 1st. You can enjoy 20 works by 8 artists online. HERALBONY ONLINE GALLERY was made possible through the support of Global Brain Corporation, which shares HERALBONY's mission.

The second exhibition will feature 20 works from the Garden of Hope in Mie Prefecture. You can enjoy art appreciation online. Please come and have a look.

Overview
Theme: "Garden of Hope" Exhibition
Date: August 1st - October 31st, 2021
Venue: HERALBONY ONLINE GALLERY

Participating Artists

Shintaro Aoki
Born in Ise City, Mie Prefecture in 1997. Autistic. Started creating works at the atelier "HUMAN ELEMENT" in 2010. Solo exhibitions at the Ise Pearl Center in 2012 and Art Salon Ise in 2020. Water-based paint is vigorously applied to boards and Kent paper. His work is not about coloring or painting with the aim of completing the work, but about the creative process of coloring with fascination. In recent years, he has been working on oil paintings. In 2018, he completed a 3-part project focusing on his own piano and action. He formed the three-man improvisation unit "Aoki Shintaro Trio."

Shishi Okabe
Born in 1994. Autistic. Affiliated with Matsusaka Challenged Place Kibo no Sono. He creates artworks by painting surfaces with crayon, then scraping them off with a needle to erase the color, collecting the resulting crayon shavings and playing with them like clay. Recently, he has expanded his production methods, adding poster colors to crayons on boards or canvases, coloring the surfaces, and then scraping them off with a needle. In fact, the lumps made from the collected shavings (which he calls "koroichi") are the real works for him, and the resulting paintings are just shavings that he is not interested in.

Kenji Kawakami
Born in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture in November 1953. Six months later, he was struck by a high fever of 40 degrees and went to the hospital. A year later, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, with impaired limb function and loss of speech. After graduating from elementary school, he began to teach himself how to paint while continuing to go to the hospital at home. In 1997, he began creating oil paintings at Matsusaka Challenged Place Kibo no Sono, where his talent blossomed. In 1999, he was selected to exhibit at the Pacific Rim Miniature Art Exhibition in Vancouver, Canada, and in 2012, he won the Excellence Award in the Western Painting category at the Mie Prefectural Exhibition. He has received many other awards and is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad. He is affectionately known by the nickname "Master Painter Kawakami."

K Uchiyama
Born in 1994, currently living in Ise City, has autism and is a member of the NPO Kibo no Sono
Since 2011, he has exhibited at group exhibitions in Tokyo every year, and has also exhibited at many other exhibitions.
2015: 62nd Ise City Art Exhibition, Western Painting Section, Okada Cultural Foundation Award
2016: 63rd Ise City Art Exhibition, Western Painting Category, Encouragement Award
2018 69th Mie Prefectural Exhibition, Western Painting Section, "Excellent Award"
2019 66th Ise City Art Exhibition, Planar Modeling Section, City Council Chairman's Award
2020 Toyohashi Brut Art Contest "Vice Governor Award"

Juri
Born in 1985, currently living in Ise City, and affiliated with the NPO Kibo no Sono. Started drawing at the age of two using his older sister's pencils and crayons. Always got a grade of "A" in art in elementary and middle school, and art class was the most painful. After a middle school period spent studying, he entered the private Kogakuin High School, but was stuck in relationships, sports, and studies, and ended up skipping school in the winter of his first year of high school, developing schizophrenia and social phobia. With nothing to do, he started drawing again. At the age of 25, he started drawing insects and other animals in his current style, and at the age of 27, he started creating at Atelier HUMAN ELEMENT, and signed an artist contract with the NPO Kibo no Sono. Since 2013, he has participated in group exhibitions in Tokyo every year, and exhibited at other exhibitions both in Japan and abroad.

Road
Born in 1991, currently living in Matsusaka City, he has severe developmental disabilities and is a member of the NPO Kibo no Sono. He mainly uses crayons and adds acrylic and needles to his work. While he is creating, he often looks away from the screen and moves the crayons while feeling like a complete fool or talking to himself. It seems that his works are not created with the intention of drawing something, but as events that occur alongside his delusions.

Takuma Hayakawa
Born in 1989. Lives in Tamaki, Mie Prefecture. Has intellectual disabilities. Member of the NPO Kibo no Sono. Has held solo exhibitions in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie, and participated in group exhibitions in Tokyo, Aichi, Mie, Germany, Spain, China, and Vietnam. 2006: 47th Matsusaka City Art Exhibition, "Encouragement Award" 2009: 61st Mie Prefectural Exhibition, Western Painting Division, "For Your Dream Award" 2011: Pocorart National Open Exhibition, "Audience Award" 2013: Participated in the creation of the original painting for the giant eco-cap art on Chukyo Television's "24-Hour Television" 2016: 67th Mie Prefectural Exhibition, Western Painting Division, "Excellent Award" 2019: Participated in the Starbucks x Get in touch x Disabled Artists "MAZEKOZE ART" project 2020: Toyohashi Brut Art Contest, "Gold Award" NHK Educational TV's "Those who continue to express themselves in secret vol.3" broadcast of the creative process, etc. BS8K broadcast of "No Art, No Life Takuma Hayakawa" 3rd Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS Open Exhibition, "Awarded" 1st Art Para Fukagawa Open Exhibition, "Minister of Government Agency Award"

Keisuke Mori
Born in 1989, currently living in Ise City. From the age of 12, he started creating works at the atelier "HUMAN ELEMENT", and from the age of 17, he began oil painting. He has been selected every year for national open exhibitions and the Mie Prefectural Exhibition, and has held solo exhibitions in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie, and participated in group exhibitions in Tokyo, Aichi, Mie, Germany, Spain, China, and Vietnam. In 2015, he exhibited at Art Karlsruhe 2015 (Germany), and at the Paris Art Fair 2015 (France). In 2020, he won an award at the 3rd Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS 2020, and won the Excellence Award at the 1st Art Para Fukagawa Open Exhibition.


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