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Emi Kuraya "A Strolling Path"
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Kaikai Kiki Gallery is pleased to announce A Strolling Path, a solo exhibition by Emi Kuraya, opening on May 5, 2023.
Emi Kuraya held her solo exhibition titled Inside Outside at Hidari Zingaro in 2018 while she was an art university student. A year later, she had her first solo exhibition at Kaikai Kiki Gallery. She has since showcased new works at various art fairs worldwide. In 2021, she held her first overseas solo exhibition, Window and Scales, in Seoul, followed by another, titled Long Vacation, in Shanghai the following year. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Kuraya has continued to exhibit her works internationally.
While exhibiting an ever-growing body of work, Kuraya has been exploring new compositions, motifs, and expressions alongside her ongoing exploration of girls as her motif, which she began during her university years. Her recent repertoire includes the “Window” series featured in her solo exhibition in Seoul, with a unique composition that evokes cartoon speech bubbles, as well as works featuring male characters she tackled for the first time for her Shanghai exhibition. Other notable series include photo collages, works based on old family photos, and paintings depicting young girls with stylized and character-like elements, among others.
This exhibition will feature 13 paintings and 25 drawings including works with new compositions that have not been seen in Kuraya’s previous works.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Partly Cloudy, Emi Kuraya’s first major art book, will be made available for presale at the gallery. In addition to a total of 90 paintings created between 2017 and 2022 while she was a university student, the book features approximately 380 drawings.
The book also includes a long, 9000-word interview, in which she talks about her motivation for painting female images on canvas, reasons why she started to depict male subjects and couples in recent years, and her thoughts on painting, born out of her struggle to face herself, among other things.
The book will be officially available on Amazon around mid-May.
Emi Kuraya held her solo exhibition titled Inside Outside at Hidari Zingaro in 2018 while she was an art university student. A year later, she had her first solo exhibition at Kaikai Kiki Gallery. She has since showcased new works at various art fairs worldwide. In 2021, she held her first overseas solo exhibition, Window and Scales, in Seoul, followed by another, titled Long Vacation, in Shanghai the following year. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Kuraya has continued to exhibit her works internationally.
While exhibiting an ever-growing body of work, Kuraya has been exploring new compositions, motifs, and expressions alongside her ongoing exploration of girls as her motif, which she began during her university years. Her recent repertoire includes the “Window” series featured in her solo exhibition in Seoul, with a unique composition that evokes cartoon speech bubbles, as well as works featuring male characters she tackled for the first time for her Shanghai exhibition. Other notable series include photo collages, works based on old family photos, and paintings depicting young girls with stylized and character-like elements, among others.
This exhibition will feature 13 paintings and 25 drawings including works with new compositions that have not been seen in Kuraya’s previous works.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Partly Cloudy, Emi Kuraya’s first major art book, will be made available for presale at the gallery. In addition to a total of 90 paintings created between 2017 and 2022 while she was a university student, the book features approximately 380 drawings.
The book also includes a long, 9000-word interview, in which she talks about her motivation for painting female images on canvas, reasons why she started to depict male subjects and couples in recent years, and her thoughts on painting, born out of her struggle to face herself, among other things.
The book will be officially available on Amazon around mid-May.
Schedule | May 5 (Fri) 2023-May 25 (Thu) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception May 5 (Fri) 2023 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Kaikai Kiki Gallery http://en.gallery-kaikaikiki.com/  | ||||
| Location | B1F Motoazabu Crest Bldg., 2-3-30 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0046 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 1 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line, 13 minute walk from Azabu-juban Station on the Toei Oedo or Namboku line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6823-6038 | ||||
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