Korehiko Hino "Blue Painting, White Statue"
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Korehiko Hino
SNOW Contemporary is pleased to present Korehiko Hino’s solo exhibition “Blue Painting, White Statue” from March 21 (Saturday) to May 9 (Saturday), 2026.
Korehiko Hino was born in 1976 in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and received the VOCA Prize at “VOCA 2005 The Vision of Contemporary Art.” His distinctive style of striking portrayals of human figures quickly brought him into prominence, and he has since gained a large fan base both in Japan and abroad. Following the VOCA Prize, Hino has continued to pursue new challenges across various media, including not only oil painting but also watercolor, colored-pencil drawing, and sculpture.
In Hino’s portraits, the very existence of the human figure is brought to the foreground. As Hino himself states that he has “a desire to cut off narrative and purely extract the sense of human presence,” the body—as a vessel for emotions and the spirit—is thereby emphasized by highlighting human existence.
In this exhibition, Hino deliberately attempts to apply the color of blue, which he has frequently employed in the background as a complementary color to the orange he typically uses for skin tones, to the figures themselves. By reconfiguring the relationship between the figures and the background, Hino casts shadows on the blue-tinged figures while simultaneously creating a greater sense of instability in their presence. The artworks shown in this exhibition emphasize “emptiness” more strongly than ever before by encapsulating the fragility and uncertainty of human existence.
Regarding the creative process behind the sculptures to be showcased in this exhibition, the artist says he feels “the sensation of expressing an emotional void is well-suited to the inorganic nature of sculpture.” By using sculpture—a medium with physical weight—as a vehicle for the “emotional void” inherent in human beings, the artist has successfully expressed “emptiness” in a more visual and tactile manner. While he reconstructed the relationship between the figure and the background in his two-dimensional works, in his three-dimensional works, he incorporates mass, space, and shadow themselves to take a spatial approach to the concepts of loneliness and emptiness, establishing these concepts as powerful sculptural works.
In this solo exhibition, Hino’s first in approximately two years, he will present new works in oil painting, sculpture, and drawing. We cordially invite all to the tension-filled spatial experience created by Hino, who continues to express the anxiety and emptiness felt by everyone in today’s world.
Korehiko Hino was born in 1976 in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and received the VOCA Prize at “VOCA 2005 The Vision of Contemporary Art.” His distinctive style of striking portrayals of human figures quickly brought him into prominence, and he has since gained a large fan base both in Japan and abroad. Following the VOCA Prize, Hino has continued to pursue new challenges across various media, including not only oil painting but also watercolor, colored-pencil drawing, and sculpture.
In Hino’s portraits, the very existence of the human figure is brought to the foreground. As Hino himself states that he has “a desire to cut off narrative and purely extract the sense of human presence,” the body—as a vessel for emotions and the spirit—is thereby emphasized by highlighting human existence.
In this exhibition, Hino deliberately attempts to apply the color of blue, which he has frequently employed in the background as a complementary color to the orange he typically uses for skin tones, to the figures themselves. By reconfiguring the relationship between the figures and the background, Hino casts shadows on the blue-tinged figures while simultaneously creating a greater sense of instability in their presence. The artworks shown in this exhibition emphasize “emptiness” more strongly than ever before by encapsulating the fragility and uncertainty of human existence.
Regarding the creative process behind the sculptures to be showcased in this exhibition, the artist says he feels “the sensation of expressing an emotional void is well-suited to the inorganic nature of sculpture.” By using sculpture—a medium with physical weight—as a vehicle for the “emotional void” inherent in human beings, the artist has successfully expressed “emptiness” in a more visual and tactile manner. While he reconstructed the relationship between the figure and the background in his two-dimensional works, in his three-dimensional works, he incorporates mass, space, and shadow themselves to take a spatial approach to the concepts of loneliness and emptiness, establishing these concepts as powerful sculptural works.
In this solo exhibition, Hino’s first in approximately two years, he will present new works in oil painting, sculpture, and drawing. We cordially invite all to the tension-filled spatial experience created by Hino, who continues to express the anxiety and emptiness felt by everyone in today’s world.
Schedule Now in session | Mar 21 (Sat) 2026-May 9 (Sat) 2026 Ends Today Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Mar 21 (Sat) 2026 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | SNOW Contemporary http://www.snowcontemporary.com/en/  | ||||
| Location | 404 Hayano Bldg., 2-13-12 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 2 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo or Hibiya line, 9 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line, 10 minute walk from exit 4 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6427-2511 | ||||
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