HIROKO OTAKE PORTFOLIO
BIOGRAPHY
Education
Tokyo University of the Arts
Major:Japanese Painting (Japanese-style Painting/Nihonga)
Graduation Date: March 2006
Master's course :2009
Doctor's degree :2011
Awards
- 2014、The Emerald Grant Award (Tokyo National University of the Arts)
- 2013,2012,2010,2009,2008 Soga win a prize
- 2009, The 19th scholarship Award (Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation)
Hiroko Otake : Contemporary Nihonga Artist
The main themes of my paintings are butterflies and flowers. They are coupled together into never ending instants, veiled in uncertainty, where every minute of existence is constantly renewed.
I can feel sincerity and candor while observing the nature and the butterflies.
Butterfly here means “Psyche” (from the Greek “ψυχή “ (psūkē) was “life” in the sense of “breath”, “spirit”, “soul”. And ultimately “ego” in the sense of “conscious personality”) I thus paint butterflies in my works representing these symbols: soul, mind, “Numen”(the power of God) , but also beauty, shimmer, and spiritual renaissance.
I started painting butterflies as I felt that similar to them I was able to modify and renew shape, with the unrestricted chances deriving from the ephemeral and transient nature of the change.
While painting butterflies and focusing my mind on the literature concerning such theme I have discovered their many symbolic meanings.
Through my work I want to express my impressions and feelings combined with the symbolism of butterflies.
- 2019
- Kimono:Obi Project, Collaboration with SILKLAB
- 2018
- Tobirae Project, Collaboration with Antbb Electronics & Hospitalities, Tokyo
- Renovation Industry Forum, collaboration with Art Life Association, Tokyo
- Adore Spring Summer Collection, Collaboration with Adore, Tokyo
- 2017
- Art Project Hiroko Otake with BoConcept Squilla Living Chair 150th Anniversary of Japan and Denmark Diplomatic establishment, Tokyo
- Hills Night 2017 with L’atelier do Joel Robuchon, Tokyo
- Mikimoto Pearl Necklace, collaboration with Mikimoto, Tokyo
- Book cover“Queen”Mikihiko Renjo
- 2016
- MoMA Design Store Tea ceremony, with Souryo Matsumura, Sony, NYC
- 2014
- Lawry’s Tokyo Entrance Art work, for Lawry’s Prime Rib Stake, Tokyo
- 2012
- Artist in Hotel -Cherry blossoms room-, for Park Hotel Tokyo
- 2009
- Book cover“今、ここからすべての場所へ”Kenichiro Mogi
- Book cover“化蝶散華”Genku Sokyu
- Book cover“For Life,”Clinician Medical Magazine, July Issue
Collaboration Project
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2020
- Victory Bouquet, Sato Museum, Tokyo
- 2019
- Metamorphosis, Courtyard Hiroo, Tokyo
- The passing, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Hankyu, Osaka, Tenmaya, Okayama
- 2018
- Secret Garden, Scéne, Tokyo
- Fleurs et Papillons, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
- New Year Live Painting, Shibuya SEIBU, Tokyo
- 2017
- Psyche Butterfly - Symbol of Life Seibu Ikebukuro Art Gallery,Tokyo
- Feel of 4 Seasons, Mitsukoshi art gallery Nagoya, Osaka
- 2016
- Psyche Butterfly - Symbol of Life, Tenri Gallery, NYC
- 2015
- Psyche Butterfly - Symbol of Life, Seibu Ikebukuro Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 2014
- Floating Instant, Art Fair Tokyo 2014 Tokyo International Forum
- 2013
- Landscape where is not here, Art Gallery Minazuki, Gifu, Japan
- 2012
- 6 colors, Art Fair Tokyo 2012 Tokyo International Forum
- 2010
- Focus-Up Coming Artist- Solo exhibition L’Espoir 2010, Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- bud, Art Gallery Minazuki, Gifu, Japan
- Exhibitions
- 2019
- Assorted Chocolate, ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo
- 2018
- Art fair Tokyo 2018 Art meets Life by Sogo Seibu, Tokyo International Forum
- Unsound Presents Live painting, Super Deluxe, Tokyo
- Beta Night Live painting, 20 Alpha, Hong Kong
- Artful Living, Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
- Mediacosmos Spring Art Fair 2018, Gifu, Japan
- 2017
- A Sustaining Life, Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
- Hills Night 2017 with L’atelier do Joel Robution, Grand Hyatt Tokyo
- Mikimoto Pearl Necklace show, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo
- New Book, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NYC
- 2016
- Sado – The Art of Tea Ceremony, Makari NYC
- Summer Celebration, Waterfall Mansion & Gallery, NYC
- Sado – The Art of Tea Ceremony, Makari NYC
- 2015
- Hiroko Otake & Paola Masi Affinities, Ambit Gallery Barcelona, Spain
- 2014
- Japanese Flowers Iam Gallery, NYC
- 2013
- Megumi Ogita Gallery, Gallery Artist Group Show, Tokyo
- Zig Zag Harmonica Books, Stuttgart, Germany
- New City Art Fair 2013 Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Tea Ceremony, Park Hotel Tokyo
- 2012
- Hiroko Otake & Paola Masi Affinities, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo
- 2011
- Art Nagoya 2011, The Westin Nagoya Castle Hotel, Nagoya, Japan
- Art for Tomorrow East Japan earthquake charity exhibition Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsukoshi × Tokyo University of the Arts, Nihonbashi-Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
