Masahiro Hasunuma

Japan

Born in Tokyo in 1981. He was a painter and a documentary photographer. He completed his doctorate in the Department of Art Anatomy, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, he is based in Aichi Prefecture.
With an interest in the autonomy of images and the wonders of dreams, he produces photographs and paintings with an emphasis on animation based on "Kinola". Major exhibitions in recent years include "The 8th New Artist Exhibition is about us." (Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria, Saitama, 2019), "21 th DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition" (National Art Center, Tokyo, 2019), "something acquired by counting" (gallery N, Aichi, 2019), "Setouchi International Art Festival" (Kagawa, Okayama, 2019/2016), and "Earth Arts Festival" (Niigata, 2015). 

武蔵野美術大学大学院修了。
80年代の活動当初から鉄という素材に魅了され、溶断と溶接を繰り返しながら作品を制作している。
素材本来の硬質感や重量感、彫刻＝塊という概念からも解放され、空間を変容させていく。
“場”を深く観察し、可視、不可視に関わらずそこに存在するものを取り込み、
独自の世界を構築する。
近年は石膏、ガラスなど異素材の作品も発表。
主な受賞歴に、芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞、毎日芸術賞、中原悌二郎賞。

Born in Tokyo in 1981. He was a painter and a documentary photographer. He completed his doctorate in the Department of Art Anatomy, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, he is based in Aichi Prefecture.
With an interest in the autonomy of images and the wonders of dreams, he produces photographs and paintings with an emphasis on animation based on "Kinola". Major exhibitions in recent years include "The 8th New Artist Exhibition is about us." (Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria, Saitama, 2019), "21 th DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition" (National Art Center, Tokyo, 2019), "something acquired by counting" (gallery N, Aichi, 2019), "Setouchi International Art Festival" (Kagawa, Okayama, 2019/2016), and "Earth Arts Festival" (Niigata, 2015).