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OBATA Masao

1943- 2010. Hyogo Prefecture.
In his mid-40s, OBATA Masao began quietly accumulating paintings at Hifumi En, where he lived. He quickly became known as one of Japan's leading outsider art/art brut artists. He passed away in January 2010, leaving behind more than 1,000 works. This exhibition will touch on OABTA's life, the whereabouts of his works after his death, and what he left behind beyond his works.

OHARA Mitsuru

Born in 1949. Lives in Kyoto Prefecture.
Affiliation: Social Welfare Corporation Mizunagi Gakuen Mizunagi-Shikahara Gakuen
Loving handicrafts since childhood, OHARA has attended Mizunagi-Shikahara Gakuen, which produces many embroidered handicrafts, for the past 17 years, and spends most of her time at the school working on embroidery. OHARA's work begins with the purchase of her own threads, then she proceeds without worrying about the design or motif. A large piece takes about three months to make, and she uses her favorite colors in abundance, creating each piece with care and love. OHARA says with a wry smile that it is a joy to see her embroideries become products and reach someone's hands.

NISATO Chikara

Born in 1968. Lives in Iwate Prefecture.
Affiliation: Social Welfare Corporation Korinkai Runbini Art Museum
Born and raised in Iwate Prefecture, NISATO Chikara attends "Atelier Mayura" at the Runbini Art Museum. While working at the facility, he was in charge of reeling threads dyed with plants and trees to produce goods. Gradually, he became interested in the act of tying broken threads together. In 2009, he began making thread balls by cutting and tying threads himself. He used to produce about one ball a year, but by devising a new production process, he now produces one ball every three months.

NISHIZAWA Akira

Born in 1969. Lives in Gunma Prefecture.
Affiliation: Social Welfare Corporation Tateyukai Yokoen
NISIZAWA Akira was born near a now-defunct airfield in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture. He grew up watching airplanes take off, and began drawing scenes of the airplanes in his memory. In his paintings, he clearly depicts the logos on airplanes and even the shadows of airplanes at that time. He also interacted with artist CHO Shigeyuki (1935 - 2019), and one of his works is titled "Dialogue with an Airplane," in which 195 of NISIZAWA's works are pasted on canvas, which is often used as a material for CHO's works.

HATANO Yoshio

1935- 2007. Gunma Prefecture.
HATANO Yoshio drew the inside of the house he lived in as a child on paper with colored pencils based on his memories. In addition to furniture, various objects are placed in the room in the painting, including tools used at the time in the silk spinning process, as well as many other objects with purposes unknown. In addition, there are multiple vanishing points mixed in the painting, which gives his works a unique sense of floating. This exhibition introduces the various expressions of HATANO, focusing on his representative work, the "Memory of Home" series, which depicts a single room from various angles.

MIHARA Iwao

1932-2021. Kyoto Prefecture.
Born in Osaka, MIHARA Iwao was hearing impaired and grew up focusing on memory through visual images. He lived in Kyoto City and after retiring began creating paintings around 2001 based on his memories. Many of these depictions look back to World War II, with some depicting daily life during the war and others vividly conveying the actual experience of the bombing of Osaka. In his later years, he traveled to various places with his paintings to share his war experiences. This exhibition will be a rare opportunity to see all of MIHARA's works in one place.

MORIKAWA Daisuke

Born in 1987. Lives in Kyoto.
Affiliation: Social Welfare Corporation Shokaen Mizunoki
MORIKAWA Daisuke paints at his studio in Mizunoki, Kameoka City, using acrylics and basing his paintings on illustrated books and catalogs. When he has finished painting, he heads to a small bridge in the facility with a palette of leftover paint in his hand and paints as if he were repairing a peeling paint job on the parapet. This activity, which MORIKAWA has continued for nearly 10 years during his weekly atelier activities, has kept the bridge in its original painted state.