Hiroya Kurata

HIROYA KURATA

b. 1980, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in New York

BIOGRAPHY

Hiroya Kurata is a visual artist working primarily with paintings that are inspired by daily life snippets, his paintings serve as a visual diary of sorts for Kurata. He portrays glimpses of moments spent with his family in his gestural, imaginative style, he offers the viewer symbols of hope.

Kurata’s work has been exhibited in several solo exhibitions, including Rudy, Over the Influence, Hong Kong (2021); When mother was young, Over the Influence, Los Angeles (2020); Union st, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York (2019); Bat Walk, Koki Arts, Tokyo (2019) and This land was your land, Ivory & Black Soho, London (2012). His work has also been exhibited in group exhibition, such as Summer Summer, Ross and Kramer Gallery, East Hampton (2021); Game on!, Hollis Taggart Gallery, Connecticut (2021); Mirrored, Destroy your habits, Tokyo (2021); Nostalgia, Turn Gallery, New York (2021); Anecdote, Stems Gallery, Brussel (2020); Bloom, Over Under Room, Brooklyn (2019); Coffee for eight, Part 2 Gallery, Los Angeles (2019) and Works on paper, China Heights Gallery, Sydney Australia (2017) among others.

Kurata received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design, New York in 2003.

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ARTWORKS

Bridge Fishing, 2021

I swear I saw Kappa drinking sake, 2021

PAST EXHIBITIONS

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Higher Than The Sun
Dec 15
Higher Than The Sun

Volery Gallery, Dubai and Stems Gallery, Brussels collaborated to present Higher Than the Sun, a group exhibition opening on 15 December 2021. Opening in December 2021, the exhibition presents a selection of contemporary artists with a prosperous history with the Stems Gallery. The gallery was established in 2015 by siblings Guillaume and Pascaline Smets. The collaboration will highlight the works of artists that are not well known to the art audience in the Middle East, realising Volery's aims for a more comprehensive presentation of contemporary happenings in the international art scene.