HIROKO KOSHINO

On May 26th and 27th, HIROKO KOSHINO 2016 Autumn Winter Houte-Couture Collection was shown at Westin Hotel Tokyo. It was themed on ''Asian Chaos'', same as the prêt-à-porter collection held in March.
In addition to the values unique in HIROKO KOSHINO Houte-Cuture, which attracts lots of our customers, cool and new coordinations mixed with elegance and casual under the collection theme were proposed. Shows will also be held in Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo and Ginza flagship shop hereafter.

KH Gallery Ginza presents the Kazumi Kurigami x Hiroko Koshino collaboration exhibit. Kurigami has paved the way for photographic expression, experimenting with everything from ad photography to graphic art and film. Tirelessly challenging the limits of photography, Kurigami communicates the beauty of reality through his works which depict the physical and emotional shifts of Kurigami himself. The all-new pieces displayed in this exhibition apply solarization, a technique that inverts photos’ color scales and gives one a glimpse of an alternate, surreal world. Alongside fashion design, Koshino has long pursued art through the form of painting. The unpredictable and fluid nature of oil painting especially arouses Koshino’s curiosity. For this exhibition, Koshino experiments with her new technique of inversing the tone of black oil strokes drawn on a blank canvas while allowing intentional moments of imbalance. The artworks emerging from the crossing of instinct and the flash of moment are in fact, a sheer reality occurring right in front of one's eyes. The innate beauty residing in the transience of such artwork, Koshino believes, is a sensuality shared by the beauty of charcoal and blank space or photography.
 
Kurigami's photos and Koshino's paintings will be housed inside a large room with high ceilings and no extra decorations to allow viewers to sharpen their senses and explore the true nature of the two-dimensional stoically designed pieces. Let the pieces capturing the gaze of the two artists take over your senses as your imagination wisps you away to a world spreading endlessly with beauty.

Kazumi Kurigami <<”Love Story Beginning From Solitude” Series –Man, Woman, and TV->>
Photograph: solarization, inkjet print

Hiroko Koshino《#1578》oil painting/ canvas

Hiroko Koshino was interviewed on a hot topic ‘'raising grandchild’’ from Kobe Shimbun.
Though she cannot spend much time together with her grandchild, she tries to teach her clearly that important thing is to know good from bad whenever she has a chance to meet her. It is essential for her grandchild to be strongly tied with family members by love and tenderness, she says. Koshino wants her to be aware of her own happiness based on surrounding people’s supports.

Hiroko Koshino received "Hyogo Prefecture Governor’s Award for Contribution to the Enhanced
Perception of Hyogo."
Last year, her special exhibition of art and fashion was held in Awaji Hanahaku 2015, and drew over 20,000 people. Art and architect lovers enjoy Koshino's drawings in KH Gallery Ashiya designed by renowned architect Mr. Tadao Ando.
In recognition of her longtime contributions to Hyogo Prefecture including the above, she received the honor this time. She will continue her activities as a fashion designer and an artist, and devote to the society by her performance.

Hiroko Koshino was interviewed on a hot topic ‘'raising grandchild’’ from Kobe Shimbun.
Though she cannot spend much time together with her grandchild, she tries to teach her clearly that important thing is to know good from bad whenever she has a chance to meet her. It is essential for her grandchild to be strongly tied with family members by love and tenderness, she says. Koshino wants her to be aware of her own happiness based on surrounding people’s supports.