HIROKO KOSHINO

KH Gallery Ginza will hold an exhibition entitled “Special Exhibition: Hiroko Koshino—Homage to Junichi Nakahara”.
Junichi Nakahara worked on magazine covers and illustrations since 1930s and was known for his drawings of women with big eyes and sophisticated fashion. In the changing post-war times, he published magazines and style books and attracted the attention of many women with his diverse talents in illustrations, editing and design. Hiroko Koshino was also inspired greatly by his works in her impressionable years.
This exhibition will feature five precious paintings of Nakahara such as the cover of the magazine “Soleil” and originals of his style books. As homage to Nakahara, Koshino will draw various portraits of women with individuality on Washi papers using smudge, blurs and gradation of Sumi ink. The profile she draws with her signature is the symbol of strong women who cherish themselves.
Junichi Nakahara drew the beauty of elegant women from the pre-war to post-war eras, and Hiroko Koshino pays homage to this pioneer who pursued women’s rich lifestyle. Please enjoy the look of women who looked ahead of their time.
 
*Exhibited works will be partially changed during the exhibition period.

Tuesday, October 9 – Sunday, November 4, 2018
10:30 am – 19:00 pm *Until 18:00 pm on Thursday, October 18
Closed: Sunday, October 21 and Sunday, October 28

Hiroko Koshino will appear on BS Japan Golf Koyusho, a TV program that brings on golf-loving businesspeople and celebrities with their closest friends to play golf and talk about their lives and work.
The other participant will be President Tatsuo Kawata of Seiren Co., Ltd. The program starts with golf pro Naoyuki Tamura lending his guidance to a fun round of golf. In the latter half of the show, President Kawata and Hiroko Koshino discuss a broad range of topics from their first meeting to their work lives. It will be broadcast over the course of two weeks. Please check it out.
 
Program: Golf Koyusho
 
Date: Sunday, August 19, 2018, 7:30 am – 8:00 am
          Sunday, August 26, 2018, 7:30 am – 8:00 am
 
TV Station: BS Japan

Sabae City Manabe-no-Yakata will hold an exhibition entitled “Hiroko Koshino Exhibition COLORS—The World of Art and Fashion—“ by Hiroko Koshino who works at the world’s forefront with 60 years of experience. Koshino has recently expanded her work beyond that of a fashion designer to the creation of art, her lifework, and is earning praise.
 
Under the theme of “COLORS,” the colorful world of art and fashion will be displayed at the exhibition, with colorful paintings drawn by Koshino as the source of creation in the painting room and about 20 dynamic clothes presented in the past Hiroko Koshino Collection in the fashion room. Creations made in collaboration with Sabae’s local industries such as glasses, fabrics and lacquerware will also be displayed. Enjoy the world of the artist Hiroko Koshino who seeks life’s true richness and passes down art and creation to the future.

Sunday, August 5 – Sunday, September 9, 2018  9:00 am – 5:00 pm　*Open at 11:30 on Sunday, August 5
Closed: Mondays
Admission: Adults 100 yen  Children 50 yen  *For the whole museum  *Free for elementary, junior high and high school students living or studying in the city
 
Related events　
● Opening
Sunday, August 5  11:00 am –  Place: Entrance 
● Gallery talk by Hiroko Koshino
Sunday, August 5  1:30 pm –  Place: Seminar Room (exhibition entrance ticket required)  Capacity: 80 people
● Night museum
Sunday, August 5; Saturday, September 8  – 7:30 pm (last admission 7:00 pm)

Contact: Sabae City Manabe-no-Yakata
〒916-0024
1-9-20, Chosenji-cho, Sabae City
Tel.0778-51-5999　Fax.0778-54-7123
https://www.city.sabae.fukui.jp/kosodate_kyoiku/manabenoyakata/manabenoyakata.html

 
The WASYOKU SOUTEN main dining area of The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho offers contemporary Japanese (“WASHOKU”) cuisine, served on Sumi-no-Toki dishware designed by Hiroko Koshino.
During the event, you can enjoy new sushi kaiseki (course meals) with an artistic sensibility that goes beyond the borders of traditional Japanese cuisine, in a space surrounded by Hiroko Koshino's artwork. We hope you will take this opportunity to enjoy the new Japanese cuisine at Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho WASYOKU SOUTEN.
 
Dates: Friday, June 29 – Sunday, September 30, 2018
Venue: The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho WASYOKU SOUTEN (35F)
Time: 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm (last order: 9:00 pm)
Price: 20,000 JPY per person
 
Contact: The Prince Gallery Restaurant Reservations, Tel: 03-3234-1136 (10:00 am – 8:00 pm, ends at 7:00 pm on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays)
https://www.princehotels.co.jp/kioicho/fair/suminotoki/
 
* Sumi-no-Toki dishware is created in collaboration between Hiroko Koshino and the long-established ceramics manufacturer, Nikko Co., Ltd.
　Sumi-no-Toki has won first place in the License Collaboration category of the Tableware International Awards of Excellence 2018.

KH Gallery Ashiya will hold the special exhibition “Kenji Etori x Hiroko Koshino”. Etori’s three-dimensional plastic works are human figures molded and shaped from human bodies using wire nets. Their emerging surface creates a vague existence. Attracted by their light atmosphere, Koshino invited Etori for collaboration. Etori who creates human outline from flat wire nets with his hand, and Koshino who has been questioning human spiritual richness through clothes—works by these two artists pursue how the surface should be and depict the inner spirit and life. 
 
In the exhibition, the installation of Etori’s human figure modeled and clothed with a light cloth by Koshino will be displayed along with their individual works. Its creation process is just like the fashion scene where she would make clothes using hands in front of a model. Drapes, twists and volume created in the hands of Koshino cover the body softly and create liveliness, and summer sunlight that shines on the concrete walls produces a dramatic atmosphere. 
Please come enjoy the collaboration by the two artists who question the human body and spirit through art and fashion.

Sunday, June 24 – Friday, August 10, 2018
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open by reservation, no reservation required for Sundays
Reservation: [Admission Reservation Form] in “ASHIYA GALLERY” page on our website
Closed: Every Wednesday; Friday, August 3; Saturday, August 4; other event days