KATSUMI HAYAKAWA

KATSUMI HAYAKAWA: PAPER WORKS January 15 - February 14, 2015

McClain Gallery is pleased to present Paper Works, a solo exhibition of new pieces by Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa. This exhibition focuses on Hayakawa's architectural constructions made of paper, which continue his exploration of systems associated with technology and urban development.

With a relationship to concrete poetry, these 3D works make visual connections between the complex and unseen substructure of the information age and the increasingly dense landscape of modern cities. Hayakawa's previous two solo exhibitions at McClain Gallery (2000, 2004) focused on his paintings, which could be described as "virtual abstractions." By extension, the paper works amplify spatial relationships between alternative realities and metropolitan spaces.

This exhibition includes two ceiling-suspended installations that evoke a floating cityscape along with eight wall mounted paper construction pieces encased in plexiglass vitrines.

Katsumi Hayakawa (b. 1970, Tochigi, Japan) currently lives and works in Tokyo. He previously studied at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo and the School of Visual Arts, New York. Hayakawa's works have been exhibited at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain; and Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan.  

Katsumi HayakawaSee from the side 3, 2014Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 8.75 x 50.25 x 11 inches(KH-160)

Katsumi HayakawaCode no. 3, 2012Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, acrylic mirror with blue film 21 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 4 inches (KH-165)

Katsumi HayakawaFata Morgana, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, glitter25.5 x 119.5 x 51.5 inches(KH-155)

Katsumi HayakawaComposition No. 17, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, metric paper, fake grass35 x 49.5 x 4.5 inches (KH-157)

Katsumi HayakawaConstruction 3, 2012Paper, ink jet printing, thread15 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 6 inches(KH-164)

Katsumi HayakawaBonsai City, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, fake grass, acrylic elements8 x 118 x 21.5 inches(KH-154)

Katsumi HayakawaColor Element Unit, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic medium, plastic sheet(KH-156)

Katsumi HayakawaReflection, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, glue71.5 x 36 x 5.25 inches (KH-159)

Katsumi HayakawaReflection C, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, acrylic mirror, RCS acrylic sheet 44.5 x 16 x 4.25 inches (KH-162)

Katsumi HayakawaCubed, 2014Paper, ink jet printing, glue, acrylic mirror with blue film 18 x 44 x 4.5 inches (KH-158)

Katsumi HayakawaSee from the Side 1, 2014Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 4.75 x 12 x 6 inches (KH-161)

Katsumi HayakawaSee from the side 2, 2014Paper, wood, acrylic reflective sheet, acrylic mirror with blue film 6 x 32.5 x 10.5 inches(KH-163)

Katsumi Hayakawa Born 1970 Tochigi, Japan Lives and works in Japan Educat ion 1998 M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York 1992 B.F.A., Nihon University, Japan Solo Exhibit ions 2015 Paper Works, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas 2014 Bonsai City and Fatamorgana, Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2013 Gravity-Anti-Gravity, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Void and Solid: a new way of world making, Yusto Giner Gallery, Marbella, Spain 2012 PHASE Ⅲ: Structure and Form, Gallery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2011 New Horizones, Micheko Gallerie, Munich, Germany

Urban Landscape, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2010 Magical realism in urban space, Galllery MoMo, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Double: Vision, Gallery MoMo, Ryoguko, Japan 2008 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York 2007 Garson Fine Art, New York 2004 McClain Gallery, Houston 2001 Silverstein Gallery, New York 2000 Robert McClain & Co., Houston 1999 Silverstein Gallery, New York Selected Group Exhibit ions 2014 Art Taipei, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2012 International Paper Biennale, Rijswijk Museum, The Netherlands

Golden Time, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas New Year Show, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2011 VERY FUN PARK, Taipei, Taiwan Art Stage Singapore, Singapore 2010 Art Tea Exhibition, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan +PLUS Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Fleeting, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston 2008 Sentient:Elements, McClain Gallery, Houston

2007 Super Phat, Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY Tease, Garson Fine Art, New York, New York Summer Group Show, Winston Wacther Fine Art, Seattle, Washington The 12th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California 2006 Art 212, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, New York Tokyo Wonder Seed, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2004 SVA, Asashi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2003 Spiritual Hunger, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, New York 2002 In the Abstract, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas 2001 I Love New York, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas 1999 Additives...On Paper, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York 1998 New Models: Envisioning the Real in Abstraction, Curated by Christian Eckart, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, Texas Contemporary Wax, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, New York 1997 International Encaustic Work ‘97, Gallery R&F, New York, New York All Lead to Roam, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York Plaza Gallery, Fordham University, New York, New York Print Work ‘97, Barret House Galleries, New York, New York 1996 West Side Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York 1991 Machida International Museum of Prints, Tokyo, Japan Museum of Modern Arts, Tokyo, Japan 1990 Exhibition for Rising Artists in Japan, ISETAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Awards 2006 The Nomura Cultural Foundation 2005 Holbein Scholarship 1997 First Prize, International Encaustic Work ‘97, Judge - Stephen Haller Residency 2006-2007 Triangle Art Association Residency Program, Brooklyn, New York Permanent Corporate Col lect ions Louis Vuitton CAC Malaga, Spain American Embassy, Dubai Target The Royal Bank of Scotland Entergy-Koch Vincent & Elkins Law Firm

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