Kei Hiraga - ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART | Asia Contemporary Art

Kei Hiraga
Hiraga’s detailed and exotic works depicting Japan, modeled after Ukiyoe, are known as humorous and erotic.
His characters appear in his works reflect Hiraga’s real life. Thorough “the elegant life of Mr.H”, his alter ego, we have
hedonistic and decadent dreams. His works are in the collection of MOMA, Victria and Albert Museum and others.
1936 1958
1965 1977 2000 Born in Tokyo
Graduated from Rikkyo University in Tokyo, the Department of Economics
Moved to Paris
Returned to Japan
Died at Hakone, Japan
Selected exhibitions
1965 Jeune Peintres Japonais exhibition, Galerie Lambert, Paris
Group Exhibition of Nine artsits, Galerie Argos, Nantes, Belgium
1966 La Figuration Narrative Exhibition, Galerie Creuse, Paris
Solo Exhibition, Travers Gallery, Edinburgh
1967 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Lambert, Paris
ORA Group Exhibition, Galerie Jacqueline Ranson, Paris
L’Oeil de Boeuf Exhibition, Gallery T, Haarlem, Netherland
1968 Solo Exhibition “The elegant life of Mr.P”, Gallery T, Haarlem, Netherland
ORA Group Exhibition, Italy
1969 Solo Exhibition “The elegant life of Kei Hiraga”, Gallery Seven, Tokyo
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10 edition of Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil
1970 Solo Exhibition, Gallery T, Haarlem, Netherland
1972 Solo Exhibition “La elegante vita di Mr.Key”, Galleria Nabilo, Milano Italy
“Japanese Artists from Europe”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Salon des Beaux Arts and Salon de la Realite Nouvelle, Museum of Medern Art, Paris
1981 “A turning point of contemporary art in the 1960’s”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1985 “The Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition”, The National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1989 “Art Exciting ‘89”, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan/ Queensland Art Gallery, Australia
1991 “Japanese Anti Art Now and Then”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Awords
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1963 Won 3 Prize at Shell Art Award Exhibition
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1964 Won New Artist Prize at 38 edition of the National Exhibition
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Won Grand Prix at 3 edition of National Young Artists Exhibition
Selected Collections
Museum of Modern Art, NY
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Victria and albert Museum, London
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherland
Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto