HIROKO KOSHINO

Besides being a fashion designer for over 60 years, Hiroko Koshino has been active as an artist in recent years. She will hold her first personal exhibition in New York, at the WhiteBox art space. Please come visit if you are in New York.
 
Exhibition “Hiroko Koshino: A Touch of Bauhaus” CURATED BY KYOKO SATO
Period: Thursday, November 1 – Saturday, December 1, 2018
Opening reception: Thursday, November 1  6 pm – 8 pm
Venue: WhiteBox Gallery
       329 Broome Street
       (Between Bowery and Chrystie)
       New York, NY 10002
       Tel: 212-714-2347
http://whiteboxnyc.org/about/location-and-hours/<http://whiteboxnyc.org/about/location-and-hours/
 
 
*Hiroko Koshino will give a lecture at Feldman C501, Fashion Institute of Technology, from 11 am to noon on Thursday, November 1. If you wish to attend, please contact kyunghee_pyun@fitnyc.edu for reservation.
 

Special thanks to The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Nao Takekoshi.

Hiroko Koshino will appear on the TV program “Jinsei ga Kawaru Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi” which documents the life of celebrities and presents a meaning story of their life in a 1-minute video.
Like a documentary, the program will show another side of the fashion designer Hiroko Koshino in depth as she participates in Danjiri Festival, takes lessons, and gathers with her two sisters. How does she manage her super busy schedule at the age of 81? Please watch the program.
 
Program: Shabekuri 007 x Jinsei ga Kawaru Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi Special
 
Date: Monday, October 15, 2018  9:00 pm – 10:54 pm
 
TV Station: Nippon TV
 

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