HIROKO KOSHINO

Each season, KH Gallery Ginza showcases the world of Hiroko Koshino, whose artwork explores a wide range of medium including fashion, painting, and lifestyle.

Traditional Japanese culture such as kimonos, Bunraku puppet theaters, kabuki, and the three-stringed Shamisen lute had been a part of Hiroko Koshino's life since the days of her youth. The significant influence of this childhood experience can be seen in Hiroko Koshino's fashion pieces and artwork, which express a unique worldview where Japanese and Western cultures intermix.

At this exhibition, the traditional beauty of Kyoto-style folding and paper fans will be introduced in three components.
First, 48 types of Kyoto-style folding fans, round fans, and paper fans featuring Hiroko Koshino’s artwork will be exhibited and sold. Against a screen surpassing the formal sector forms, the array of art pieces brings to life dynamic choreography of brush strokes dipped in Chinese ink, and indulge visitors in a fresh coolness that reminds them of great nature. The second part of this exhibition consists of a traveling exhibition from Kyoto, where the four-hundredth anniversary of the Rimpa School is being celebrated. The exhibition titled “RIMPA – The Rimpa School of Tomorrow Created by Eight Designers: Exhibition of Folding and Paper Fans” was held at the Tokiwa-Shinden of Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, this March. Last but not the least, representative works of the three companies, which had given us great support in producing the exhibition pieces will be displayed: Itostune Corporation, Komaruya Sumii, and Kyo-Uchiwa Aiba.

The gallery invites you to come spend a cool and peaceful Japanese moment while feeling the transition from the summer breeze to the autumn wind.

Thursday, August 20 – Sunday, September 13, 2015　10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Open every day throughout the exhibition period

 KH Gallery Ginza 12th Exhibition was introduced in the popular series named FASHION PATROL in the famous WWD journal. Mr. Aquirax Uno and Hiroko Koshino are both contemporary artists in Japan, and their works attract such a large audience that the opening reception cocktail party was shoulder – to shoulder! Koshino mainly exhibits abstract drawing, it is very rare for her to draw figure painting such a thse feature in this current exhibition. The exhibition will be held untill Sunday, July 26th. Please drop by and enjoy if you are in the area.

‘’Le Portrait Par Hiroko Koshino Aquirax Uno’'
Friday, June 26 – Sunday, July 26, 2015
10:30am – 7:00pm
Open everyday throughout the exhibition period

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〜How long will you keep being suppressed by your peers?〜

Mr. Toshiya Kosugi The former Head of Human Resources at McKinsey & Company, Apple Inc. has written a book called ‘The Approaches of the Top 2%’. Hiroko Koshino is praised  in the book for continually excelling in the highest rank. Mr. Kosugi discovers traits common to high-rankers such as curiosity, enthusiasm, studious and a desire to keep learning.The book is available in bookstores nationwide – don't forget to get your copy and enjoy reading it!

Title : The Approaches of the Top 2%
Publisher : WANI BOOKS
Price : 1,400yen + tax

http://www.wani.co.jp/event.php?id=4730

KH Gallery Ginza presents a variety of artworks of Hiroko Koshino that match up with each season. Koshino is an artist who is active in a wide range of fields such as fashion, painting, and lifestyle products. The gallery also collaborates with creators from different fields who are close to Koshino.
Hiroko Koshino and Aquirax Uno are leading figures of respective fields: Koshino is a fashion designer; Uno, an illustrator. While their genre-straddling activities are gathering attention than ever, this exhibition consists of approximately 60 works featuring the two’s competitive collaboration under the theme of portrait. Hiroko Koshino mainly exhibits portraits of people in their traditional garments. Uno’s portraits include a series of portraits of globally renowned musicians along with original drawings of KABUKI actors’ posters. This is where the worlds of the two artists confront each other, wherein the people depicted in the portraits interact multidimensional. Come feel the excitement of the gallery space with its fresh representation.
 
I wonder how many years have passed since I encountered Uno’s works. His works pass through me like a pantomime. We’ve been attentive to each other’s activities for a long time. Now, having established our own stages, it’s time to examine quietly what we’ve built up through portraits. Having said this, I’m so excited to collaborate with Uno, who is such a great master. (Hiroko Koshino)
 
Although a fashion designer, Hiroko Koshino has the drawing skills of a real painter. The media and expressions of her art are varied, from ink painting to oil painting, or from abstract art to figurative art. This time, portrait has been chosen as a theme for our collaborative exhibition. At this exhibition, a series of my large portrait paintings are exhibited thanks to Mr. Teruo Iwata, a collector of my works. With this, I feel like I am finally ready to vie with Hiroko’s energetic works. (Aquirax Uno)

Friday, June 26 – Sunday, July 26, 2015
10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Open every day throughout the exhibition period

http://www.kh-gallery.com

‘BI-ST’  is a magazine which created a word ‘Bimajyo’(Beautiful wise woman) this captured everyone’s hearts.
Hiroko Koshino was interviewed for a cover story entitled ‘message for the beautiful 40’s’ in the latest issue.
She talked about work, love and raising children when she was in her 40’s.
By saying that ‘People who make an effort  in order to realize one’s ideal are really happy. In order to have no regrets we should continue to keep trying everyday.' Koshino also sends a hearty cheers to those in their 40’s‘

http://be-story.jp