
HAMU ISEN
Born: 1982
Hometown: Kanagawa-ken
Based in: JApan
Born: 1982
Hometown: Kanagawa-ken
Based in: JApan
Born in 1982 in Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
Lives and works in Kanagawa-ken, Japan
【EDUCATION】
Musashino Art University Correspondence Course, 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Sokei Academy of Fine Arts, 2004 Associate degree
【AWARDS】
2023 London international Creative Competition/Official Selection
2022 London international Creative Competition/Official Selection/Official Selection/Official Selection
2021 London international Creative Competition/Shortlist /Official Selection/Official Selection
2010 Geisai Taiwan#2 Yoshitomo Nara Award
【RESIDENCIES】
2012 Point B work lodge, NY, United States
【SOLO EXHIBITIONS】
2022 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, art gallery & Legion,Tokyo,Japan
2021 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, art gallery & Legion,Tokyo,Japan
2020 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, AI Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2020 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, art gallery & Legion,Tokyo,Japan
2018 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, O Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2017 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, AI Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2015 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, AI Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2014 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, AI Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2013 Hamu Isen Solo Exhibition, AI Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
【GROUP EXHIBITIONS】
2020 Setsudan Art Exhibition, Nakano Zero, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Setsudan Art Exhibition, Nakano Zero, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Setsudan Art+α,Nakano Zero , Tokyo , Japan
2018 Constellation, Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2017 The Simulation Art of Disconnection, Tokyo Metoropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Reverse triangulation, SHINJYUKU CHIKURINKAKU, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Geisai Taiwan#2 Awards Exhibition, Kaikai Kiki Taipei Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
What inspires you?
A special vibration that drifts inside the world and me, its resonance
Describe your creative process.
I create my works based on the Buddhist concept of "dependent origination" with a focus on "knots." This philosophy suggests that only points of connection (knots) with others and the external world exist, and that the individual self cannot exist independently.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
vibration, love, breathing
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Joan Mitchell, Robert Morris, Joseph Kosuth
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
Depending on the situation
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Watch your step (abandon delusion and focus on what is in front of you).
Where do you go for inspiration?
Planets, subatomic particles, family, all things in everyday life
Education
Musashino Art University
Japan, 2009
Sokei Academy of Fine Arts
Japan, 2004
Awards
Geisai Taiwan#2 Yoshitomo Nara Award
2010
Exhibitions
Inside the Planets, now
Japan, 2024
The North Star gazes east.
Japan, 2023
I will not make you unstable.
Japan, 2022