Artist
Mio Nakahara
Born 1986, Fukuoka
Taking fruit and plants as my main motifs, I paint life and death and the cycle of time.
In the form of a life that quietly takes on color and eventually decays, I sense a beauty and an awe like a microcosm of human life. Following the traces of memory and record inscribed there, and passing them through inner landscapes that seem to drift between dream and reality, I attempt to make visible the mysterious allure that life holds.
The presentation in this exhibition is titled “記憶の静物.”
In the form of a life that quietly takes on color and eventually decays, I sense a beauty and an awe like a microcosm of human life. Following the traces of memory and record inscribed there, and passing them through inner landscapes that seem to drift between dream and reality, I attempt to make visible the mysterious allure that life holds.
The presentation in this exhibition is titled “記憶の静物.”
Born 1986, Fukuoka. Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyushu Sangyo University, in 2010, and completed graduate studies at the university's Graduate School of Arts in 2012.
Member of the 独立美術協会 and the Japan Artists Association; part-time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University.
Member of the 独立美術協会 and the Japan Artists Association; part-time lecturer at Kyushu Sangyo University.
Exhibition history
Selected Awards and Exhibitions
2013 “第48回昭和会展” / Awarded the Showa Kai Award (銀座日動画廌本店)
2014 “釜山芸術祭” / Invited artist (Busan, Korea)
2015 “第17回雪梁舎フィレンツェ賞展” / Honorable Mention (雪梁舎美術館)
2016 “FACE2016 損保ジャパン日本興亜美術賞” / Awarded the Yomiuri Shimbun Prize
2017 “第85回独立展” / Awarded the 独立賞 (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2018 Solo exhibition (日動画廌銀座本店, subsequently 2023 and 2026 / 福岡日動画廌, subsequently 2021 and 2024)
2019 “第6回青木繁記念大賞ビエンナーレ” / Grand Prize (Kurume City Art Museum)
2021 “未来への視点シリーズ4”: “中原未央展 〜儆さと記憶、果実のある風景〜” (大川市清力美術館)
2021 “トロンプルイユの現在2021” (横浜本牲絵画館, subsequently 2023 and 2025)
2022 “第3回枕崎国際芸術賞展” / Grand Prize (枕崎市文化資料センター南溟館)
2023 “アートフェア東京2023”, solo exhibition (日動画廌 booth)
2024 “ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024” (日動画廌 booth)
2024 “絵筆がとらえる真実 レンズでさぐる世界―絵画と写真 表現の探求” (Kasama Nichido Museum of Art)
2025 “清力美術館コレクション展 〜洋館と絵画〜” (大川市清力美術館)
2026 Special exhibition “中原未央展 儆さと記憶の標本” (行橋市増田美術館)
2013 “第48回昭和会展” / Awarded the Showa Kai Award (銀座日動画廌本店)
2014 “釜山芸術祭” / Invited artist (Busan, Korea)
2015 “第17回雪梁舎フィレンツェ賞展” / Honorable Mention (雪梁舎美術館)
2016 “FACE2016 損保ジャパン日本興亜美術賞” / Awarded the Yomiuri Shimbun Prize
2017 “第85回独立展” / Awarded the 独立賞 (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2018 Solo exhibition (日動画廌銀座本店, subsequently 2023 and 2026 / 福岡日動画廌, subsequently 2021 and 2024)
2019 “第6回青木繁記念大賞ビエンナーレ” / Grand Prize (Kurume City Art Museum)
2021 “未来への視点シリーズ4”: “中原未央展 〜儆さと記憶、果実のある風景〜” (大川市清力美術館)
2021 “トロンプルイユの現在2021” (横浜本牲絵画館, subsequently 2023 and 2025)
2022 “第3回枕崎国際芸術賞展” / Grand Prize (枕崎市文化資料センター南溟館)
2023 “アートフェア東京2023”, solo exhibition (日動画廌 booth)
2024 “ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024” (日動画廌 booth)
2024 “絵筆がとらえる真実 レンズでさぐる世界―絵画と写真 表現の探求” (Kasama Nichido Museum of Art)
2025 “清力美術館コレクション展 〜洋館と絵画〜” (大川市清力美術館)
2026 Special exhibition “中原未央展 儆さと記憶の標本” (行橋市増田美術館)
Audio GuideThe artist’s path, and highlights of the works
- Works
- 3 works
- Medium
- Painting (mixed media)
- Gallery
- GALLERY ISHIKAWA
