The second installment of the "Look, write, and participate" series by delicious calligrapher Megumi Hioki! Held "Aquarium of Writing Characters"
It is an exhibition that anyone can enjoy, with a corner where you can observe and actually write books as if you were going to an aquarium.
Live characters are expressive and convey more than the meaning of characters. Come and touch the living characters.
Hiokie will perform live instead of the aquarium dolphins show. ※1
There is also a workshop using special ink that anyone can become a book artist. ※2
Date: From June 7 (Fri) to June 23 (Sun), 2024
Business hours: From 10:00 to 20:00 ※Closed at 18:00 on the last day
Venue: SkiiMa Gallery (4th floor of Shinsaibashi PARCO)
Admission fee: Free of charge
※1 Hioki Mee Show
The date and time will be announced on Instagram of Japanese calligraphy.
https://www.instagram.com/oishiishodo_everyday/
※2 “Japanese calligraphy Workshop”
Saturday, June 8 and 22 (Sat)
From 14:00 to 15:30 each day
Participation fee 3,500 yen (tax included, advance application required)
→Application can be made from Peatix
＞Click here to apply for a reservation on June 8.
→Application can be made from Peatix
＞Click here to apply for a reservation on June 22.
[Artist Statement]
I learned calligraphy from an early age and became familiar with Japanese calligraphy.
I've been fascinated by the interaction with brushes, ink, and paper than writing beautiful letters.
Rather than letting you read letters, pursue a book that can be felt by watching.
We aim to create art that transcends the boundaries between design and art, and resonates with music and dance.
[Artist Profile]
Hioki Megumi (Delicious Japanese calligraphy)
Calligrapher / designer
Taking advantage of Japanese calligraphy's experience, self-taught letters with a sense of cizzle.
After working for a design office, an advertising agency, and a manufacturer, he established Delicious Japanese calligraphy Co., Ltd.
It has a design that specializes in brush letters.
More than 2,000 characters have been used for a variety of purposes, including store logos, food packages, movie titles, TV show titles, posters, CD jackets, and more.
2009-Professor of Urahara University of the Arts “Delicious Japanese calligraphy”
2013-Professor of Jiyu University "The Impulse of Brush Letters" and Professor of "Become a Yusumi Min"
Since 2005, he has held more than 20 solo exhibitions in New York in 2009.
2022-NHK "Waliko Gathering" corner regular of "Beauty Shuji"