HAGIWARA PROJECTS is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a drawing exhibition by four artists starting from Saturday, May 25th. While each artist's primary works include paintings and sculptures, drawing is considered not just a complementary technique but a crucial means to reflect the artist's thoughts and impulses. Drawings created from different approaches are shaped by individual perspectives, emitting unique characteristics. We invite you to appreciate the diverse expressions.

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Miho Dohi creates experimental and organic sculptures by combining various materials. Her approach to drawing explores color, shape, and material combinations on a flat surface, focusing on infusing them with the same energy found in her three-dimensional pieces. Her drawings exude a friendly and enigmatic presence, akin to her sculptures.

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Nana Matsumoto's work utilizes found photos and illustrations from old books to create entirely new objects evoked from them. Furthermore, by combining flat images with objects, she reconstructs the relationship between time and space, generating both causal and non-causal interpretations. In her drawings, images become more abstract, and connections to different images intertwine gracefully.

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Takeshi Masada's watercolor drawings are another iconic body of work for him, alongside his primary focus on painting. His drawing's inspiration comes from movies, TV shows, and everyday objects. While these images may appear random, they are actually carefully chosen based on direct or indirect interpretations within the framework of painting. Masada's interpreted images, rendered with bold strokes and vibrant colors in watercolor, guide the viewer into the depths within the artwork.

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Ryota Nojima's paintings are born from a dialogue with the canvas. He continuously incorporates his intentions, ideas, as well as chance occurrences and unconscious impulses, resulting in artworks of various styles. His drawings exhibit a lightness of expression using watercolor and acrylic, often produced daily like a diary, enriching the dialogue with canvas works through accumulated experiences.

Miho Dohi

Born in Nara-prefecture in 1974. Completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo Zokei University in 2002. Selected solo exhibitions include Crevecoeur (2023, Paris), HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2021, Tokyo), Gordon Robichaux (2021, New York), The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (online) (2020, Chicago), "Showcase Gallery Miho Dohi" Azamino Yokohama Civic Gallery (2020, Yokohama), Nonaka-Hill (2018, Los Angeles), Lulu (2017, Mexico City), and HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2016, Tokyo). Selected group shows include "The 8th Yokohama Triennale 2024 / Wild Grass: Living Here and Now" Yokohama Museum of Art (2024, Kanagawa), "IL MORSO DELLE TERMITI" Palais de Tokyo (2023, Paris), "AGAIN-ST Roots/Tools" Musashino Art University Art Museum & Library (2022, Tokyo), "City Prince/sses" at Palais de Tokyo (2019, Paris), and "Natsu no Tobira - curated by Jeffrey Rosen" Shane Campbell Gallery (2017, Chicago),.

Nana Matsumoto

Born in 1986, Chiba prefecture. Tokyo Zokei University of Arts,M.A. in Fine Arts in 2010. Solo exhibitions include “Polyonymous” LOOP HOLE (2022, Tokyo), “Multiple Elements” gallery valuer (2013, Aichi prefecture). Group exhibitions include “Fungal Fugue” HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2023, Tokyo), “Metomato” Artist-run space Merdre (2021, Tokyo), “Steering along with tempo of rain” Akibatamabi21/ 3331 Arts Chiyoda (2020, Tokyo), “Robo No Kaiga” Art-Lab Hashimoto (2015, Kanagawa), “Field of Painting” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno (2014, Tokyo).

Takeshi Masada

Born 1977 in Osaka. Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003 with an MA in Fine Art. Selected solo exhibitions include “Where the Birds Return, the Horizon That Sticks to the Eyes” AISHONANZUKA (2021, Hong Kong), The Mass (2017, Tokyo), “It appears this way. When the world bursts out” HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2013, Tokyo), “Biographies of Complete Strangers” Wako Works of Art (2012, Tokyo). Selected group shows include “Town of Ghosts” AISHONANZUKA (2023, Tokyo), “Kaleidoscope” AISHONANZUKA (2022, Hong Kong), “The Way of Painting” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2014, Tokyo), “Re:Membering - Next of Japan” Doosan Gallery & Alternative Space LOOP (2009, Seoul).

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Ryota Nojima

Born in Tokyo in 1987, graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture, Major in Oil Painting in 2012. Selected exhibitions include “Water for flowers” (two person show) Capsule (2023, Tokyo), “Culture Day, The painting put on Hold” (solo) HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2022, Tokyo), "Tsumujikaze" OGUMAG+ (2022, Tokyo), "Shared kitchen" Fujimidai Tunnel (2021, Tokyo), "○○ life" SET project Space Lewisham (2021, London), "Invisible Strings in Spring" Devening Projects (2018, Chicago), "NOJIMA PROJECTS" HAGIWARA PROJECTS (2016, Tokyo), and “TWS-Emerging 2015 vol.5” Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya (2015, Tokyo).