Hinako Matsuoka

The things we experience in real life are always fluid and fragmental, often leaving a small sense of sorrow. Adding a colour, or drawing a line; I believe that a painting created through the repetition of such simple actions, manifests as a strong, robust and independent material, existing as a large body of time. The motifs that come to the surface while painting sometimes have a stronger meaning than the thing in real life; this is frightening to me, and precious at the same time.

Born in Kochi in 1996.

Graduated from the Oil Painting Course, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design in 2019.

Completed the master’s program in Oil Painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts in 2022.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 “Calm View” Gallery Ko no Hoshi (Tokyo)

2023 “About the Scene” BEAK585 Gallery (Osaka)

2023 “Time and Date” Changting Gallery (Tokyo)

2025 “Crushing Stars with Eyes” CANDYBAR GALLERY (Kyoto)

2025 “Bon and New Year. Dreaming of Things That Really Happened.” 2kw Gallery (Shiga)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 “Changting GALLERY Exhibition 2022” Changting Gallery (Tokyo)

2023 “GURA Open Storage” Takashimaya Osaka 6F Gallery NEXT (Osaka)

2023 “Landscape with Flower Pots 2 STILL LIFE I” Gallery Morning (Kyoto)

2023 “Tribute to Shunsuke Matsumoto” gallery TOWED (Tokyo)

2024 “Grid3” biscuit gallery (Tokyo, Nagano, Kyoto)

2024 “Shikoku Electric Power Yonden Cultural Foundation – Hometown Art Exhibition” at Takamatsu City Museum of Art 2nd Floor General Exhibition Room (Kagawa)

2024 “The Preview Art Fair” Gallery IN (Seoul, South Korea)

2025 “ART OSAKA 2025” Osaka City Central Public Hall 3rd Floor (Osaka)