Tanaka Haruna

Painter

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Oil Painting Techniques and Materials

[About the My work]

I paint on the theme of “Dreams Seen During Sleep.”

My paintings are created by collecting and reconstructing vague images and memories, sounds and air fluctuations, and colors and shapes created by chance. I think this process is similar to the origin of dreams seen during sleep.

Dreams seen during sleep can be an escape from reality for a while, and they also help us notice the reality of the present moment. I'm conscious of making pictures have that kind of effect.

One of the reasons I try to share my “dreams,” which are supposed to be personal, comes from the fact that I “recognized myself and others through pictures, and lived my life trying to have relationships with others.”

“People involved” often appear in my paintings, as if embodying my nature of having a strong interest and affinity for others and a desire to be involved with others.

[Career]

2015 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting

2017 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts Oil Painting Techniques and Materials Laboratory

Awards

2012 Kume Keiichiro Scholarship Award

2018 Minakami Mayor Scholarship Award

2019 Acrylic Gouache Biennale 2018 Selected

2019 Let's Go to the Gallery 2019 Selected

2019 Shell Art Award 2019 Winner

2020 Let's Go to the Gallery 2020 Selected

2021 FACE 2021 winners

2021 Let's Go to the Gallery 2021 Selected

2022 novae2022 Special Jury Award

Exhibition history

solo exhibition

2020 “Progressive Flower” (7001 galery/Tokyo)

2023 “NENNE” (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo/ Tokyo)

Group Exhibitions

2014 “FINE” (Galery Kingyo/Tokyo)

2014 “Ping Pong!” (Art Chiyoda 3331/Tokyo)

2016 “Technology Metamorphosis Exhibition” (Aichi Prefectural University of Art Satellite Gallery/Aichi)

2016 “Paintings as Matter” (Shamakudo Gallery/Tokyo)

2017 “Valentine's Day Contemporary Art Exhibition 2017” (B-galery/Tokyo)

2017 “Art Inn Yujuku” (Minakami Town Yujuku Hot Spring Area/Gunma)

2018 “Acrylic Gouache Biennale 2018 Prize-Winning and Selected Works Exhibition” (TURNER GALLEY/Tokyo)

2019 “Tokyo Independent 2019” (Tokyo University of the Arts Exhibition Hall/Tokyo)

2019 “Let's Go to the Gallery 2019" (Sukiwa, Tokyo)

2019 “Shell Art Award Exhibition 2019” (The National Art Center, Tokyo)

2020 “Let's Go to the Gallery 2020” (Sukiwa, Tokyo)

2020 “MITSUKOSHI x Tokyo University of the Arts Summer Art Festival 2020” (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi/Tokyo)

2021 “FACE Exhibition 2021" (Sompo Museum of Art/Tokyo)

2021 “Let's Go to the Gallery 2021" (Sukiwa, Tokyo)

2022 “novae2022” (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo/ Tokyo)

2023 “ACT Small Works Exhibition 2023" (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo/ Tokyo)

2023 “Fantasy Art Show” (Goldfish Space/Taipei)

2024 “ACT New Year Small Works Exhibition 2024” (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo/ Tokyo)

2024 “Unbroken House” (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo/ Tokyo)

[About the work]

I paint on the theme of “Dreams Seen During Sleep.”

My paintings are created by collecting and reconstructing vague images and memories, sounds and air fluctuations, and colors and shapes created by chance. I think this process is similar to the origin of dreams seen during sleep.

Dreams seen during sleep can be an escape from reality for a while, and they also help us notice the reality of the present moment. I'm conscious of making pictures have that kind of effect.

One of the reasons I try to share my “dreams,” which are supposed to be personal, comes from the fact that I “recognized myself and others through pictures, and lived my life trying to have relationships with others.”

“People involved” often appear in my paintings, as if embodying my nature of having a strong interest and affinity for others and a desire to be involved with others.