- Biography
Recently I create my paintings according to some main questions
Till what extent can a painter be aware of what he or she paints at the moment he or she is painting is the first question in my work. How much can a contemporary painter be fully aware of the things he is painting at that moment? However this is not what I am considering in my most recent paintings. I am considering how much I can understand of what I am doing at the moment I am painting. I think this is an important responsibility of the contemporary painter. Painting in itself is simple, however to make a painting with you full understanding is not at all easy. You have to know exactly what you are painting. You have to control your technique and skills in service of the idea or subject. One of the most important responsibilities of contemporary painters is to have insight in their paintings.
The second question I ask myself is what the relation between material, subject en technique is. What are the suitable materials and techniques for each specific painting. The possibility to choose from a variety of materials and techniques gives freedom. However you have to know why you choose this specific technique or material. The freedom of choosing a technique or material has to be in comparison to your knowledge and qualities of the materials and skills. In the past a certain knowledge and skills of materials and techniques were required. This is bounded to the Japanese history of arts and crafts. To integrate skills and theory into each other is my task as a Japanese painter in The Netherlands. This question asks for another question: what the relation between freedom and restriction in my paintings?
The last important question that is present in my work deals with my personal background. How can I integrate my personal background as Japans in my paintings? It is not always necessary to have this visually present. However it is important to be aware of my current reality. Awareness of my personal background gives me clearness about my position in the art world of this moment.
These are the three main questions my work deals with.
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- Curriculum Vitae
Hidenori Mitsue
1969 Himeji Japan
Lives and works in The Netherlands
Education
2007 – 2009 Dutch Art Institute, MFA
2006 – 2007 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, BFA
1988 – 1992 Kyushu Sangyo University Department of Design, BFA
Selected Solo exhibitions
2011 Art Amsterdam 2011, Galerie 10, Amsterdam
2011 De Paddestoel, Doorn
2010 Ziekenhuis Rijnstate/Alysis Zorggroep, Arnhem
2010 Lightning Dust, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
2010 Sperkles, Galerie 10, Utrecht
2008 Gallery New Untitled, Venlo
2007 Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Amsterdam
2005 Esprit Nouvoau Gallery, Okayama (04, 03, 02, 01, 00,)
2001 Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka
1999 Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto (96,)
1998 Gallery HAKU, Osaka (97, 96, 95, 93,)
Selected Group exhibitions
2011 The Multiple Show #2, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
2011 Lieven Hendriks and Hidenori Mitsue, Gallery BE, Nagoya University of Arts
2011 De Salon 2011, Museum Hilversum, Hilversum
2011 Re: Rotterdam, Galerie 10, Rotterdam
2010 Dutch Treat, Tupajumi Foundation. Collaboration with KNIPSU, Bergen, Norway.
2009 Innermost, Hidenori Mitsue en Sylvia Evers, Galerie 10, Utrecht
2008 Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen 08, Gallery New Untitled, Essen Germany
2008 Season Starters, Galerie 10, Utrecht
2008 De Nieuwe Salon 2008, Utrecht
2008 Art Amsterdam 2008, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Amsterdam
2008 Hidenori Mitsue, Willehad Eilers, Chiaki Kamikawa, Galerie Sign, Groningen
2008 Love to show it, Gallery New Untitled, Venlo
2007 ArtOlive O ine #6:, ArtOlive Amsterdam
2007 ArtOlive Jong Talent ’07, ArtOlive Amsterdam
2007 Utrechtse Nieuwe 2007, Kunstuitleen Utrecht
2007 Heel Erg Mooi, Academiegalerie HKU Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2007 Showcase, Academiegalerie HKU Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
2007 Art-Rotterdam, Yoshiko Matsumoto Gallery, Rotterdam
2005 Drawings 2005, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto (03,)
2005 Museum Laboratory, CASO, Osaka
2004 Art Court Frontire, Art Court Gallery, Osaka
2003 23rd Oustanding Rising Artists Exhibition, Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation
2003 ArK First 2003, Gallery KASAHARA, Osaka
2003 Kokyu, Gallery HAKU, Osaka
2001 SamazamanaME177, IBM Kawasaki city gallery, Kawasaki
2000 Incubation 00, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
2000 Kubaku no Kairou, O gallery, Tokyo
2000 Mizube, Kusaka Garou, Osaka
1999 Radiant Occurrence, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya
1998 VOCA 98, Uenonomori Art Museum, Tokyo
1998 Departure from Systems, Gallery HAKU, Osaka (97,)
1997 The Libraly, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto (96,)
1997 A Dozen Water Tank, Galleria Finarute, Nagoya
1996 Rakugai Geijyutu Ten, Gallery HAKU, Osaka
Awards / Grant
2011 Stichting Stokroos (subsidy for the new publication)
2011 Nomura Foundation (subsidy for the new publication)
2009 Stichting Stokroos (subsidy for the publication “BOOK”)
2007 ArtOlive Jong Talent ’07, (Second Prize), ArtOlive Amsterdam
2007 Dooyewaard stichting, (subsidy 2007-2008), Dooyewaard stichting Blaricum
2007 Utrecht Nieuwe 2007, Kunstuitleen Utrecht
2006 Japanese Government Agency for Cultural A airs Artist Subsidy.
1999Biennial Exhibition of Arts in Makurazaki (Prize for works of excellence)
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C.V. November 2011
