Penpen Work

Artist	HORIO, Sadaharu　堀尾貞治　1939-2018
Title	Penpen Work
Date	2017
Material/ Technique	acrylic on washi paper mounted on board
Size (cm)	185.0×185.0

PageTop

HORIO, Sadaharu

	1939-2018
Biography	Painter/performance artist. Born in Kobe City. Taught himself painting. Encountered Jiro Yoshihara in 1957. In 1965, participated in the Gutai Art Exhibition for the first time. In 1966, became a member of Gutai and remained so until it dissolved in 1972. In 1979, founded Higashimon Gallery in Kobe. Starting from 1985, he began to annually hold roughly a hundred exhibitions/performances per year on the theme of “ordinary things.” In 2003, together with the On-Site Art Squad “Kuki,” he held installations and performances at the “Museum of the Air in Hyogo Canal.” He actively continued his activities inside and outside Japan, such as a solo exhibition that was held in Frankfurt in 2011.

1939-2018

Biography

Painter/performance artist. Born in Kobe City. Taught himself painting. Encountered Jiro Yoshihara in 1957. In 1965, participated in the Gutai Art Exhibition for the first time. In 1966, became a member of Gutai and remained so until it dissolved in 1972. In 1979, founded Higashimon Gallery in Kobe. Starting from 1985, he began to annually hold roughly a hundred exhibitions/performances per year on the theme of “ordinary things.” In 2003, together with the On-Site Art Squad “Kuki,” he held installations and performances at the “Museum of the Air in Hyogo Canal.” He actively continued his activities inside and outside Japan, such as a solo exhibition that was held in Frankfurt in 2011.

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art　Collection Search

Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

Penpen Work