Kana Komata solo exhibition "My sweet home"

October 1 - 16, 2022
1-7pm

Closed on Tue, Wed and Thu.
*Opening reception:October 1, 5-7pm
Anyone can participate in the opening reception.

Shimokitazawa Arts is pleased to present "My sweet home", solo exhibition by an emerging painter, Kana Komata, currently in DFA of Japanese Painting, Fine Arts Course, Musashino Art University.
She draws a scene of everyday life in detail on Japanese paper by ink "Sumi" using deformation of MANGA.
She won a prize repeatedly in the domestic public exhibition and is a promising painter.

Kana Komata《A supper》, 2022, Ink on Japanese paper, panel, 183×176cm(2panel)
Kana Komata《Day off》, 2022, Ink on Japanese paper, panel, 87x91cm
Kana Komata《A turtle’s egg-laying》, 2022, Ink on Japanese paper, panel, 45.5x38cm
Kana Komata《Strawberrys》, 2022, Ink on Japanese paper, panel, 18.2x25.7cm
Kana Komata《A coosmetic bottle and an allosaurus》, 2019, Mineral pigment, chalk, ink on Japanese paper, panel, 22×27.3cm
Kana Komata solo exhibition "My sweet home" installation view
Kana Komata solo exhibition "My sweet home" installation view
Kana Komata solo exhibition "My sweet home" installation view

Kana Komata

Born in Tokyo 1997.
2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Senior High School of the Arts, Department of Arts, Japanese Painting  
2019 BFA, Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Japanese Painting
2021 MFA, Musashino Art University, Fine Arts Course, Japanese Painting
2022 current DFA, Musashino Art University, Fine Arts Course, Japanese Painting

Solo exhibition
2021 
“Kana Komata solo exhibition” Court Gallery Kunitachi, Tokyo

Group exhibition
2022 
“The way of Paintings 2022, FACE Award Winners” Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
2021
“ 7th Kazenokai Exhibition,  Setsuryosya Firenze Prize Winners”, Setsuryosya Museum of Art, Niigata Pref., Japan
“6th Miyamoto Saburo Award for Original Sketch - Pioneering New Expressions -” Komatsu City Miyamoto Saburo Museum of Art, Ishikawa Pref. Japan, Setagaya Art Museum Civic Gallery, Tokyo
“30st Annual Scholarship Recipient Art Exhibition” Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
2020
“ 22nd Setsuryosya Firenze Prize Winners”, Setsuryosya Museum of Art, Niigata Pref., Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Exhibition by volunteer students of Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Japanese Painting “SyakuSyaku” Court Gallery Kunitachi, Tokyo
“FACE2020” Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
2019
“Kanade - Selection Exhibition of Japanese Painting-” Ginza Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo
“Exhibition for Everybody Playing Art” Hamura City Lifelong Learning Center Yutorogi,  Tokyo 
2018
The special event for 20th anniversary of Edo Mounting Study Group, Hyousuikai
“Exhibition of the Future for Hanging Scroll and Painting future - The possibility of Mounting for a scroll by Art Student x Paper-Hanger” Tokyo Yaesu Gallery, Tokyo
“ 41st Mitsubishi Corporation ART GATE Program” Mitsubishi Shoji  Building, Tokyo
2016
“The outline of Twenty-year-old” Kitanodaichi Museum, Art Village Nakasatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan

Award
2021
6th Miyamoto Saburo Award for Original Sketch - Pioneering New Expressions -, Special Award
30st Annual Scholarship Recipient Art Exhibition, Awagami Factory Award, Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation
2020
22nd Setsuryosya Firenze Prize Winners, Award for Excellence
46th Mitsubishi Corporation ART GATE Program Winner
FACE2020, Award for Excellence, Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
2018
41th Mitsubishi Corporation ART GATE Program Winner
2016
The outline of Twenty-year-old, Grand Prize, Art Village Nakasatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan
2013 
Comic Magazine Jump SQ, 11st Crown Comic Competition, Finalist
Comic Magazine Bessatsu Friend, 509th BetsuFure MANGA seminor A course

Public collection
Rokkatei Confectionery Co., Ltd.