Chikako Hirai

Chikako Hirai

Brief History
Chikako Hirai was born in Kamiichi Town, Toyama in 1972.
She graduated from Tokyo Mode Gakuen in 1994.

Major Awards
1992 Japan Representative, Fashion Creator Newcomer Award International Competition
1992 The 10th Lumine Fashion Grand Prize
2006 Incentive Prize at the 83rd Shun-yo Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2006 Excellent Prize, KITANIPPON SHIMBUN Award, Etchu Art Festa 2006
2011 Excellent Prize, Etchu Art Festa 2011
2015 Second Prize, Nippon Suibokuga Grand Prize Exhibition

Selected Exhibitions
2007 Solo Exhibition “UKA HORYU (Hatching and Releasing)” Gallery NOW, Toyama, Japan
2008 “VOCA Exhibition 2008”, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2008 Solo Exhibition “KAGEZU (silhouette)” at Gallery NOW, Toyama, Japan
2008 “Chikako Hirai Exhibition”, Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama
2010 “Toyama Contemporary Artists Series: Message Art from New Generation” The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
2010 Solo Exhibition “UTSUTSU” Gallery NOW, Toyama
2011 Solo Exhibition “From GEN”, Rakusuitei Museum of Art, Toyama.
2012 Solo Exhibition “MYAKUHAKU (Pulse)” at Gallery NOW, Toyama.
2013 “Atsumare Sumi-ga Artist -Summer Haunted Art Museum-” The Suiboku Museum, Toyama
2014 “Chikako Hirai, Hokuto Kiyokawa, KEMONOMONO (Beast)” Kurobe City Art Museum, Toyama
2015 Solo exhibition “Kuro-raku SPRITS” Gallery NOW, Toyama
2016 “Zengyo-ji OTERA THE EXHIBITION 1st.” Hakusetsuzan Zengyoji Temple, Toyama
2017 “BABEL” solo exhibition, Gallery MURYOW, Toyama
2017 “Museum on the Stage in Aubade Hall II -KYOMU – ” Aubade Hall (Toyama)
2019 Solo exhibition “Water Hunting and Kintsugi” Nizayama Forest Art Museum (Toyama)
2020 Solo exhibition “NOZARASHI (Exposed)” at Gallery NOW, Toyama
2022 Solo Exhibition “SUUKI (checkered)” Ninna-ji Temple, Kyoto

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    Chikako Hirai”Blues”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai”Blues”(partial)

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai”one-eyed”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai”one-eyed” (partial)

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Dried shell”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Dried shell” (partial)

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”lacquer”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Oiran”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Nubatama”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”mononome”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Snow hunting”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Shirabyoshi”

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm

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    Chikako Hirai ”Shirabyoshi”(partial)

    2012
    Ink on silk, mineral pigments, ink
    115.0 × 97.0cm